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flap off

Portuguese translation: se soltar

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English term or phrase:flap off
Portuguese translation:se soltar
Entered by: airmailrpl

17:03 Jul 18, 2005
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: flap off
Personagem está dirigindo na chuva. Ele liga os limpadores para melhorar a visibilidade.
"In fact one of the wiper blades began to flap off"
Lois_1976
Local time: 18:32
se soltar
Explanation:
flap off => se soltar
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 18:32
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Obrigada!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1se soltar
airmailrpl
4se curvar, envergar
Adriana Portas
4oscilar (mover-se)
luzia fortes
3falhar
Claudio Mazotti


  

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se curvar, envergar


Explanation:
:o)


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Note added at 3 mins (2005-07-18 17:07:08 GMT)
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(no sentido de não mais estar a limpar o pára-brisa

Adriana Portas
Brazil
Local time: 18:32
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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se soltar


Explanation:
flap off => se soltar

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 18:32
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 227
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Obrigada!

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agree  James Cook: se soltar
56 mins
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
oscilar (mover-se)


Explanation:
De facto, um dos limpadores começa a oscilar

'Flap off' é mover-se, oscilando. O limpador começa a trabalhar, não a se deter


flapped, flap·ping, flaps.

v.tr.

1. To wave (the arms, for example) up and down.
2. To cause to move or sway with a fluttering or waving motion.
3. To hit with something broad and flat; slap.
4. Informal. To fling down; toss.

v.intr.

1. To move or sway while fixed at one edge or corner; flutter: banners flapping in the breeze.
2. To wave arms or wings up and down.
3. To fly by beating the air with the wings.
4. Informal. To become upset or flustered.


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luzia fortes
Local time: 22:32
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in SpanishSpanish
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falhar


Explanation:
difícil transmitir essa idéia...

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 238
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