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...crossings and surreptitious signs...

Portuguese translation: ...persignações e outros gestos/sinais dissimulados...


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15:50 Jan 5, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / Twilight of Avalon
English term or phrase: ...crossings and surreptitious signs...
But the effect was worth the price she paid in crossings and surreptitious signs against the evil eye.
Beth Guimaraes
Brazil
Local time: 10:57
Portuguese translation:...persignações e outros gestos/sinais dissimulados...
Explanation:
O verbo para fazer o sinal da cruz e persignar-se. Acho que fica mais claro assim.



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Maria Eugenia Farre
Brazil
Local time: 10:57
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4sinais cruzados e subreptícios
Ligia Dias Costa
3 +3sinais da cruz e outros simbolismos subreptícios
Teresa Borges
5 +1...persignações e outros gestos/sinais dissimulados...
Maria Eugenia Farre


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
sinais cruzados e subreptícios


Explanation:
espero que ajude

Ligia Dias Costa
Portugal
Local time: 13:57
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Teresa Borges: Julgo que se trata de sinais da cruz e outros simbolismos subreptícios, mas...
5 mins
  -> Concordo consigo, Teresa. Estava a pensar noutro tipo de sinais...//Coloque a sua sugestão por favor, que faz mais sentido do que a minha

agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
8 mins
  -> Obrigada, Isabel

agree  Clara Duarte: A Teresa tem razão. É sinais da cruz e simbolismos subreptícios. Na falta de uma sugestão da Teresa, fica aqui a minha humilde opinião.
23 mins
  -> Também concordo com a Teresa

agree  Maria José Tavares: Da mesma opinião da Teresa
29 mins
  -> Obrigada, Maria José.
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
...persignações e outros gestos/sinais dissimulados...


Explanation:
O verbo para fazer o sinal da cruz e persignar-se. Acho que fica mais claro assim.





Maria Eugenia Farre
Brazil
Local time: 10:57
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
3 hrs
  -> Tks!
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
sinais da cruz e outros simbolismos subreptícios


Explanation:
Julgo que é isto...

Teresa Borges
Belgium
Local time: 14:57
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 155

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Castro: sim, sinais da cruz
15 mins
  -> Obrigada!

agree  Sonia Heidemann
4 hrs
  -> Obrigada!

agree  Alexandra Gouveia
1 day22 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
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