barn out back

Portuguese translation: um celeiro atrás da casa

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English term or phrase:barn out back
Portuguese translation:um celeiro atrás da casa
Entered by: Eduardo Silva

13:27 Jul 2, 2007
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Slang
English term or phrase: barn out back
a man speaking to a woman:
Yeah, but fortunately that guy had a barn out back.
(Laughing)
That was a hell of a time
Eduardo Silva
Brazil
Local time: 20:46
um celeiro atrás da casa
Explanation:
"out back" neste sentido quer dizer la pra atrás - seja atrás da casa, ou do predio.

Nao se confude com a palavra "outback" (uma so' palavra) que refere a partes rurais da Australia.
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Local time: 19:46
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um celeiro atrás da casa


Explanation:
"out back" neste sentido quer dizer la pra atrás - seja atrás da casa, ou do predio.

Nao se confude com a palavra "outback" (uma so' palavra) que refere a partes rurais da Australia.

Example sentence(s):
  • Right OUT BACK, a practical bounty of crops... That's because he has a source very close to home for most of the healthy fare on his family's dinner table: his backyard kitchen garden.
  • She's OUT BACK... 13 things I found in my backyard this morning

    Reference: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/09/HOGC...
    Reference: http://she-lives.typepad.com/she_lives/2007/05/shes_out_back...
jack_speak
Local time: 19:46
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agree  Jacqueline Sarbib
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