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"Voce pode passar na minha frente !"

English translation: "You may go first!"


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Portuguese term or phrase:"Voce pode passar na minha frente!"
English translation:"You may go first!"
Entered by: Olivia Janequine
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19:22 Oct 17, 2008
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Portuguese term or phrase: "Voce pode passar na minha frente !"
Como dizer em inglês a frase acima. A situacão é: Vc está em um supermercado com um carrinho cheio de coisas e atrás de vc se encontra apenas alguém segurando um pacote de alguma coisa nas mãos. Então vc diz: " Vc pode passar na minha frente !"
Levic
"You may go first!"
Explanation:
é uma frase bastante comum. pode-se substituir o "may" por "can", que não é gramatical exato, mas é de uso corrente, especialmente nos EUA.
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Olivia Janequine
Brazil
Local time: 00:39
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Thank you for helping me !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4you can go ahead of me
Gilmar Fernandes
4 +3"You may go first!"
Olivia Janequine
4 +1Please, go ahead!
manuel seixo


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
"voce pode passar na minha frente !"
you can go ahead of me


Explanation:
espero que ajudei

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 23:39
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
28 mins
  -> Thanks Alexa :-))

agree  Robert Forstag
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Robert.

agree  Amy Duncan
5 hrs
  -> Obrigado Amy.....bom FDS!

agree  Elvira Alves Barry
13 hrs
  -> Obrigado Elvira.....bom FDS!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
"You may go first!"


Explanation:
é uma frase bastante comum. pode-se substituir o "may" por "can", que não é gramatical exato, mas é de uso corrente, especialmente nos EUA.

Olivia Janequine
Brazil
Local time: 00:39
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you for helping me !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
56 mins
  -> Thanks!

agree  Amy Duncan
4 hrs
  -> Thanks!

agree  Gilmar Fernandes: Ref: your sarcastic comment on the other question...not everything in life is fair..here on this question I got the most "agrees" (3 of them from native English speakers), plus I answered first, and yet the Asker picked your answer....so should I cry ?
1 day17 hrs
  -> Hi, Gilmar, I was not sarcastic at all or at least i didn't mean to. I really agree with the other question pick and I'm sorry if it sounded the wrong way. I understood you answered the other one first too, but perhaps I'm wrong.
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Please, go ahead!


Explanation:
or," after you please!" é tudo quanto necessita dizer.

manuel seixo
Australia
Local time: 13:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leila O: Oh yes! This is the right translation.
6 hrs
  -> thank you Leila.
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Changes made by editors
Oct 18, 2008 - Changes made by Olivia Janequine:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Oct 17, 2008 - Changes made by Mariana Moreira:
Language pairEnglish to Portuguese => Portuguese to English


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