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festeiros

English translation: revelers (or revellers)


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23:30 May 3, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Anthropology / history
Portuguese term or phrase: festeiros
Gostaria de uma boa tradução pra festeiros, sendo que está sendo usado como equivalente de foliões em uma disseratação de mestrado em história. Para foliôes coloquei paraders, agora gostaria de saber se party-goers seria possível. outra sugestão?
Guilherme Mohr
English translation:revelers (or revellers)
Explanation:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reveler
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lexisproject
Spain
Local time: 02:44
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2merrymakers
Lumen
4 +2revelers (or revellers)lexisproject
4merrymaking / merrymaker
Marcos Antonio


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
merrymakers


Explanation:
Uma possibilidade

Lumen
Brazil
Local time: 21:44
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrea Munhoz
12 hrs
  -> Obrigada.

agree  Fernanda Rocha
16 hrs
  -> Obrigada.
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
revelers (or revellers)


Explanation:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reveler

lexisproject
Spain
Local time: 02:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrea Munhoz
11 hrs
  -> obrigado!

agree  Fernanda Rocha
16 hrs
  -> obrigado!
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
merrymaking / merrymaker


Explanation:
Sug.

- como artigo: merrymaking / party-going
- como substantivo: feaster / merrymaker / party-goer / party-giver.


Marcos Antonio
Local time: 21:44
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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May 4, 2008 - Changes made by Marcelo Fogaccia:
Language pairEnglish to Portuguese => Portuguese to English


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