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Forãneos

English translation: outside capital

20:38 Oct 5, 2001
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial
Portuguese term or phrase: Forãneos
Talking about outside capital
Randy Oliver
English translation:outside capital
Explanation:
You are right. And the word is "forâneos", - with a little hat, not a tilt. It means exactly "money, funds, capital coming from outside".
It could be "outiside" the company, outside the country, outside anything. Only if it comes from outside the country is "foreign capital", even so, one must look carefully the meaning of the whole text.
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DrSantos
Local time: 17:33
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2foreign capital
Silvio Picinini
5 +1outside capital
DrSantos
5 +1Foreign investment
José Cavalcante
5External Investment
airmailrpl


  

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foreign capital


Explanation:
what language is this?

Silvio Picinini
United States
Local time: 09:33
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 113

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  suesimons
2 hrs
agree  Deolinda Neves (X)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
outside capital


Explanation:
You are right. And the word is "forâneos", - with a little hat, not a tilt. It means exactly "money, funds, capital coming from outside".
It could be "outiside" the company, outside the country, outside anything. Only if it comes from outside the country is "foreign capital", even so, one must look carefully the meaning of the whole text.


    For�neo
DrSantos
Local time: 17:33
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 183

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agree  Roberto Cavalcanti
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External Investment


Explanation:
Forâneos = que é de terra estranha; estranho, forasteiro - Aurélio

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 13:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 3881
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Foreign investment


Explanation:
External tem duplo sentido, pois pode também se referir a investimentos de terceiros que vivem no mesmo país, enquanto que Foreign não tem essa conotação. A sugestão vale se o contexto se referir a capitais provenientes de outros países; caso se refira a qualquer capital de terceiros, seria melhor usar external investment ou external capital.


    Dic Porto Editora; trabalhos para SAP, PeopleSoft e J.D.Edwards na �rea de Finan�as.
José Cavalcante
Brazil
Local time: 13:33
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 78

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agree  Deolinda Neves (X)
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