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bem de primeira necessidade

English translation: essential needs

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Portuguese term or phrase:	bem de primeira necessidade
English translation:	essential needs
Entered by:	Carla Lopes

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11:31 Aug 28, 2009

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics

Portuguese term or phrase: bem de primeira necessidade

in the sense of electricity or food

CarolynB
Brazil

essential needs

Explanation:
Resultado 1- 2 de 2 para de primeira necessidade

Acondicionamento, ACTIVIDADE ECONÓMICA [COM] Entrada completa
PT

bens de primeira necessidade

EN

necessaries

essentials

essential goods

FINANÇAS [EP] Entrada completa
PT

bens de primeira necessidade

EN

supplies for essential needs

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Correcção: a resposta completa deverá ser: supplies for essential needs

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Carla Lopes
Portugal
Local time: 23:06

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +8

essential needs

Carla Lopes

4 +2

first necessity good (s)

Bartat

4 +1

staple commodity

José Crespo

essential goods

quandt

essencials

Adriana Maciel

Summary of reference entries provided

staple commodity - definition

Carla Selyer

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

staple commodity

Explanation:

José Crespo
Portugal
Local time: 23:06
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

essential needs

Carla Lopes
Portugal
Local time: 23:06
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Susana Valdez

2 mins

-> obrigada!

agree

Maria José Tavares: faltou-lhe os "supplies", mas é isso mesmo

2 mins

-> obrigada!

agree

Soraia Martins

5 mins

-> obrigada!

agree

Claudio Mazotti: essential goods

10 mins

-> obrigada!

agree

Isabel Maria Almeida

10 mins

-> obrigada!

agree

Olivia Monteiro: I agree

14 mins

-> obrigada!

neutral

Marlene Curtis: fist necessity goods

54 mins

agree

Luiza Modesto: eu ia sugerir essential goods que já tem na sua resposta

2 hrs

-> obrigada!

agree

· george ·

1 day7 hrs

-> obrigada!

neutral

Carla Selyer: On checking the reference, 'supplies for essential needs' is given one star - signifying 'reliability not verified'.

2 days5 hrs

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

first necessity good (s)

Explanation:
As below:

20 Mar 2009 ... Although it varied according to each region, the maximum price for first necessity goods was about one third higher than the 1790 prices, ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_Price_Act

Moroccan government allotted over USD 1.5Bn to subsidize first necessity goods in 2007, said here Tuesday, minister in charge of Economic and General ...
www.maroc.ma/.../USD 1.5Bn to subsidize first necessity goo...

Bartat
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:06
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

Polish

48 mins confidence:

essencials

Explanation:
sug.

Adriana Maciel
Brazil
Local time: 21:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

3 hrs confidence:

essential goods

Explanation:
essential goods (and services)
also
basic goods

Specialty Definition: ESSENTIAL GOODS
Domain Definition
Business
Items (as of food, clothing, shelter. . . that cannot be done without: things that must be had (as for the preservation and reasonable enjoyment of life): Essentials. Source: European Union. (references)

Portuguese
bens de primeira necessidade (essentials, necessaries). (various references)

Imported cars will drop to 15% from 20% in 2001, to 10% in 2002 and 7.5 in 2003. Duties on some essential goods will also be slashed to 5.5% by the end of 2002 from 10% now. (references)
A range of essential goods such as certain food items and petroleum products, public transport services and health care are completely exempt from GST. Goods and services supplied to diplomatic missions have been granted GST exemptions only on a case-by-case, negotiated basis. (references)

Under the new law, the Government may curtail or suspend the right to strike for certain categories of government employees only for reasons of national security, safeguarding national foreign policy interests, or providing the population with essential goods and services. (references)

ESSENTIAL GOODS AND SERVICES ACT. TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title Part I Preliminary 1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Application 4. ...
www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nt/consol_act/egasa279/

... The Cuban government is implementing a price reduction of up to 20 percent on 24 basic goods sold at foreign-currency stores, including food ...
www.miamiherald.com/581/story/1180466.html

Reference: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/es/essential+goods...

quandt
Brazil
Local time: 21:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

Reference comments

2 days5 hrs

Reference: staple commodity - definition

Reference information:
Staple Commodity: Definition and additional resources from BNETStaple Commodity: any basic food or a raw material which is important in a country's economy.
dictionary.bnet.com/definition/staple+commodity.html - Cached - Similar

staple (commodity) - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus22 Jul 2009 ... Definition of "staple" (commodity): a necessary commodity for which demand is constant - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus.
www.memidex.com/staple commodity

www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staple commodity

Carla Selyer
South Africa
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,