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15:59 Jul 22, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Economics
Portuguese term or phrase: algo distante e adiável
Adiável = postponeable ou delayable ?
sbetini
Local time: 08:02


Summary of answers provided
4 +1that can be put off until later
Douglas Bissell
4something distant and postponable
Marlene Curtis
4(sth) that can be postponed
Sonia Maria Parise
4something distant that can be put off . . . (I don't like the
David Drysdale
3delayable
Paula Borges


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
that can be put off until later


Explanation:
HIH

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 12:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
delayable


Explanation:
Sounds better.

Paula Borges
Brazil
Local time: 08:02
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
something distant that can be put off . . . (I don't like the


Explanation:
Possibility:

Personally, I wouldn't even use "able" . .

something distant that can be put off . . .

David Drysdale
United States
Local time: 05:02
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(sth) that can be postponed


Explanation:
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Sonia Maria Parise
Italy
Local time: 13:02
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
something distant and postponable


Explanation:
The Sermon on the mount: its Old Testament roots - Google Books Result
Roland H. Worth - 1997 - Religion - 285 pages
In contrast, a situation demanding mercy was one that demanded immediate mercy; it was something that was not postponable.
http://books.google.com/books?id=hc8wwA0dqBsC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 07:02
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 36
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