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Um lindo bolo de 3 andares para as bodas de prata.

English translation: A beautiful three-tiered cake for their silver wedding anniversary

10:19 Nov 30, 2011
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Portuguese term or phrase: Um lindo bolo de 3 andares para as bodas de prata.
Fizeram uma linda festa, renovaram os votos e serviram um lindo bolo de tres andares!
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English translation:A beautiful three-tiered cake for their silver wedding anniversary
Explanation:
definitely three-tiered rather than layered :)
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Catarina Aleixo
Portugal
Local time: 06:41
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5 +15A beautiful three-tiered cake for their silver wedding anniversary
Catarina Aleixo
4An exquisite three-tier(ed) cake for their Silver Wedding anniversary
Paul Dixon


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +15
A beautiful three-tiered cake for their silver wedding anniversary


Explanation:
definitely three-tiered rather than layered :)

Catarina Aleixo
Portugal
Local time: 06:41
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agree  Ward Whittaker: EXCELLENT !
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agree  Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
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agree  Paula Borges: perfect.
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agree  oxygen4u: :)
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agree  Ivan Rocha, CT
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agree  Paul Dixon: I agree, tiered not layered.
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
An exquisite three-tier(ed) cake for their Silver Wedding anniversary


Explanation:
You may want to stress the commemoration rather than the anniversary itself:

... for their Silver Wedding anniversary party/celebration/bash (informal)/do

Note that the word "exquisite" is a triple false cognate:
Exquisite /iks-QUIZ-it/ (EN): beautifully designed/embellished.
Exquisito /ith-key-THEE-toh/ (ES): very good (in general quality terms)
Esquisito /eess-key-ZEE-too/ (PT_BR): strange, odd, weird (usually in a negative sense)

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 02:41
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 64
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