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mais ou menos estáveis, mais ou menos mutáveis

English translation: somewhat stable, somewhat unstable

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Portuguese term or phrase:mais ou menos estáveis, mais ou menos mutáveis
English translation:somewhat stable, somewhat unstable
Entered by: Michael Powers (PhD)

15:10 Jul 4, 2007
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Portuguese term or phrase: mais ou menos estáveis, mais ou menos mutáveis
"um conjunto de valores, crenças, ritos, modos de actuar, mais ou menos estáveis, mais ou menos mutáveis, que permantemente se reconstrói"

I thought about "relatively stable". I'm not sure if we should translate the whole expression...
Daisymiller
Local time: 21:27
somewhat stable, somewhat unstable
Explanation:
I think this would work

Boston Microtonal Society/Interviews/Ezra SimsBut there’s one thing: those notes are not inherently dissonant; they’re less stable, they’re somewhat stable, somewhat unstable. ...
bostonmicrotonalsociety.org/Pages/Interviews/SimsInterview.html - 17k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Mike :)
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 16:27
Grading comment
thanks a lot!!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3somewhat stable, somewhat unstable
Michael Powers (PhD)
4relatively/kind of/sort of
Michael and Raimunda Poe


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
somewhat stable, somewhat unstable


Explanation:
I think this would work

Boston Microtonal Society/Interviews/Ezra SimsBut there’s one thing: those notes are not inherently dissonant; they’re less stable, they’re somewhat stable, somewhat unstable. ...
bostonmicrotonalsociety.org/Pages/Interviews/SimsInterview.html - 17k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 16:27
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
thanks a lot!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amy Duncan (X): Good!
10 mins
  -> Thank you, Amy - Mike :)
agree  Marcelo Gonçalves
31 mins
  -> Thank you, Marcelo - Mike :)
agree  rhandler
1 hr
  -> Thank you, rhandler - Mike :)
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
relatively/kind of/sort of


Explanation:
I like your relatively I would go with that.

Michael and Raimunda Poe
Brazil
Local time: 17:27
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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