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falar com propriedade sobre algo

English translation: talk with authority about something


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08:08 Dec 16, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Portuguese term or phrase: falar com propriedade sobre algo
"Falou com muita propriedade sobre a crise mundial"
Luana Molena Xavier
Local time: 19:53
English translation:talk with authority about something
Explanation:
creio q resolve a questão
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David Alexandre
Local time: 23:53
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9talk with authority about something
David Alexandre
5 +1talk/speak wisely about somethingoxygen4u
5speak knowingly about smtg
Maria Eugenia Farre


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
talk with authority about something


Explanation:
creio q resolve a questão

David Alexandre
Local time: 23:53
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lumen
44 mins
  -> obrigado
agree  Maria José Tavares
54 mins
  -> obrigado
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: Yes, but I would prefer "speak with..." rather than "talk". "To speak" is better for this context, i.e., that of addressing an audience, as the original seems to imply.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you. I prefer "talk" because "speak" seems too one-sided, and to "speak with authority" does not (in my understanding) make what is said correct, while talk (again in my understanding) does, and that seems to be the point in the original.
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
3 hrs
  -> obrigado
agree  Amy Duncan: I know what Paula is saying, because in the common usage of the expression, "speak" is almost always used; but "talk" is fine too.
3 hrs
  -> obrigado
agree  Lidia Saragaço
3 hrs
  -> obrigado
agree  Leniel Macaferi
4 hrs
  -> obrigado
agree  Mary Palmer: Yes, "speak" is used more often but you can still say "talk with authority" :)
4 hrs
  -> obrigado
agree  Spiridon
1 day4 hrs
  -> obrigado
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
talk/speak wisely about something


Explanation:
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oxygen4u
Local time: 23:53
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada rhandler!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
speak knowingly about smtg


Explanation:
know·ing (n?ing) adjective

1. Possessing knowledge, information, or understanding. See synonyms at intelligent.
2. Showing clever awareness and resourcefulness; shrewd.

Excerpted from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition Copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V., further reproduction and distribution restricted in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.

Maria Eugenia Farre
Brazil
Local time: 19:53
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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