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crescer para si mesmo

English translation: become self-confident


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Portuguese term or phrase:crescer para si mesmo
English translation:become self-confident
Entered by: Diana Coada
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20:10 Dec 12, 2011
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Portuguese term or phrase: crescer para si mesmo
Teve que trabalhar cada vez mais e pouco a pouco foi crescendo para si mesmo. Ja nao ficava incomodadao e nao se espantava quando era reconhecido na rua...

Is this about a growth in confidence and self-esteem or does this have to do more with cockiness?

Thx!
Diana Coada
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:18
become self-confident
Explanation:
HIH
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MARK ROBERTSON
Local time: 07:18
Grading comment
THX!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5become self-confident
MARK ROBERTSON
3 +1built himself(herself) up
Verginia Ophof


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
built himself(herself) up


Explanation:
suggestion

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Note added at 12 mins (2011-12-12 20:22:49 GMT)
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self confidence imho

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 00:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Tavares
17 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
become self-confident


Explanation:
HIH

MARK ROBERTSON
Local time: 07:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
THX!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Moti Marom: Though it's sometimes difficult to spot the borderline between both attitudes, I think it has more to do with self-confidence, rather than with any sense of vanity or cockiness.
1 hr

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
8 hrs

agree  Marilia Bittencourt
12 hrs

agree  Gilla Evans
12 hrs

agree  Daniel Tavares
17 hrs
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