loja

English translation: suite 9 - 10

08:51 Oct 19, 2001

Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]

Portuguese term or phrase: loja

As part of an address in Brasilia: Ed. XYZ, Lojas 09 a 10. I had assumed it meant "floors," but my dictionary gives the meanings as "ground floor" or "shop."

Jeanne Zang KudoZ activity Questions: 1609 (5 open) (45 without valid answers) (36 closed without grading) Answers: 136 United States
Local time: 00:50

English translation:suite 9 - 10

Explanation:
That is an option, the term (address) "loja" normally is used in small commercial buildings, if it's inside a shopping center, store # is more appropriate, but if it's a building that houses offices we can use suite #.

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Vivian
United States
Local time: 00:50

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

shop/store

Andrew Overmyer (X)

4 +1

Unit 9 and 10

Silvio Picinini

4 +1

shop

Wolf Phillips

4 +1

suite 9 - 10

Vivian

store

Marian Greenfield

Answers

7 mins confidence:

store

Explanation:
Hi Jeanne,

loja = store. Building must have shops, probably ground floor windowfronts.

hth
msg

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 00:50
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1930

10 mins confidence:

shop/store

Explanation:
a loja is a store or shop.
"floor/story" is "andar"(de predio). hope this helps.

Andrew Overmyer

Andrew Overmyer (X)
PRO pts in pair: 6

29 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Unit 9 and 10

Explanation:
It is not floor, and I would use unit or shop instead of store.

Silvio Picinini
United States
Local time: 21:50
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 113

48 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

shop

Explanation:
Sometimes in Brazil you'll have a building where each floor has a number of cubicles or booths that people sell from. Each cubicle or booth is considered its own little store or shop. If the building only has one floor (a warehouse for example), then the address would have the building's name or number and then the number of the shop.

Wolf Phillips

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

suite 9 - 10

Vivian
United States
Local time: 00:50
PRO pts in pair: 100

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