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é uma realidade

English translation: is a reality


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16:16 Jan 17, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Slang
Portuguese term or phrase: é uma realidade
o uso controlado do amianto é uma realidade aplicada no Brasil há mais de 3 décadas
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 21:50
English translation:is a reality
Explanation:
'The use of asbestos is a reality in Brazil for more than 3 decades.'
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Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 20:50
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6is a reality
Arthur Godinho
4 +1is a hard fact
Nick Taylor
4 +1a practice/a habit
Clauwolf
3 +2has been a factFernando Okabe Biazibeti


Discussion entries: 1





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
has been a fact


Explanation:
...it has been a fact in Brazil for over 3 decades.

Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
Brazil
Local time: 21:50
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adriana Maciel
32 mins
agree  Robert Forstag: I would say, "has been a fact of life." This is far more idiomatic than the translations containing the word "reality."
56 mins
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a practice/a habit


Explanation:
:) Maybe not a slang

Clauwolf
Local time: 21:50
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adriana Maciel
32 mins
  -> obrigado
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
is a reality


Explanation:
'The use of asbestos is a reality in Brazil for more than 3 decades.'

Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 20:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis: The controlled use of asbestos has been a reality in Brazil for more than 3 decades.
0 min
  -> Thanks, marlene! ...and you are right; I forgot 'controlled'... :-)
agree  Martin Riordan: Também concordo com a maneira que a Marlene sugeriu...
4 mins
  -> Grato, Martin!
agree  Flavia Martins dos Santos
19 mins
  -> Obrigado, Flavia.
agree  Lídia Carney
25 mins
  -> Grato, Lidia.
agree  MARK ROBERTSON
32 mins
  -> Thanks, Mark!
agree  Mark Thompson
33 mins
  -> Thanks, Mark.
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
37 mins
  -> Grato, Gilmar.
disagree  T o b i a s : Unidiomatic.
19 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tobias.
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
is a hard fact


Explanation:
is a hard fact

Nick Taylor
Local time: 01:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  T o b i a s : Good.
18 hrs
  -> Thanks Tobias
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