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auxílio à lista

English translation: Directory Assistance


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Portuguese term or phrase:auxílio à lista
English translation:Directory Assistance
Entered by: Lilian Costa Magalhães
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Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications) / telefone
Portuguese term or phrase: auxílio à lista
termi muito comum em telefonia
Lilian Costa Magalhães
Brazil
Local time: 02:15
Directory Assistance
Explanation:
You can either call the operator or search the Internet through the Directory Assistance to find a telephone number or an address.
Selected response from:

Ana Maria Barreiros
Brazil
Local time: 01:15
Grading comment
valeu
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3directory enquiries
Ben Kohn
5 +2Directory AssistanceAna Maria Barreiros
5 +1phone directory (service)
Thais Lips Zenthon
5 +1Information
Arthur Godinho


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
directory enquiries


Explanation:
This is how we say it in the UK. You phone directory enquiries to find out someone's number.

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Search for People, Businesses and Maps - 192.comFor directory enquiries make 192.com your first choice. Find directory enquiries, business listings and a maps search at 192.com the UKs largest directory ...
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Residential Numbers - The Phone Book from BTAdvertise with us | Campaigns & promotions | Products & services | Get your business listed · Directory Entitlement bullet Advertiser Information bullet ...
www2.bt.com/edq_resnamesearch?namespace=coexistence - Similar pages - Note this

BT.Com - 118 500 Directory EnquiriesThe new and improved Directory Enquiries. 118 500 is the new number for BT's improved UK Directory Enquiries and enhanced information service.
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118 50 Directory EnquiriesEnter the name OR type of the company. e.g. : AIB or Bank. Enter the location: (county , town or postcode). e.g. : Dublin or Glasnevin ...
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118.com - Get The Number You Need With 118118. Directory Enquiries ...Find Phone Numbers with 118.com - Your UK Directory Enquiries Service For Business and Residential Telephone Numbers!
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Directory EnquiriesDirectory Enquiries - Free White Pages and Yellow Pages - People Search.
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Ben Kohn
Brazil
Local time: 01:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Arthur Godinho: For Eng-UK, I agree with this.
2 mins
  -> Thanks again artg
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: //So that's asker choice is the US way of saying it, is it? I didn't know. But I know the good old directory enquiries ;-)
28 mins
  -> Thanks Paula, it looks like she needed US English though.
agree  Marcia Gascon: :)))
54 mins
  -> Thanks Marcia, hope you're well.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Information


Explanation:
Em Eng-EUA chama-se de 'Information', i.e. - "To call information"
também é comum dizer: '...call 411'.
Apesar de que os números discados são, na verdade 1411. A gravação da comapnhia telefónica diz: "Thank-you for calling Verizon 411"

Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 23:15
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
4 hrs
  -> thanks, rhandler
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Directory Assistance


Explanation:
You can either call the operator or search the Internet through the Directory Assistance to find a telephone number or an address.

Ana Maria Barreiros
Brazil
Local time: 01:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
valeu

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: -
1 min
agree  Arthur Godinho: A more formal way of saying "information"
31 mins
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
phone directory (service)


Explanation:
:-)

Thais Lips Zenthon
United States
Local time: 21:15
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Humberto Ribas
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Humberto:-)
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