como se não existissem (in this context)

English translation: as if they weren't there

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Portuguese term or phrase:	como se não existissem (in this context)
English translation:	as if they weren't there
Entered by:	Amy Duncan (X)

15:07 Mar 5, 2007

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Transport / Transportation / Shipping

Portuguese term or phrase: como se não existissem (in this context)

Passar duas rotundas à saída da autoestrada, as quais se contornam e descem, **como se não existissem**.

Amy Duncan (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 475 (none open) (20 closed without grading) Answers: 993 Brazil
Local time: 00:13

as if they weren't there

Explanation:
Simples assim.....

Selected response from:

Lumen (X)
Brazil
Local time: 00:13

Grading comment

Thanks, Lumen...and everyone else for your suggestions.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +6

as if they weren't there

Lumen (X)

across (in this context)

T o b i a s

as if they weren't there

Susy Ordaz

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

as if they weren't there

Explanation:
Simples assim.....

Lumen (X)
Brazil
Local time: 00:13
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks, Lumen...and everyone else for your suggestions.

6 hrs confidence:

across (in this context)

Explanation:
In roundabout-ese, 'drive across' and 'drive over' are both usual expressions. (Personally, I already encounter too many drivers who treat roundabouts as if they weren't there, and the results are, well, terrifiying. ☺)

Example sentence(s):

On leaving the freeway (motorway UK), there are two roundabouts both of which you must drive across.

Reference: http://www.christine-lee.co.uk/contact_bmap.htm
Reference: http://jeseter.sk/map_e.htm

T o b i a s
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

10 hrs confidence:

as if they weren't there

Explanation:
as if they weren't there

Another suggestion. Best of luck.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-03-06 01:19:29 GMT)
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sorry..it's late..what I wanted to write was "as if they didn't exist".

Susy Ordaz
Local time: 04:13
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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