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loads of

Portuguese translation: cargas de roupa

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:loads of
Portuguese translation:cargas de roupa
Entered by: Lúcia Leitão

15:02 Aug 5, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: loads of
A frase é: I did three loads of wash today.
Obrigada
Kadja Bless (X)
Norway
Local time: 01:30
cargas de roupa
Explanation:
Hoje lavei três cargas de roupa
Selected response from:

Lúcia Leitão
Portugal
Local time: 00:30
Grading comment
Obrigada Lúcia e obrigada para todos aqueles que coloaboraram.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +11cargas de roupa
Lúcia Leitão
4 +4cestos, máquinas
Luciana Vozza
4 +2carregamentos de
Sara Sousa Soares
3 +2pilhas/montes de
Leniel Maccaferri
4hoje fiz tres lavadas de roupa
tjr


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
cargas de roupa


Explanation:
Hoje lavei três cargas de roupa

Lúcia Leitão
Portugal
Local time: 00:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Obrigada Lúcia e obrigada para todos aqueles que coloaboraram.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isabel Peck
1 min
  -> Obrigada
agree  Mrs Wood
8 mins
  -> Obrigada
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
19 mins
  -> Obrigada
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
22 mins
  -> Obrigada
agree  Mary Palmer: concordo
33 mins
  -> Obrigada
agree  Cristina Santos
1 hr
  -> Obrigada
agree  Flavia Martins dos Santos
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada
agree  Maria Meneses
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada
agree  Carlos Soares da Silva
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada
agree  Elvira Alves Barry
5 hrs
  -> Obrigada
agree  Jorge Alçada
20 days
  -> Obrigada Jorge
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
cestos, máquinas


Explanation:
Como está num contexto informal, eu usaria a "medida" de roupas que utilizo em minha rotina, ou seja, lavei 3 máquinas de roupa, lavei 3 cestos de roupa, etc...
Fica a sugestão...

Luciana Vozza
Local time: 20:30
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandra Gouveia: Sim, é uma frase que oiço com muita frequência.
7 mins
  -> obrigada, alexandre...
agree  Cristina Pereira: Costumo dizer "máquinas"
44 mins
  -> obrigada, cristina...
agree  Luciane Shanahan: Eu diria simplesmente 3 cestos de roupas.
1 hr
  -> obrigada, luciane...
agree  Lucio C P Soluchinsky: cestos é bom
2 hrs
  -> obrigada, lúcio...
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
carregamentos de


Explanation:
sug.
- fiz três carregamentos de roupa -
ou vulgarmente também dizemos
- fiz três máquinas de roupa -

Sara Sousa Soares
Local time: 00:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandra Gouveia: Certo, é muito frequente dizer-se "fiz três máquinas de roupa" - em linguagem informal. :-))
4 mins
  -> Obrigada Alexandra :) !!!
agree  rhandler
1 hr
  -> Obrigada rhandler :) !!!
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pilhas/montes de


Explanation:
três pilhas/montes de roupa

Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 20:30
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Palmer: pode ser também:)
29 mins
agree  Luciane Shanahan
1 hr
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hoje fiz tres lavadas de roupa


Explanation:
the word load in this context just means the quantity of clothes etc sufficient to fill a washing machine

tjr
Local time: 00:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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