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Everybody is waiting for a BETTER BREAK

Portuguese translation: melhor oportunidade

21:25 Sep 16, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Slang & Vocabulary
English term or phrase: Everybody is waiting for a BETTER BREAK
"Everybody is waiting for a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance".
Veronikka (X)
Portuguese translation:melhor oportunidade
Explanation:
Babylon - fracture; pause, intermission; crack; ***opportunity***; alteration; divider between one part of a document and another (Computers)




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Hander Heim
Brazil
Local time: 21:24
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6melhor oportunidade
Hander Heim
3 +4melhor oportunidade
mmasur
4 +2todo muito espera o momento certo
Cintia Galbo
4Todos esperam que a sorte lhes sorriam
Marcos Antonio
4todos estão aguardando um lance de sorte
Paul Dixon
4todos estao esperando por uma sorte maior
Katarina Peters
4todos estão à espera da sorte grande
Elvira Alves Barry


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
everybody is waiting for a better break
melhor oportunidade


Explanation:
Suggestion

mmasur
Brazil
Local time: 21:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hander Heim: ops, you first! ;c)
1 min
  -> Thanks
agree  Maria José Tavares (X)
11 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
12 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Alyson Steele Weickert, Ph.D.
17 hrs
  -> Thanks
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
everybody is waiting for a better break
melhor oportunidade


Explanation:
Babylon - fracture; pause, intermission; crack; ***opportunity***; alteration; divider between one part of a document and another (Computers)






Hander Heim
Brazil
Local time: 21:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria José Tavares (X)
10 mins
agree  Flavia Martins dos Santos
1 hr
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
11 hrs
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
12 hrs
agree  Luciana Roppa
16 hrs
agree  Alyson Steele Weickert, Ph.D.
17 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
everybody is waiting for a better break
todos estao esperando por uma sorte maior


Explanation:
:)

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 20:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
everybody is waiting for a better break
todos estão aguardando um lance de sorte


Explanation:
A suggestion.

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 21:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 23
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
everybody is waiting for a better break
todos estão à espera da sorte grande


Explanation:
My suggestion.

Elvira Alves Barry
Local time: 01:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
everybody is waiting for a better break
todo muito espera o momento certo


Explanation:
É uma sugestão!

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Note added at 14 hrs (2008-09-17 12:00:34 GMT)
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Digo, todo mundo espera o momento certo

Cintia Galbo

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  felidaevampire: Se for "mundo" ao invés de "muito"... Creio que se encaixa melhor, pois o texto parece meio sarcástico. :)
27 mins
neutral  Katarina Peters: todo muito? que lingua é essa?
1 hr
  -> typo... todo mundo espera o momento certo
agree  Cecilia França: momento oportuno
1 hr
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
everybody is waiting for a better break
Todos esperam que a sorte lhes sorriam


Explanation:
Opção.


Uma idéia menos literal

- Everybody is waiting for a BETTER BREAK

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 21:24
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 47
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