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half-assed approach

Portuguese translation: mal planejada

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English term or phrase:half-assed approach
Portuguese translation:mal planejada
Entered by: Eneide Moreira

21:33 Apr 16, 2005
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: half-assed approach
...that's a half-assed aproach to house construction...
Eneide Moreira
Brazil
Local time: 11:01
mal planejada
Explanation:
Half-assed: Not well planned or executed. 2. Incompetent.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/13/H0021300.html

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-04-16 21:39:15 GMT)
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Se for para manter o nível do vocabulário, pode ser meia-sola ou \"nas coxas\". rs
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Luiza Modesto
Brazil
Local time: 11:01
Grading comment
Obrigada, Luiza!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3mal planejada
Luiza Modesto
4um jeito capenga de encarar a construcao ...
Eduardo Queiroz


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
mal planejada


Explanation:
Half-assed: Not well planned or executed. 2. Incompetent.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/13/H0021300.html

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-04-16 21:39:15 GMT)
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Se for para manter o nível do vocabulário, pode ser meia-sola ou \"nas coxas\". rs

Luiza Modesto
Brazil
Local time: 11:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Obrigada, Luiza!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Angelo: "Nas coxas".
14 mins
  -> Obrigada. :)
agree  Lúcia Lopes: ou, ainda, "de meia boca" ;-)
5 hrs
  -> Obrigada. :)
agree  Joao Andre Madeira
14 hrs
  -> Obrigada. :)
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
um jeito capenga de encarar a construcao ...


Explanation:
uma ideia :-)

Eduardo Queiroz
Local time: 11:01
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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