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aufais

Portuguese translation: familiar

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English term or phrase:"au fait"
Portuguese translation:familiar
Entered by: Ivana de Sousa Santos

22:54 Sep 6, 2005
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Region (source): English (United Kingdom)
Region (target): Portuguese (Portugal)
English term or phrase: aufais
Um polícia a falar com um suspeito:
"You're very aufais with the way we deal with things and you're obviously very aufais with criminality that you are involved in."
Ivana de Sousa Santos
Portugal
Local time: 20:55
familiar
Explanation:
Eu diria assim
Selected response from:

António Ribeiro
Local time: 05:55
Grading comment
Obrigada.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2familiar
António Ribeiro
5está ligado/está por dentro
Clauwolf


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
familiar


Explanation:
Eu diria assim

António Ribeiro
Local time: 05:55
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 221
Grading comment
Obrigada.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie Gomes: estou de acordo. Me parece que este aufais deve vir do francês "au fait" que signica ter conhecimento de algo
1 hr
agree  David Hollywood: yes, I think it should be "au fait"
3 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
está ligado/está por dentro


Explanation:
:) Nenhum policial fala em termos de "gravatinha" com suspeitos

Clauwolf
Local time: 16:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 276
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