Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

at the top of the hour

Portuguese translation:

na hora em ponto

Added to glossary by Always Learning
Apr 27, 2011 00:07
13 yrs ago
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English term

at the top of the hour

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Expressão: "be at the top of the hour / be at the bottom of the hour". Qual o equivalente em PT do Brasil?
Proposed translations (Portuguese)
5 +6 na hora em ponto
5 perto do começo da hora

Proposed translations

+6
57 mins
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na hora em ponto

Exatamente na hore. Para "bottom of the hour", há que fazer outra pergunta, segundo as regras
Peer comment(s):

agree Marlene Curtis
11 mins
Obrigado.
agree Silvia Aquino : prefiro na hora exata
1 hr
Obrigado.
agree Erik Bry
4 hrs
Obrigado.
agree Marilia Bittencourt : Em PT-BR: na hora.
10 hrs
Obrigado.
agree Marcos Antonio
11 hrs
Obrigado.
agree Nick Taylor : right on
18 hrs
Obrigado. De fato, não há por quê tentar fazê-lo impreciso.
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59 mins

perto do começo da hora

at the top of the hour => perto do começo da hora


top of the hour

1. The time at (or very close to) the start of the next hour of time.

We'll have a news update at the top of the hour.
http://www.en.wiktionary.org/wiki/top_of_the_hour


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Note added at 1 hr (2011-04-27 01:08:09 GMT)
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at the bottom of the hour
Fig. on the half hour; the opposite of at the top of the hour. (Alludes to the big hand of a clock pointing to the 6. Typically heard on television or the radio.) Hear the news headlines at the bottom of the hour. We will have an interview with Harry Kravitz at the bottom of the hour.
http://www.idioms.thefreedictionary.com/at the bottom of the...
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