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to put a finger to the wind

Portuguese translation: ver de que lado sopra o vento

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English term or phrase:to put a finger to the wind
Portuguese translation:ver de que lado sopra o vento
Entered by: P Forgas

00:31 Mar 12, 2002
English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: to put a finger to the wind
imagino que seja expressão idiomática
mauricio
ver de que lado sopra o vento
Explanation:
felicidades, P.
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P Forgas
Brazil
Local time: 00:16
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4ver de que lado sopra o vento
P Forgas
5Colocar o dedo para cima para testar o vento
Silvia Borges
5testar as águas
Theodore Fink
4?????
António Ribeiro


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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
?????


Explanation:
E o contexto? Eh secreto?

António Ribeiro
Local time: 13:16
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 7218
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
ver de que lado sopra o vento


Explanation:
felicidades, P.

P Forgas
Brazil
Local time: 00:16
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 911

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Regina Motta
48 mins
agree  Jorge Freire: Mesmo idiomaticamente pode ser dito assim; também é ver como param as modas
7 hrs
agree  Clauwolf
9 hrs
agree  mjbranco
12 hrs
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Colocar o dedo para cima para testar o vento


Explanation:
Será que você não quer dizer: 'Put your finger up to test the wind'.

Se for é realmente uma frase muito conhecida também em português que diz podermos testar donde sopra o vento levantando um dedo para cima.

É o que pensei...


    Reference: http://www.smh.com.au/news/0202/04/text/entertain1.html
Silvia Borges
United States
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 326
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
testar as águas


Explanation:
To put one's finger to the wind means to try to ascertain how things are going, It is the equivalent of "testar as águas"

Theodore Fink
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 593
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