Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

preços esmagados

English translation:

reduced prices

Added to glossary by Marlene Curtis
Jul 9, 2010 22:34
13 yrs ago
Portuguese term

preços esmagados

Portuguese to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
In this sentence, esmagados normally means low, but it does not fit here, any suggestions? Thanks!
este negócio será vital para a consolidação da presença ABC no XXX e
é uma oportunidade única para não termos de ir ao Bid em 20YY com preços muito esmagados para
conseguir entrar.
Change log

Jul 23, 2010 12:45: Marlene Curtis Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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reduced prices

For a bid context. The prices have been reduced to en

Carteira NY - [ Translate this page ]
20 posts - 3 authors - Last post: Mar 9, 2005
Empresa – Ticker – Preço à data – Fecho 6ª feira 11 Fev ..... de serviços (preços esmagados por excesso de oferta) está a acabar. ...
economico.sapo.pt/forumbolsa/index.php?topic=858.0

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OR

GREATLY REDUCED
Peer comment(s):

agree Evans (X)
9 hrs
Thanks!
agree Catarina O
9 hrs
Thanks!
agree Gabriel Guzovsky
9 hrs
Thanks!
agree Ana Resende
1 day 15 hrs
Grata!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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crushed prices

Mortgage demand drops; buyers wait for lower prices - USATODAY.com
11 Feb 2009 ... Home sales are trending higher in some parts of the country, especially where foreclosures have crushed prices and buyers are biting at ...
www.usatoday.com/.../2009-02-11-mortgage-applications_N.htm - Cached - Similar

Altered landscape riles boom, bust cycle Commodities Corner ...
5 Mar 2010 ... But "it was a collapse of demand rather than a glut of supply that crushed prices" in a time of global recession and the international ...
www.marketwatch.com/.../altered-landscape-riles-commodity-b... -
Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Santos
2 hrs
agree Isabel Maria Almeida
10 hrs
neutral Evans (X) : using "crushed" as an adjective sounds very odd to me in English. Both your examples are verbs, and this usage is fine.
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squashed prices

suggestion
Example sentence:

(Re)inventing the brand: can top brands survive the new market ... - Google Books Result Jean-Noël Kapferer - 2001 - Business & Economics - 234 pages twenty four The impact of the euro: 'squashed' prices The recent economic ... After the 'low price' era,

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12 hrs

prices very depressed

Don't see why 'esmagado' doesn't mean 'low' here.
Example sentence:

In summary, milk prices were very favorable for 2007 and 2008. But, 2009 will start the year with milk prices very depressed and at levels that don't allow for favorable returns over feed costs.

Not only are lumber prices very depressed, but the Canadian dollar is taking a huge bite out of profits. With reduced industry capacity and some relief on the exchange rate likely if commodity prices moderate with slower global growth, it is quite ...

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+1
18 hrs

(with) excessively low prices

"Muito esmagados" in your context means VERY/EXCESSIVELY low.

Anyway, just one more option.

I hope it helps :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Tom Kundert : I agree. "...excessively low prices" is the best alternative supplied so far.
1 day 22 hrs
Thank you Tom, have a great day!
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2 days 15 hrs

prices that have been squeezed to the bone

Informal, I admit
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