Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

compromissos

English translation:

plans / [prior] engagement

Added to glossary by Diane Grosklaus Whitty
Sep 16, 2008 23:03
16 yrs ago
Portuguese term

Hoje nao posso aceitar seu convite pois já tenho compromissos.

Non-PRO Portuguese to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters vocabulary
Quando ele convidou Jane para jantar, ela respondeu que já tinha compromisso para aquela noite. (Estamos falando de compromisso referente a encontro com amigos ou coisa assim, e nao "doctor's appointment"). Como seria a palavra compromisso NESTE CONTEXTO?
Change log

Sep 17, 2008 09:48: Ligia Dias Costa changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Sep 30, 2008 13:24: Diane Grosklaus Whitty Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): airmailrpl, Alexandra Gouveia

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Proposed translations

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plans / prior engagement

In a rather colloquial register, in US English, I think an option would be "I've got / I have other plans."

(More formally: "I've got a prior engagement.")

Peer comment(s):

agree jack_speak : 100 % -- "I already have plans" or "I have a prior engagement."
5 hrs
agree Katia DG
9 hrs
agree airmailrpl : plans
9 hrs
agree Alexandra Gouveia
10 hrs
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2 mins

Today I cannot accept his invitation, as I already have committments

pois=as, because, hoje=today..
Peer comment(s):

neutral jack_speak : commitments nao seria a palvra nos EUA.
5 hrs
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+1
8 mins

I can't accept your invitation today because I already have plans.

Eu diria
I can't accept your invitation today because I already have plans.
Você podaria também colocar
I already have a commitment.
Depende do sentido de compromissos: “commitment” e mais formal, mas pelo trabalho, e “plans” e mais informal, com amigos.
Peer comment(s):

agree Amy Duncan (X) : This is how I would say it.
1 hr
disagree jack_speak : the question was how to say "compromissos" and somebody already provided "plans" as an answer.
5 hrs
agree airmailrpl : -plans
9 hrs
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+3
17 mins

Today I can't accept your invitation as I already have a previous engagement

:)
Peer comment(s):

agree mmasur
11 mins
Thanks, mmasur
agree Maria José Tavares (X)
8 hrs
Thanks, Maria José
agree Alexandra Gouveia
10 hrs
Thanks, Alexandra
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6 hrs

I can't accept your invitation for today because I am already booked.

Onde diz "hoje nao posso aceiter seu convite", eu acho que quer dizer "nao posso aceitar seu convite para encontrar hoje"

"já tenho compromissos"=

-I already have plans
-I am already booked
-I have a prior commitment
-I have a prior engagement
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+1
9 hrs

I can't accept your invitation today as I have other plans

A suggestion.
Peer comment(s):

agree Alyson Steele Weickert, Ph.D.
6 hrs
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