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à toa

English translation: no wonder

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Portuguese term or phrase:à toa
English translation:no wonder

14:08 Apr 25, 2010
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-04-28 22:02:18 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology / Journalism
Portuguese term or phrase: à toa
Como eu poderia traduzir esta expressão neste caso? "Not for nothing"?

"A TV induz a estados que se aproximam de estados hipnóticos, favorecendo a indução de suas mensagens (não é à toa que pessoas dormem na frente da televisão). "
Eleftherios9
Brazil
Local time: 14:08
no wonder
Explanation:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/idioms/no-wonder
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Adriana Maciel
Brazil
Local time: 14:08
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7no wonder
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
4 +7no wonder
Adriana Maciel


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
no wonder


Explanation:
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  imatahan
4 mins
agree  Carlos Quandt
12 mins
agree  Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
1 hr
agree  Claudio Mazotti
1 hr
agree  Verginia Ophof
2 hrs
agree  Marlene Curtis
3 hrs
agree  Ana Resende
13 hrs
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
no wonder


Explanation:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/idioms/no-wonder

Adriana Maciel
Brazil
Local time: 14:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paula Borges: exato
0 min
  -> Obrigada.
agree  imatahan
3 mins
  -> Obrigada.
agree  Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
1 hr
  -> Obrigada.
agree  Claudio Mazotti
1 hr
  -> Obrigada.
agree  Verginia Ophof
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada.
agree  Marlene Curtis
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada.
agree  Douglas Bissell
1 day 52 mins
  -> Obrigada.
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