Portar

English translation: bear

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Portuguese term or phrase:Portar
English translation:bear
Entered by: rhandler

12:16 Feb 20, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Linguistics / phonology
Portuguese term or phrase: Portar
PLEASE NOTE CONTEXT

Assumirei… que o que torna as oclusivas apropriadas para portar contorno oral/nasal é a sua natureza de serem oclusivas de modo preferivel à sua característica de possuírem uma soltura...

THANKS!
zabrowa
Local time: 22:10
bear
Explanation:
É a tradução literal, totalmente apropriada para o presente contexto.

Cuidado com o "assumirei". Acho preferível usar "considerarei", ou "partirei do princípio de que", pois "assumir" tem outro significado, mais comum, em português.
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rhandler
Local time: 18:10
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4 +2bear
rhandler
3convey
María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda


  

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convey


Explanation:
convey [kEn'veI ]

verbo transitivo


1. transportar, levar;

2. transmitir;

3. comunicar;



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Note added at 6 mins (2006-02-20 12:22:40 GMT)
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portar: levar, carregar, transportar
do Dic. Português Antônio Houiass

María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
Local time: 16:10
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Claudio Mazotti: fora de contexto
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bear


Explanation:
É a tradução literal, totalmente apropriada para o presente contexto.

Cuidado com o "assumirei". Acho preferível usar "considerarei", ou "partirei do princípio de que", pois "assumir" tem outro significado, mais comum, em português.

rhandler
Local time: 18:10
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti: faz mais sentido
6 mins
  -> Obrigado, klausinSP

agree  AnaCarla
15 hrs
  -> Obrigado, AnaCarla.
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