drogaria

English translation: variety store

02:41 Mar 10, 2004

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research / Retail

Portuguese term or phrase: drogaria

This is the Portuguese (PT-PT) "drogaria", not a chemist, not a drugstore. A small shop selling housewares, cleaning products, beauty aids, etc... - almost everything except food. Thanks for any help!

Cristina Pereira KudoZ activity Questions: 439 (2 open) (2 without valid answers) (15 closed without grading) Answers: 2074
Local time: 05:40

English translation:variety store

Explanation:
Welcome to Koger Variety Store
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eBay Store - JOHNSONS VARIETY STORE: GIFTS COLLECTIBLES, JEWLERY ...
Buy GIFTS COLLECTIBLES, JEWLERY FRAGRANCES, and DOLLS TOYS GAMES items from JOHNSONS
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eBay Store - 0 0 0 0 SRC DISCOUNT VARIETY STORE: GIFTS FOR ALL ...
Buy GIFTS FOR ALL OCCASSIONS, HOME DECOR APPLIANCES, and LAWN GARDEN
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M & W Restaurant and Variety Store
M & W Variety Store and Restaurant. Phone/Fax: 902-682-2189 Open Daily
8 AM-10 PM Summer. Located just 1/4 mile from Kejimkujik National ...
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Tobins Supermarket and Variety Store
It's a nice day in Tobin's Store Fuel Available. You are welcome to buy
fuel for your travel. Tobins Store has fuel and travel directions. ...
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Cornell Daily Sun: Variety Store Moves, Expands on Commons
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2004 Variety Store Moves, Expands on Commons By JESSICA LIEBMAN
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Coopersville Michigan Professional and Business Services - Variety ...
... Coopersville Variety Store Half-priced greeting cards & more Marcia Draft
305 Main Street Coopersville, MI 49404 Phone: (616) 837-6990. ...
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Selected response from:

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 00:40

Grading comment

Thanks all! I thinks this is the closest.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +8

variety store

Marian Greenfield

5 +2

Em apoio à resposta da Marian

António Ribeiro

mini-mart

Will Matter

general store

Ilse Ackerman

4 +1

chemist

Norbert Hermann

General Store

Elizabeth Castaldini

Hardware store/shop

suesimons

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

variety store

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 00:40
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thanks all! I thinks this is the closest.

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Em apoio à resposta da Marian

Explanation:
Variety Store: A retail store that handles a wide assortment of inexpensive and popularly priced goods and services, such as stationery, gift items, women's accessories, health and beauty aids, light hardware, toys, housewares, confectionery items, and shoe repair.

http://www.prenhall.com/rm_student/html/glossary/v_gloss.htm...

António Ribeiro
Local time: 14:40
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

14 mins confidence:

mini-mart

Explanation:
Another possibility. Widely used in US English as in "i'm going down to the mini-mart to pick up a few things, be right back". Another easily understood term for the kind of store you are describing.

Will Matter
United States
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of:

English

12 mins confidence:

general store

Explanation:
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Note added at 14 mins (2004-03-10 02:56:08 GMT)
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NOUN: A retail store, usually located in a rural community, that sells a wide variety of merchandise but is not divided into departments.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Ilse Ackerman
United States
Local time: 22:40
Native speaker of:

English

2 hrs confidence:

General Store

Explanation:
"General Store" is comprenhensive and translates the concept of 'drogaria'(PT-PT) very closely.

Elizabeth Castaldini
Local time: 00:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

5 hrs confidence:

Hardware store/shop

Explanation:
Just this. Hope it helps.

suesimons
Local time: 05:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

chemist

Explanation:
I know you excluded chemist but a Chemist in the UK sells all these things, except food - but even here is a shift towards food, toys, etc. The biggest one Boots sells electronics, some food and more.

The little corner chemist sells "some" houseware, cleaning products, hygiene products, cosmetics, over the counter / off-the shelf drugs and also prescreption drugs - the markets are opening up. You now have in-store chemists in supermarkets. The borders are very blurred.

A drogaria is the same in Germany - Drogerie (tradionally with the same range of goods) - and there you have already big chains of Drogeriemaerkte.

So I think Chemist is really the right equivalent - I have seen them here in the UK, in Austria, Germany and in Portugal and elsewhere - with very identical range of products.

When referring to drugs we would still have pharmacist to distinguish between chemist who sells more than just drugs.

Hope this helps.

Norbert

Norbert Hermann
Local time: 05:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in category: 8

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