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tomar sol

English translation: to get some sun/to soak up some rays

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Portuguese term or phrase:tomar sol
English translation:to get some sun/to soak up some rays
Entered by: Sormane Gomes

15:18 Dec 15, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: tomar sol
Vou para praia tomar sol.
Lidia
to get some sun/to soak up some rays
Explanation:
My suggestions.
Selected response from:

Sormane Gomes
United States
Local time: 08:24
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6to sunbathe
Jorge Rodrigues
4 +2sunbath
Vania Correia
5 +1to get some sun/to soak up some rays
Sormane Gomes


  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sunbath


Explanation:
sunbath or sunbathing

Vania Correia
Local time: 13:24
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  oxygen4u: Sunbathe :)
5 mins
  -> Claro, sunbathe! Obrigada pela sugestão
agree  airmailrpl: SunbathE
4 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to get some sun/to soak up some rays


Explanation:
My suggestions.

Sormane Gomes
United States
Local time: 08:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 91

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deborah do Carmo: to soak up some rays is my choice, nothing incorrect about sunbathE but it falls rather flat on my ears as a native speaker
12 mins
  -> In this context, yeah, I agree. That's why I stayed away from "sunbathe." Thanks, Debbie.
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
to sunbathe


Explanation:
Sunbath = banho de sol.

Jorge Rodrigues
Brazil
Local time: 09:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 29

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
45 mins
  -> Thanks, Patricia.
agree  Chris Williams: yep sunbathe,
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Chris.
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Henrique.
agree  Carlos Castro
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Carlos.
agree  Eugenia Lourenco
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Eugenia.
agree  airmailrpl: -
4 hrs
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