Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

acaba por fazer

English translation:

ends up readapting

Added to glossary by zabrowa
Dec 7, 2007 09:49
16 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

acaba por fazer

Portuguese to English Science Linguistics loanwords
Como nenhuma sociedade é homogênea, os que têm menos contato com a língua estrangeira, acaba por fazer uma readaptação do empréstimo, o que gera variações na representação da palavra nativizada

As no society is homogeneous, members who have less contact with the foreign language, XXX a readaptation of the loan, resulting in variations in the representation of the nativized word
Change log

Dec 7, 2007 09:49: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Proposed translations

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ends up readapting

Ends up readapting - no "by".
Peer comment(s):

agree Muriel Vasconcellos
5 hrs
agree Marcelo Galdos
11 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Great one. Thanks a lot!"
18 mins

end up

Acabar por = end up. Mas você vai ter que reorganizar a senteça, porque esse "readapting" não vai ficar bom da forma que está.

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Note added at 19 mins (2007-12-07 10:08:38 GMT)
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I forgot to put the S. The correct is "endS up". :)
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+2
12 mins

end up by readapting the..

acabar por fazer = end up by doing ..

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-12-07 13:05:47 GMT)
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I think its end and not ends as it refers to those who have less contact...and so it is plural.
Peer comment(s):

agree momo savino : endS
4 mins
obrigada momo
agree Marlene Curtis
3 hrs
obrigada marl
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