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Você poderá contar sempre com minha amizade.

English translation: You can always rely on my friendship.

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Portuguese term or phrase:Você poderá contar sempre com minha amizade.
English translation:You can always rely on my friendship.
Entered by: Vasco Mota Pereira

10:46 Sep 2, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / vocabulary
Region (source): Portuguese (Brazil)
Region (target): English (United States)
Portuguese term or phrase: Você poderá contar sempre com minha amizade.
Parte de uma carta que pretendo escrever.
Cybeles Lehner
Brazil
You can always rely on my friendship.
Explanation:
:)
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Vasco Mota Pereira
Portugal
Local time: 13:41
Grading comment
Perfeita a sua tradução. Quanto ao comentário da María Leonor, gostaria de esclarecer que esta seria uma carta de agradecimento a um colega inglês, e não "nacional" como ela mencionou... ou realmente there would be no point!

Mais uma vez, obrigada pela ajuda.

Forte abraço,

Cybeles
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +11You can always rely on my friendship.
Vasco Mota Pereira
5 +4You may always count on my friendship.
Alexandra Gouveia
5 +2You can always count on my friendship
airmailrpl
5 +1You can always count on my friendship
zabrowa
5You can always rely on my friendship
Emilie
4You will always be able to count on my friendship
muitoprazer (X)


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +11
Você poderá contar sempre com minha amizade.
You can always rely on my friendship.


Explanation:
:)

Vasco Mota Pereira
Portugal
Local time: 13:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
Grading comment
Perfeita a sua tradução. Quanto ao comentário da María Leonor, gostaria de esclarecer que esta seria uma carta de agradecimento a um colega inglês, e não "nacional" como ela mencionou... ou realmente there would be no point!

Mais uma vez, obrigada pela ajuda.

Forte abraço,

Cybeles

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandra Gouveia: Olá, Vasco! Gostei mais da sua sugestão. O termo "rely" é muito mais súbtil. :)
1 min
  -> Muito obrigado, Alexandra. :)
agree  Luciano Monteiro
2 mins
  -> Obrigado, Luciano.
agree  Emilie: Sugeri a mesma coisa. Sorry, não havia visto sua resposta. Excelente.
6 mins
  -> Nada por que pedir desculpa, bem pelo contrário. É um óptimo sinal para ambos. Muito obrigado.
agree  craigs
49 mins
  -> Thanks.
agree  Philippe Maillard
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  Gabriela Matias
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  Ivana de Sousa Santos
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Ivana.
agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda: Rely é esplêndido, só não entendo porque agradece em inglês a colegas nacionais...
3 hrs
  -> Tem toda a razão. Foi uma pequena confusão de idiomas.
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
7 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Henrique.
agree  James Cook: you can always count on my friendship
8 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Marcella S.
12 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Você poderá contar sempre com minha amizade.
You may always count on my friendship.


Explanation:
:)

Alexandra Gouveia
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luciano Monteiro
2 mins
  -> Obrigada, Luciano!
agree  zabrowa
3 mins
  -> Obrigada, Mateuslee!
agree  airmailrpl: three very good minds think alike..unfortunately the "asker" is on a different wave length
4 mins
  -> Hi, airmailrpl! I guess we were all on the same wavelength.
agree  Ivana de Sousa Santos
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Ivana. :)
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Você poderá contar sempre com minha amizade.
You can always count on my friendship


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 11 mins (2005-09-02 10:57:58 GMT)
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Sorry. I think we all put this is at the same time.

zabrowa
Local time: 14:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: three very good minds think alike
1 min
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Você poderá contar sempre com minha amizade.
You will always be able to count on my friendship


Explanation:
irly self explanatory !

muitoprazer (X)
Local time: 13:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
You can always rely on my friendship


Explanation:
rely on - reckon on... good terms for "contar"

Emilie
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  airmailrpl: a slight repetition??
1 min
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
You can always count on my friendship


Explanation:
Você poderá contar sempre com minha amizade. => You can always count on my friendship

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Note added at 56 mins (2005-09-02 11:42:59 GMT)
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Results 1 - 9 of about 20 English pages for "You can always count on my friendship".

BNW : Biafra Nigeria World Message Board: the Voice of a New ...
As you know, you can always count on my friendship. Right on the word, Uche Onyeagocha is our man no doubt. Obi, we shall not spoil his milk before the time ...
messageboard.biafranigeriaworld.com/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/get_topic/f/1/t/001848/p/1.html

Noxa-profiel: Maaike
... nevr let you go! You can always count on my Friendship , 'cause I will always be there for you like you are there for me! I love you ...
se02.noxa.net/Maaike

Guardians of the Mist Forums - Aven and all
... I sincerely hope to see you guys again in our part of the galaxies when you come back and you can always count on my friendship. Aven. Fero, 09-23-2003 08:21 PM ...
guardiansofthemist.com/forums/printthread.php?t=357

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 09:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  craigs: I like this one best
47 mins
  -> you have very good taste!!
agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
3 hrs
  -> agradeço
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