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ajuste de contas

English translation: settling of scores

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Portuguese term or phrase:ajuste de contas
English translation:settling of scores
Entered by: Jonas Teixeira (X)

14:55 Jan 12, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Portuguese term or phrase: ajuste de contas
Os ataques servem assim para acobertar traições, ajustes de contas, ...
stevenharper
Local time: 09:27
settling of scores
Explanation:
Acerto de contas é uma expressão idiomática da lingua portuguesa e, como tal, também pede sua correspondente na estrangeira. Esta expressão é a mesma coisa que "dar o troco", que também é idiomático.

Revenge, retalliation e outras estão certas, mas, trata-se, apenas, de manter a correspondência.

A locução acerto de contas = settlement of accounts [comprovação de despesas] é usado no seu sentido literal, não tendo, portanto, qualquer relação com o texto proposto.

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Note added at 1 hora (2007-01-12 16:25:06 GMT)
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Correção: retaliation, com um "l" só. Sorry!
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Jonas Teixeira (X)
Brazil
Local time: 09:27
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3revenge/retaliation
P Forgas
4 +3settling of scores
Jonas Teixeira (X)
4 +1getting even
José Henrique Lamensdorf
4settlement of accounts
Enza Longo


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
revenge/retaliation


Explanation:
a. de contas
1 quitação de dívidas e obrigações
2 Derivação: sentido figurado.
represália por um mal sofrido; vingança, desagravo, acerto de contas
dic. houaiss


P Forgas
Brazil
Local time: 09:27
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Denise DeVries
1 min
agree  Irina Dicovsky - MD (X)
17 mins
agree  Neyde
1 hr
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
settlement of accounts


Explanation:
reckoning - Definitions from Dictionary.comA settlement of accounts: a day of reckoning. ... Portuguese (Portugal):, ajuste de contas. Romanian:, lichidare. Russian:, расплата. Slovak:, účet ...
dictionary.reference.com/browse/reckoning - 33k - Cached - Similar pages


Enza Longo
Canada
Local time: 08:27
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
settling of scores


Explanation:
Acerto de contas é uma expressão idiomática da lingua portuguesa e, como tal, também pede sua correspondente na estrangeira. Esta expressão é a mesma coisa que "dar o troco", que também é idiomático.

Revenge, retalliation e outras estão certas, mas, trata-se, apenas, de manter a correspondência.

A locução acerto de contas = settlement of accounts [comprovação de despesas] é usado no seu sentido literal, não tendo, portanto, qualquer relação com o texto proposto.

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Note added at 1 hora (2007-01-12 16:25:06 GMT)
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Correção: retaliation, com um "l" só. Sorry!

Jonas Teixeira (X)
Brazil
Local time: 09:27
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/settling a score
34 mins
  -> Muito obrigado!
agree  lexical: I'd go for this one
35 mins
  -> Y're smart. Thanks
agree  Susy Ordaz
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, também!
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
getting even


Explanation:
From the scarce context given, it seems to me that "getting even" fits there.


    Reference: http://www.reference.com/browse/all/getting%20even
José Henrique Lamensdorf
Brazil
Local time: 09:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
9 days
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