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loom, to

Portuguese translation: surgir (ameaçadoramente)

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English term or phrase:loom, to
Portuguese translation:surgir (ameaçadoramente)
Entered by: rhandler

22:27 Feb 3, 2007
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Management
English term or phrase: loom, to
Mas quando os designs ainda não estão coesos e a data das especificações looms, people get scared.
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
Local time: 05:15
surgir (ameaçadoramente)
Explanation:
Veja como o Webster's define "to loom":

loom2 (lom)
vi.
to appear, take shape, or come in sight indistinctly as through a mist, esp. in a large, portentous, or threatening form: often with up [the peak loomed up before us] Also used figuratively [the specter of war loomed ahead]
n.
a looming appearance, as of a ship in the fog

Etymology
[earlier lome, loam < ?]

(C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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rhandler
Local time: 05:15
Grading comment
Tks a lot
T.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3se aproxima
Mariana Moreira
4 +1surgir (ameaçadoramente)
rhandler


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
surgir (ameaçadoramente)


Explanation:
Veja como o Webster's define "to loom":

loom2 (lom)
vi.
to appear, take shape, or come in sight indistinctly as through a mist, esp. in a large, portentous, or threatening form: often with up [the peak loomed up before us] Also used figuratively [the specter of war loomed ahead]
n.
a looming appearance, as of a ship in the fog

Etymology
[earlier lome, loam < ?]

(C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.


rhandler
Local time: 05:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 176
Grading comment
Tks a lot
T.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcia Gascon: yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss bom final de semana Ralph :)
7 mins
  -> Obrigadoooooooo, Marcia. Para você também.
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
se aproxima


Explanation:
loom
v. aproximar-se, aparecer nublado; agigantar-se; tecer

x
s. tear, aparelho de tecer; tecelagem

espero que ajude:)

Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 09:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clara Duarte
7 mins
  -> Obrigada, Clara
agree  Ligia Teixeira
18 mins
  -> Obrigada, Lígia
agree  Maria Claypoole: agree
31 mins
  -> Obrigada, Maria
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