hora de aperto

English translation: crunch time

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Portuguese term or phrase:	hora de aperto
English translation:	crunch time
Entered by:	R. Alex Jenkins

15:45 May 28, 2007

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / (customer services)

Portuguese term or phrase: hora de aperto

I had this translated as 'hour of need' but I'm not happy with it. Any better ideas?

Thanks!!

R. Alex Jenkins KudoZ activity Questions: 148 (none open) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 1608 Brazil
Local time: 12:30

crunch time

Explanation:
HTH

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-28 16:52:19 GMT)
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You could also use...

if/when it comes to the crunch

However, it all depends on your context. Good luck!

Selected response from:

Sormane Gomes
United States
Local time: 11:30

Grading comment

Excellent. Thanks Sormane.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

crunch time

Sormane Gomes

difficult times/hard times

Denise Miranda

at the wrong time

Flavia Martins dos Santos

when the going gets tough/between a rock and a hard place

Erik Bry

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

crunch time

Sormane Gomes
United States
Local time: 11:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 31

Grading comment

Excellent. Thanks Sormane.

2 hrs confidence:

difficult times/hard times

Explanation:
In the Difficult Times,
Keep Believing in Yourself
There are times in life
when things are not perfect
when problems seem to surround you.
When you are going through a difficult time
you may wonder if you're making the right choices

http://www.angelfire.com/ct/meadowmist/friend3.html

Times sometimes are difficult. Circumstances are sometimes bad. Difficult times come to those who have been living faithful lives. This is important to hear ...
www.unionchurch.com/archive/102900.html - 24k -

Denise Miranda
Local time: 12:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

at the wrong time

Explanation:
suggestion

Flavia Martins dos Santos
Brazil
Local time: 12:30
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

3 hrs confidence:

when the going gets tough/between a rock and a hard place

Explanation:
...when times are tough

Erik Bry
Local time: 09:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

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