santa casa de santos

Portuguese translation: a hospital / health center in Santos

14:15 Jul 27, 2007
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English term or phrase: santa casa de santos
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canaria
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:27
Portuguese translation:a hospital / health center in Santos
Explanation:
guess...

Santos is a city

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Note added at 21 mins (2007-07-27 14:37:30 GMT)
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http://www.scms.org.br/home.asp.

it's a hospital (not a health center) if my guess is correct
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veratek
Brazil
Local time: 05:27
Grading comment
thank ypu
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5charity hospital
Humberto Ribas
2 +2a hospital / health center in Santos
veratek


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a hospital / health center in Santos


Explanation:
guess...

Santos is a city

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Note added at 21 mins (2007-07-27 14:37:30 GMT)
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http://www.scms.org.br/home.asp.

it's a hospital (not a health center) if my guess is correct

veratek
Brazil
Local time: 05:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank ypu

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  R. Alex Jenkins: Very probable!
2 mins
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agree  Maria Prado Menga: Certainly is!
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
charity hospital


Explanation:
Santa Casa is the name given to a kind of free hospital, not always government supported, found in most major cities in Brazil. A free translation of Santa Casa de Misericórdia - would Holy House of Mercy. They are dedicated to helping the poor have good medical assistance and most of them depend on donations. They are a highly trusted intstitution in Brazil and people feel high grateful when they are honoured as a curator for one of them.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2007-07-28 08:23:14 GMT)
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would be HOly HOuse ...
people feel highly grateful

Humberto Ribas
Brazil
Local time: 05:27
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 101
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