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rack

Portuguese translation: banca de jornais

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English term or phrase:newspaper rack
Portuguese translation:banca de jornais
Entered by: Katarina Peters

21:21 Aug 16, 2007
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: rack
O personagem está numa rua, na Grécia. É britânico.
"He crossed the narrow road and dumped the shopping bag in the back of the open 4x4, then walked back to the rack of foreign language newspapers"
Lois_1976
Local time: 12:53
banca/estante/prateleira de jornais
Explanation:
:)
Selected response from:

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 11:53
Grading comment
Obrigada!

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8banca/estante/prateleira de jornais
Katarina Peters
5espositor
Fjfjcbv hjfjh
5banca
Elvira Alves Barry
2quiosque
Vitor Guerreiro


  

Answers


10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
banca/estante/prateleira de jornais


Explanation:
:)

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 11:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 88
Grading comment
Obrigada!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roberto Cavalcanti: banca
7 mins
  -> Obrigada, Roberto
agree  Mariana Moreira
20 mins
  -> Obrigada, Mariana
agree  Heloísa Ferdinandt: Banca (especializada?)
52 mins
  -> Obrigada, Heloisa, especializada em jornais estrangeiros? Talvez, mas nao creio que seja necessario
agree  Michael and Raimunda Poe
5 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Michael e Raimunda!
agree  Maria Oliveira
12 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Maria
agree  Cristina Santos: banca
12 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Cristina
agree  Susy Ordaz
23 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Susy
agree  Humberto Ribas
1 day 18 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Humberto
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
quiosque


Explanation:
talvez na rua soe mais natural a referencia a "quiosque", mas não tenho certeza.

Vitor Guerreiro
Portugal
Local time: 16:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
espositor


Explanation:
"rack" = "espositor"
"a frame with which to hang various items"

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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-08-17 01:41:03 GMT)
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desculpe pela gralha, é "expositor"


    Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rack#Verb_3
Fjfjcbv hjfjh
Portugal
Local time: 16:53
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
banca


Explanation:
Agree.

Elvira Alves Barry
Local time: 16:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56
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