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kept creeping back in

Portuguese translation: manteve-se na clandestinidade

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English term or phrase:kept creeping back in
Portuguese translation:manteve-se na clandestinidade
Entered by: VagnerB

16:42 Aug 20, 2007
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy / theology; metaphysics
English term or phrase: kept creeping back in
While this gnostic element was banished from theology by the ancient church fathers, notably Athanasius and Augustine, it kept creeping back in.
VagnerB
Local time: 00:37
manteve-se na clandestinidade
Explanation:
:)
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Clauwolf
Local time: 00:37
Grading comment
Acho que sua sugestão se encaixa bem no meu contexto. Obrigado.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5continuou voltando à tona sorrateiramente
Gisele Goldstein
4 +1continuou se infiltrando de volta
Humberto Ribas
3 -1manteve-se na clandestinidade
Clauwolf


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
continuou se infiltrando de volta


Explanation:
voltando a entrar (sem ser chamado/desejado)

Humberto Ribas
Brazil
Local time: 00:37
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 22

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Hagen: Demasiado literal. Sugestão: continuou a insinuar-se repetidamente
1 hr
  -> obrigado, Ana
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
continuou voltando à tona sorrateiramente


Explanation:
Sugestão com base no sentido de creep in, que é algo como surgir sorrateiramente, como é creep back in, achei que voltando à tona sorrateiramente pode servir.

S: (v) sneak in, creep in (enter surreptitiously) "He sneaked in under cover of darkness"; "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in"


Gisele Goldstein
United States
Local time: 23:37
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  rhandler
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agree  Roberto Cavalcanti
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agree  Heloísa Ferdinandt
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agree  CHRISTA MAYER-LOOS
1 hr
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agree  Cristina Santos
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
manteve-se na clandestinidade


Explanation:
:)

Clauwolf
Local time: 00:37
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Acho que sua sugestão se encaixa bem no meu contexto. Obrigado.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Ana Hagen: É o oposto total!
6 mins
  -> não vamos exagerar, ela foi banida mas continuou valendo (na clandestinidade), como quase tudo o que é proibido...
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