camper

Portuguese translation: contente, satisfeito

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English term or phrase:camper
Portuguese translation:contente, satisfeito
Entered by: Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa

19:10 Mar 6, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: camper
Let's eavesdrop on an executive staff meeting at the Acme Widget Company. The participants are not happy campers
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
Local time: 22:28
contente, satisfeito
Explanation:
A expressão aqui é happy camper, uma gíria para contente, satisfeito:


A satisfied participant, a contented person, as in She loved the challenge of her new job; she was one happy camper. This expression is also often put in the negative, as in She hated the heat and humidity of the southern summer; she was not a happy camper. [Slang; mid-1900s]

http://www.answers.com/topic/happy-campers-1

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Note added at 12 mins (2008-03-06 19:23:25 GMT)
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happy camper
–noun Slang. a person who is cheerful and satisfied: There were no happy campers after the company was reorganized


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/happy camper

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Note added at 13 mins (2008-03-06 19:23:48 GMT)
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No caso contenteS, satisfeitoS, claro
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Fernando Domeniconi
United States
Local time: 21:28
Grading comment
Tks a lot
T.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2contente, satisfeito
Fernando Domeniconi
4campista
Roberto Cavalcanti
4campista
José António de Freitas e Silva


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
campista


Explanation:
pessoa que acampa

Roberto Cavalcanti
Brazil
Local time: 22:28
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 458
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
campista


Explanation:
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José António de Freitas e Silva
Portugal
Local time: 02:28
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
happy camper
contente, satisfeito


Explanation:
A expressão aqui é happy camper, uma gíria para contente, satisfeito:


A satisfied participant, a contented person, as in She loved the challenge of her new job; she was one happy camper. This expression is also often put in the negative, as in She hated the heat and humidity of the southern summer; she was not a happy camper. [Slang; mid-1900s]

http://www.answers.com/topic/happy-campers-1

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Note added at 12 mins (2008-03-06 19:23:25 GMT)
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happy camper
–noun Slang. a person who is cheerful and satisfied: There were no happy campers after the company was reorganized


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/happy camper

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Note added at 13 mins (2008-03-06 19:23:48 GMT)
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No caso contenteS, satisfeitoS, claro

Fernando Domeniconi
United States
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Tks a lot
T.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: Absolutely!
4 mins
  -> Obrigado, Paula!

agree  H. Russell Fisher
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Russell!
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