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batailles de polochons

Portuguese translation: guerras de travesseiros

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French term or phrase:batailles de polochons
Portuguese translation:guerras de travesseiros
Entered by: Henrique Magalhaes

12:02 May 7, 2008
French to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: batailles de polochons
Il s'agit des 'luttes' d'enfance entre Louis XIV et son frère...
Henrique Magalhaes
Local time: 23:40
guerras de travesseiros
Explanation:
PETIT ROBERT
polochon n. m.
• 1849; p.-ê. de l'a. fr. pouloucel « petit oiseau » 
1¨ Fam. Traversin. Faire une bataille de polochons.



http://www.google.pt/search?hl=pt-BR&rlz=1T4ADBF_pt-BRPT236P...
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Joana Simão
Portugal
Local time: 23:40
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2guerras de travesseiros
Joana Simão
4 +3batalhas de almofadas
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4guerrinhas
tierri pimpao


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
guerras de travesseiros


Explanation:
PETIT ROBERT
polochon n. m.
• 1849; p.-ê. de l'a. fr. pouloucel « petit oiseau » 
1¨ Fam. Traversin. Faire une bataille de polochons.



http://www.google.pt/search?hl=pt-BR&rlz=1T4ADBF_pt-BRPT236P...


Joana Simão
Portugal
Local time: 23:40
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Ralph.
agree  Cláudia Balduino
54 days
  -> Obrigada, Cláudia.
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
guerrinhas


Explanation:
para guardar a ideia do texto no sentido de "brincar às guerrinhas"

tierri pimpao
France
Local time: 00:40
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in FrenchFrench
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
batalhas de almofadas


Language variant: PT(pt)

Explanation:
Penso que em PT(pt) a expressão usada é esta... emborq o sentido seja exactamente o mesmo!

Example sentence(s):
  • ficarem dentro de casa, primeiro desiludidas e depois crescentemente entusiasmadas, entregues aos jogos de cartas e às batalhas de almofadas
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 23:40
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rui Domingues: concordo, mas em vez de batalhas diria guerras, pq é mais natural em portugues dizer guerra de almofadas
38 mins
  -> Obrigada! Tem razão... é por isso que os comentários dos colegas, quando pertinentes, são sempre bem-vindos!
agree  Martine COTTARD: sim, como diz o Rui, "guerras de almofadas"
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
agree  Smartidiom: sim, "guerra de almofadas"
6 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
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