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to be tapped

Portuguese translation: por explorar, não explorado

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English term or phrase:to be tapped
Portuguese translation:por explorar, não explorado
Entered by: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

10:19 May 23, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
History / colonização do sudeste asiático
English term or phrase: to be tapped
A frase é: "Here was untold wealth to be tapped." A frase se refere à riqueza no sudeste asiático, mas não consigo entender o real significado. Alguém pode me ajudar, please?
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por explorar, não explorado
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 01:08
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5por explorar, não explorado
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4 +4a ser explorado/para ser explorado
Flavia Martins dos Santos


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
por explorar, não explorado


Language variant: PT(pt)

Explanation:
Ver exemplos nas duas versões linguísticas.

Example sentence(s):
  • É o caso, nomeadamente, do B2C (da empresa ao consumidor), cujo potencial continua por explorar
  • Enterprises can now use tried and tested technologies, as well as viable business models - more specifically B2C (business-to-consumer) whose potential has still to be tapped.

    Reference: http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/pt/lvb/n26040.htm
    Reference: http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/n26040.htm
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 01:08
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  reginakersten
6 mins
  -> Obrigada!
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
1 hr
  -> Obrigada!
agree  airmailrpl: por explorar
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
agree  Roberto Cavalcanti
5 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
agree  marco lessa (X): A1
10 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
a ser explorado/para ser explorado


Language variant: Brazilian

Explanation:
Suggestion

Flavia Martins dos Santos
Brazil
Local time: 21:08
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paula Góes
15 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Marcos Antonio
30 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
52 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  airmailrpl: -
2 hrs
  -> thanks
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