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mean house

Portuguese translation: casa humilde

22:04 Jun 19, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: mean house
Cooking-fires began to glimmer through the doorways of mean houses
Lari_Rumi
Local time: 17:40
Portuguese translation:casa humilde
Explanation:
Outra possibilidade.

Mean
Low in social status; of humble origins.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mean
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Paula Pereira
Portugal
Local time: 21:40
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4casa humilde
Paula Pereira
5 +2casas miseráveis (pobres)
Joon Oh
4 +2casebre
Carlos Quandt
4 +1casas pobres
Maria Meneses


  

Answers


44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
casas pobres


Explanation:
sug.

Maria Meneses
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  marco lessa (X): pobre,casebre=shack
2 hrs
  -> mean tem o significado de casas pobres, com aspecto pobre
agree  Iara Fino Silva
11 hrs
  -> Obrigada Iara. Bom fim-de-semana
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
casebre


Explanation:
choupana, algo assim

Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Local time: 18:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  marco lessa (X): Agrad. ao ilust. conf. a abon., do G. de M., cont. FRANCÊS, port., v. está cit. uma trad. V.pode trad. 'mean house' c. 'casebre',m. lemb. q. 'mean' v. do Fr.:'meien', 'moien', p.L. 'medianus'=MÉDIO=mean= fig. int. betw. TWO EXTREMES;Casebre=Pardiero
2 hrs
  -> A small, very humble dwelling house;Hovel; A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. In the story "Vendetta", Guy de Maupassant evoked a sense of place by describing the house of the widow Saverni, and where it was situated. "A small mean house..."
agree  Iara Fino Silva
11 hrs
agree  Luciana Roppa
16 hrs
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
casas miseráveis (pobres)


Explanation:
mean houses = shabby houses

Joon Oh
Brazil
Local time: 17:40
Native speaker of: Native in KoreanKorean, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  marco lessa (X): casebre=pobre=shack
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Marco!
agree  Iara Fino Silva
11 hrs
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Carlos Quandt: "miseráveis" é um pouco forte... Da mesma forma que a IaraFino, creio que todas as sugestões são aceitáveis, é uma questão de escolha.
14 hrs
  -> Obrigado!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
casa humilde


Explanation:
Outra possibilidade.

Mean
Low in social status; of humble origins.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mean


Paula Pereira
Portugal
Local time: 21:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  marco lessa (X): A1.
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Marco!
neutral  Carlos Quandt: uma casa humilde não é necessariamente pobre
2 hrs
  -> humilde: que tem ou aparenta humildade, simples, modesto; sem grandes pretensões; pobre; in Dic. Porto Editora. Concordo que não é necessariamente pobre, mas também pode ser...
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida: concordo
9 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Isabel!
agree  Iara Fino Silva
10 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Iara!
agree  Nuno Quintas (X)
6 days
  -> Obrigada, Nuno!
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