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wee doddle

Portuguese translation: é fácil/é canja

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English term or phrase:wee doddle
Portuguese translation:é fácil/é canja
Entered by: Always Learning

22:59 Jul 10, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: wee doddle
A frase é: "From there it´s only a wee doddle."
Always Learning
é fácil/é canja
Explanation:
dependendo do registo do restante texto, pelo menos em Portugal a expressão "é canja" é muito utilizada nesse sentido.

Noun
1. an easy task
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Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 05:29
Grading comment
Mais uma vez, muito obrigada! :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5é fácil/é canja
Mariana Moreira
4uma pequena mancha - um pequeno borrão.
Marcos Antonio
3pequeno rabisco
Leniel Maccaferri


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
é fácil/é canja


Explanation:
dependendo do registo do restante texto, pelo menos em Portugal a expressão "é canja" é muito utilizada nesse sentido.

Noun
1. an easy task

Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 05:29
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 75
Grading comment
Mais uma vez, muito obrigada! :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  marco lessa (X): A1. Aqui, na Antiga Colônia, depois Reino Unido, tb se diz 'é canja de galinha'. Ms. tb: É mole; é moleza; é sopa; é barbada; tá na mão; tá no papo; já era.
9 mins
  -> Marco, obrigada
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
9 hrs
  -> Alexandra, obrigada
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida: concordo
9 hrs
  -> Isabel, obrigada
agree  Sonia Heidemann
12 hrs
  -> Sónia, obrigada
agree  Ligia Dias Costa
12 hrs
  -> Ligia, obrigada
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pequeno rabisco


Explanation:
pequeno rabisco

Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 01:29
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
uma pequena mancha - um pequeno borrão.


Explanation:
Opção.


- Visto daqui parece uma pequena mancha/um pequeno borrão.

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 01:29
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 234
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