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...the old Way.

Portuguese translation: A Maneira Antiga

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English term or phrase:...the old Way.
Portuguese translation:A Maneira Antiga
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

16:32 Dec 28, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / Twilight of Avalon
English term or phrase: ...the old Way.
Myrddin said: "There is a story from the old times - the Old Way. A tale of the king of a wasted kingdom, who grew old and was slain that his blood might water the land".
Beth Guimaraes
Brazil
Local time: 06:41
A Maneira Antiga
Explanation:
Kashew tem uma certa razão, mas creio que seu contexto se refere à maneira antiga de se livrar de um soberano idoso, de um reino gasto.
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 05:41
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Summary of answers provided
5 +10à maneira antiga
Ivana de Sousa Santos
4 +1A Maneira Antiga
Marlene Curtis
4... o Sistema Antigo.
priscilalaterza
3caminho antigo
kashew
3o jeito antigo ou os métodos obscuros de resolver um assunto.
Marcos Antonio
3à moda antiga
Paul Dixon
1via antiga
jorges


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...the old way.
caminho antigo


Explanation:
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kashew
France
Local time: 11:41
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
...the old way.
A Maneira Antiga


Explanation:
Kashew tem uma certa razão, mas creio que seu contexto se refere à maneira antiga de se livrar de um soberano idoso, de um reino gasto.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 05:41
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 1973
Notes to answerer
Asker: 4.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Artur Jorge Martins
6 hrs
  -> Grata Artur!
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
...the old way.
... o Sistema Antigo.


Explanation:
Há várias interpretações. Essa é a minha sugestão.

http://www.babylon.com/definition/way/Portuguese
way of doing things
sistema (the old way of doing things = o sistema antigo)

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Note added at 28 mins (2008-12-28 17:00:51 GMT)
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ou "o Costume Antigo"

priscilalaterza
Brazil
Local time: 06:41
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +10
...the old way.
à maneira antiga


Explanation:
É esta a expressão.

Veja exemplos:

Com sua nova coletânea de contos Celular, treze histórias à maneira antiga, Ingo Schulze prova mais uma vez que é um dos autores mais importantes da ...
culturalema.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/celular-treze-historias-a-maneira-antiga/ - 23k -

Solicito autorização para utilizar "Soneto à maneira antiga" em aulas de poesia, a leccionar até à reforma, com vista a sensibilizar discentes para questões ...
presadopadrepedro.blogspot.com/2005/04/soneto-maneira-antiga.html - 21k -

Trovas à Maneira Antiga. Autoria: Sá de Miranda Estas trovas apresentam, na sua quase totalidade, temas constantes do Cancioneiro Geral de Garcia de ...
www.infopedia.pt/artigos/Trovas à Maneira Antiga.html - 66k -



Ivana de Sousa Santos
Portugal
Local time: 10:41
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Castro: ou "à moda antiga" (= como se fazia no passado)
14 mins
agree  Luísa Taveira
31 mins
agree  rhandler: E com acento grave no "a", indicando a crase.
38 mins
agree  soaresmary: soaresmary
1 hr
agree  Elvira Alves Barry
1 hr
agree  Sonia Heidemann
3 hrs
agree  Sónia Martins
5 hrs
agree  Artur Jorge Martins
6 hrs
agree  Joice Costa: gosto também da sugestão oferecida pela Maria Castro: à moda antiga.
6 hrs
neutral  Marlene Curtis: "À maneira antiga" em inglês seria "IN the Old Way"
6 hrs
agree  Lidia Saragaço
8 hrs
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...the old way.
via antiga


Explanation:
vereda antiga

jorges
Local time: 10:41
PRO pts in category: 16
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
...the old way.
o jeito antigo ou os métodos obscuros de resolver um assunto.


Explanation:
Sug.

Creio que "Old Way", neste caso, está se referindo aos" métodos obscuros/excusos" para se resolver um problema.


- By getting rid of Merlin very early on, Malory demonstrates that Arthur's court can survive quite well without the aid of magic, prophecy, and "the old way" (Goodrich 15 ). ...
www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/MVessay.htm - 10k

- Merlin, primeiramente, foi confundido com um louco chamado Myrddin, ... Marion Zimmer Bradley reconta, nos livros "As Brumas de Avalon" a história de Artur ...
inexoravell.blogspot.com/2007/04/dualidade.html - 16k

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 06:41
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 234
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
...the old way.
à moda antiga


Explanation:
Creio que seja isso.

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 06:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
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