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...they wouldn´t have given me a turn in any case?

Portuguese translation: ...não teriam me dado uma oportunidade de qualquer modo

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English term or phrase:...they wouldn´t have given me a turn in any case?
Portuguese translation:...não teriam me dado uma oportunidade de qualquer modo
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

16:33 Jan 4, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / Twilight of Avalon
English term or phrase: ...they wouldn´t have given me a turn in any case?
Never mind that. You think...
Beth Guimaraes
Brazil
Local time: 15:23
...não teriam me dado uma oportunidade de qualquer modo
Explanation:

in any case = de qualquer forma, de qualquer modo
Babylon
Selected response from:

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 14:23
Grading comment
Marlene: O "não" atrai a próclise, de modo q a frase correta é: "não me teriam dado..."

Obrigada.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5...em qualquer dos casos não me teriam dado qualquer hipótese
Mariana Moreira
5...eles não teriam me dado vez em caso algum?
Marco Salvati Cristellotti
4...não teriam me dado uma oportunidade de qualquer modo
Marlene Curtis
4 -1de qualquer modo dar-me-ão uma oportunidade?
Isabel Maria Almeida
3...de qualquer forma eles não me teriam sedado (não teriam me deixado desacordado).
Marcos Antonio


Discussion entries: 1





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
de qualquer modo dar-me-ão uma oportunidade?


Explanation:
ajuda?

Isabel Maria Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 19:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Dra. Teresa Bernardes: parece-me ser precisamente o contrário
3 mins
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
...em qualquer dos casos não me teriam dado qualquer hipótese


Explanation:
Espero que ajude, com a falta de contexto....

Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 19:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 75

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dra. Teresa Bernardes: agree
0 min
  -> Teresa, obrigada
agree  rhandler
6 hrs
  -> Ralph, obrigada
agree  oxygen4u: :)
17 hrs
  -> Oxygen, obrigada
agree  soaresmary: concordo
18 hrs
  -> Mary, obrigada
agree  Sonia Heidemann
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Sónia, obrigada
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
...não teriam me dado uma oportunidade de qualquer modo


Explanation:

in any case = de qualquer forma, de qualquer modo
Babylon

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 14:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 1973
Grading comment
Marlene: O "não" atrai a próclise, de modo q a frase correta é: "não me teriam dado..."

Obrigada.
Notes to answerer
Asker: 3.

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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
...de qualquer forma eles não me teriam sedado (não teriam me deixado desacordado).


Explanation:
Sug.


Como há uma expressão idiomática para "give me a turn", esta poderia ser uma opção:
...de qualquer forma eles não me teriam deixado desacordado/ não me teriam sedado.


Dic. Exp. Idiomáticas
- to give one a turn: tontear alguém - fazer alguém perder os sentidos - dar um choque em alguém

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 15:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 234
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2 days 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
...eles não teriam me dado vez em caso algum?


Explanation:
...eles não teriam me dado vez em caso algum?

Marco Salvati Cristellotti
Brazil
Local time: 15:23
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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