plug-in thingy

Portuguese translation: ...essa geringonça de encaixar ...

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English term or phrase:plug-in thingy
Portuguese translation:...essa geringonça de encaixar ...
Entered by: Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa

16:22 Feb 10, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks
English term or phrase: plug-in thingy
Quantas vezes você já deve ter ouvido alguém falar: “My computer plug-in thingy’s stopped working — it’s not been right since you messed around with it”?
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
Local time: 22:08
...essa geringonça de encaixar ...
Explanation:
Sug.
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Leonor Machado
Local time: 02:08
Grading comment
Thank you very much, you all
T.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2...essa geringonça de encaixar ...
Leonor Machado
4uma coisa/um negócio/um dispositivo qualquer de plug-in
Marlene Curtis
4coisa plugável
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4Essa coisinha/Esse negóciozinho de plug-in (parou de etc)
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
4essa coisa de plug-in
Leniel Maccaferri
4o abominável plug-in
Clauwolf


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
uma coisa/um negócio/um dispositivo qualquer de plug-in


Explanation:
thingy
s. objeto cujo nome não se sabe ou foi esquecido
Babylon

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 21:08
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 288
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
coisa plugável


Explanation:
Denota que a pessoa não sabe o nome e chama de thingy

Que tal coisa?

thingy
adjective
–noun
1. Facetious. any small item whose name is unknown or forgotten.

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 03:08
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 328
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Essa coisinha/Esse negóciozinho de plug-in (parou de etc)


Explanation:
Essa coisinha/Esse negóciozinho de plug-in (parou de etc)
HTH

Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
...essa geringonça de encaixar ...


Explanation:
Sug.

Leonor Machado
Local time: 02:08
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thank you very much, you all
T.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
6 mins
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agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: good one!
1 day 19 hrs
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
essa coisa de plug-in


Explanation:
essa coisa de plug-in

Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 22:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 122
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
o abominável plug-in


Explanation:
:) Tem que ter uma conotação negativa

Clauwolf
Local time: 22:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 168
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