let steep

Portuguese translation: deixa descansar um minuto (p/ dar mais gosto) antes de beber....

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English term or phrase:let steep
Portuguese translation:deixa descansar um minuto (p/ dar mais gosto) antes de beber....
Entered by: Always Learning

23:30 Feb 24, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary
English term or phrase: let steep
Contexto: receita de Hot Irish Whiskey

Frase: Add the lemon wedge. Let steep one minute before drinking.

Qual o correspondente em PT do BR?
Always Learning
deixa descansar um minuto antes de beber....
Explanation:
suggestion

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Note added at 4 mins (2010-02-24 23:34:15 GMT)
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Outra sugestao....deixe embeber (molhar, pegar gosto etc) por um minuto antes de beber
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Nadja B Batdorf
United States
Local time: 20:40
Grading comment
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4deixa descansar um minuto antes de beber....
Nadja B Batdorf
5 +1fazer infusão
airmailrpl
4aguardar (a casca de limão) impregnar-se
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral


  

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deixa descansar um minuto antes de beber....


Explanation:
suggestion

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Note added at 4 mins (2010-02-24 23:34:15 GMT)
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Outra sugestao....deixe embeber (molhar, pegar gosto etc) por um minuto antes de beber

Nadja B Batdorf
United States
Local time: 20:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Palmer
7 mins
  -> Thanks Mary! :-)

agree  rir: deixe repousar, para dar mais gosto
32 mins
  -> Obrigada :-)

agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
9 hrs
  -> Obrigada :-)

agree  Marlene Curtis
14 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fazer infusão


Explanation:
fazer infusão

steep 2 (stp)
v. steeped, steep·ing, steeps
v.tr.
1. To soak in liquid in order to cleanse, soften, or extract a given property from.
2. To infuse or subject thoroughly to.
3. To make thoroughly wet; saturate.

Infusion
instila ão, infuso, infusão, infusão (brew, steep, tea), infusão, tisana, perfusão (drip-feeding, leakage, perfusion), macera ão. (various references) ...
www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/Infusion

Infusion (disambiguation) | | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
Uma infusão pode ser:Infusão - uma bebida feita pela imersão de uma substância ... Define Infusion (disambiguation). Translate Infusion (disambiguation) ...
www.babylon.com/definition/Infusion_(disambiguation)/

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 00:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 157

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leonor Machado: eu diria: deixar em infusão
10 hrs
  -> bom
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