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CONFRARIAS

English translation: fellowships, fellowship meetings

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Portuguese term or phrase:CONFRARIAS
English translation:fellowships, fellowship meetings
Entered by: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

12:25 Mar 5, 2010
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Portuguese term or phrase: CONFRARIAS
I am try to get the Englsih equivalent of the Portuguese word 'CONFRARIAS', the reference is an Inflight Magazine and CONFRARIAS
For example: As reuniões de pauta são realizadas durante eventos denominados Confrarias.
Mike Davison
Brazil
Local time: 04:15
fellowships, fellowship meetings
Explanation:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/wine_oenolog...
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 09:15
Grading comment
Thanks a lot
Mike
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2fraternities
Marlene Curtis
4 +2fellowships, fellowship meetings
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4 +1gatherings
Muriel Vasconcellos


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fellowships, fellowship meetings


Explanation:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/wine_oenolog...

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 09:15
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks a lot
Mike

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
0 min
  -> Obrigado
agree  Walter Moura
6 mins
  -> Obrigado
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fraternities


Explanation:
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages - Google Books Result
André Vauchez, Richard Barrie Dobson, Michael ... - 2000 - History - 1624 pages
It can be better discerned in the late 1 1 th c., when groups designated by the unspecific words confraria, "fraternity" or "confraternity" can be ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1579582826

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Translation confraria - Portuguese-English Collins dictionary ...
confraria translation Portuguese - English : confraria f fraternity … . Portuguese - English, Collins dictionary, synonyms, translation.
dictionary.reverso.net/portuguese-english/confraria

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 03:15
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 96

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Veloso
5 hrs
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agree  Verginia Ophof
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
gatherings


Explanation:
Without more context, it's difficult to give a precise translation, but the text appears to be referring to events, not organized groups of people.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 00:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 160

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lumen (X)
1 day 14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lumen!
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