blew the test

Portuguese translation: não passasse no teste

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English term or phrase:blew the test
Portuguese translation:não passasse no teste
Entered by: Ann Lee (X)

12:16 Oct 30, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: blew the test
Now when they grade this test, it comes out on a scattergram chart. If you're meant to be a broker, your scattergram looks something like a butterfly. Well, mine came out a perfect butterfly. Fitzgerald didn't care, he was going to hire me unless I really blew the test. But he did say, "You really did well on that test. I haven't seen anybody do that well
Ann Lee (X)
Local time: 07:26
não passasse no teste
Explanation:
What do you do if you blow a test? Try to evaluate your performance as impartially as possible. Were your expectations of the exam met or not? Were your preparation procedures appropriate for the type of test? Was your preparation adequate? Why or why not? Did you understand the test directions? Did you understand what the questions asked? Why or why not?

http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/testtaking.ht...

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ou na prova, ou no exame
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 12:26
Grading comment
obrigada
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2chumbar o teste/prova/exame
Nick Taylor
5bombei no teste ..bombei o teste
airmailrpl
5fosse (realmente) mal na prova
Javi Tazinafo
4não passasse no teste
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4fizesse uma grande asneira/cometesse um erro crasso
Marlene Curtis
3 +1pisasse na bola, no teste
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
4reprovasse no teste/levasse pau no teste/exame
Airton J Souza


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
não passasse no teste


Explanation:
What do you do if you blow a test? Try to evaluate your performance as impartially as possible. Were your expectations of the exam met or not? Were your preparation procedures appropriate for the type of test? Was your preparation adequate? Why or why not? Did you understand the test directions? Did you understand what the questions asked? Why or why not?

http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/testtaking.ht...

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ou na prova, ou no exame

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 12:26
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 1764
Grading comment
obrigada
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fizesse uma grande asneira/cometesse um erro crasso


Explanation:
To blow = errar, fazer uma asneira, cometer um erro crasso.

http://books.google.com/books?id=0v6ykM5d1bwC&pg=PA32&lpg=PA...

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blunder: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com
Slang blow, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu. Idioms: make a muck of. ... cambalear, cometer rata (gír.) n. - asneira (f). Русский (Russian) ...
www.answers.com/topic/blunder

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 06:26
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 2943
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pisasse na bola, no teste


Explanation:
outra alternativa

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 82

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis: Gostei de "pisasse na bola"...É bem idiomático...
28 mins
  -> Marlene, grato. Antonio
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
chumbar o teste/prova/exame


Explanation:
chumbar o teste/prova/exame

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http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/universidade-professora-ca...

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frequência is what we tend to use in my university for "test"

Nick Taylor
Local time: 11:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 258

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jose Mariano
2 mins
  -> cheers

agree  Marlene Curtis: Também gostei...
44 mins
  -> thanks - mid-terms are "frequências" with "exame" at the end of the semestre
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
bombei no teste ..bombei o teste


Explanation:
blew the test => bombei no teste ..bombei o teste

UBT Boulder
Ródras: Ouvi dizer que ele bombou no teste de direção. Linha: Pois é, geralmente quem escala bem, não sabe dirigir mesmo!! Rafael Takahace na cadena de ...
www.ubtboulder.com/ -

Teste da Fonte de Alimentação Aerocool V12XT-600 - Fórum do Clube ...
Pelo menos ela nao bombou no teste. leo3D está offline ... De qualquer forma parece que foi escolhida a piorzinha para o teste, já que esta de 600W é a ...
www.forum.clubedohardware.com.br/teste-fonte-alimentacao/82...

Reflexões sobre um teste « Getting Personal with Fabs
... Acabei me saindo bem no teste de metafísica (muito melhor que eu esperava) e quase bombei o teste de filosofia politica, moral e estetica ...
fabriciopontin.wordpress.com/.../reflexoes-sobre-um-teste/ -

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 07:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 651
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reprovasse no teste/levasse pau no teste/exame


Explanation:
Nao aguento mais levar pau no exame de rua. Sempre faço tudo direitinho, inclusive dirijo tranquilo no transito carregado de Belo Horizonte. Mas na hora que vou fazer o exame eu me apavoro e o nervosismo toma conta de mim.
http://br.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2009041713293...

Levar pau
1 Bras. Pop. Ser reprovado (em exame)
http://aulete.uol.com.br/site.php?mdl=aulete_digital&op=load...




    Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=0MVj49nSeWYC&pg=PA108&lpg=P...
Airton J Souza
Brazil
Local time: 07:26
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 45
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3 days 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
fosse (realmente) mal na prova


Explanation:
Traduziria assim. É menos coloquial.

Javi Tazinafo
Brazil
Local time: 07:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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