Lying flat on my back

Portuguese translation: eu estava deitado de costas...

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English term or phrase:Lying flat on my back
Portuguese translation:eu estava deitado de costas...
Entered by: airmailrpl

13:29 Jul 5, 2011
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English term or phrase: Lying flat on my back
Lying flat on my back, he repeatedly jumped onto the exercise pads inches from my head.
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
Local time: 00:40
eu estava deitado de costas
Explanation:
lying flat on my back => eu estava deitado de costas

o fotógrafo estava deitado de costas e o modelo pulava perto da cabeça dele (do fotógrafo)
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 00:40
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Obrigada
T.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3eu estava deitado de costas
airmailrpl
4deitado sobre as minhas costas
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4Pranchado/Estirado sobre minhas costas
Marcos Antonio
3posicionando-me em supino
Jonas Teixeira (X)


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lying flat on my back
deitado sobre as minhas costas


Explanation:
Sugestão em PT(pt), espero que seja útil, mas também eu gostaria de ter mais contexto...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 04:40
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lying flat on my back
Pranchado/Estirado sobre minhas costas


Explanation:
Sug.


- lying flat : deitar rente ao chão (Babylon)

- Foi tirar foto inusitada e acabou morrendo - Inacreditável - Virgula
virgula.uol.com.br/.../275527-foi-tirar-foto-inusitada-e-aca... - Em cache17 maio 2011 – ... também “the lying down game” (“pranchando” ou “o jogo do deitado”,. ... e inusitados com o rosto no chão e o corpo bem reto e esticado. ...

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Marcos Antonio
Local time: 00:40
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
lying flat on my back
eu estava deitado de costas


Explanation:
lying flat on my back => eu estava deitado de costas

o fotógrafo estava deitado de costas e o modelo pulava perto da cabeça dele (do fotógrafo)

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 00:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 99
Grading comment
Obrigada
T.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adriana Maciel
51 mins
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agree  Ricardo Almeida
2 hrs
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agree  Leonor Machado
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
lying flat on my back
posicionando-me em supino


Explanation:
Se o assunto referir-se a exercícios, o termo apropriado seria "supino"; se for médico, "decúbito dorsal".
"Deitado de costas" e outras expressões semelhantes são válidas em situações informais, em que não há necessidade de rigor técnico.

Assim, "lying flat on my back" ficaria "posicionando-me em supino...", ou frase semelhante.

Jonas Teixeira (X)
Brazil
Local time: 00:40
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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