busing

Portuguese translation: ... ajudando o Garçom

09:07 Sep 22, 2012
English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: busing
Get a room and a job washing dishes and busing tables at a restaurant.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 01:07
Portuguese translation:... ajudando o Garçom
Explanation:
A `busboy´ is a `Garçon helper´ in a restaurant whose job is to clear tables. He keeps shuttling between the kitchen and the tables like a `bus` thus the term Busboy
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Spiridon
Brazil
Local time: 01:07
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2levantar as mesas
Mariana Moreira
4 +1... ajudando o Garçom
Spiridon
5servir às mesas
Leonor Machado
5limpando as mesas
airmailrpl
4coma empregado de mesa
Nick Taylor


  

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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
levantar as mesas


Explanation:
espero que ajude

Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 05:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 202

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  André Fachada
1 hr
  -> André, obrigada

agree  Maria Lourei (X): http://www.macmillandictionary.com/thesaurus/british/bus_10#...
4 hrs
  -> Maria, obrigada
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
... ajudando o Garçom


Explanation:
A `busboy´ is a `Garçon helper´ in a restaurant whose job is to clear tables. He keeps shuttling between the kitchen and the tables like a `bus` thus the term Busboy

Spiridon
Brazil
Local time: 01:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  André Fachada: Exactamente, um busboy é isso mesmo.
1 hr
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
coma empregado de mesa


Explanation:
empregado de mesa

Nick Taylor
Local time: 05:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 38
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
servir às mesas


Explanation:
Pt-Pt

Leonor Machado
Local time: 05:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 135
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
limpando as mesas


Explanation:
busing tables => limpando as mesas

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 01:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 47
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