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meio namorada de...

English translation: Paulo's sort-of girlfriend

18:15 Feb 21, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: meio namorada de...
Camila, meio namorada de Paulo, quem ele não assume cem por cento...
Lattuca
Brazil
Local time: 17:04
English translation:Paulo's sort-of girlfriend
Explanation:
What I would say.
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Lindsay Spratt
France
Local time: 22:04
Grading comment
good..thank you!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6Paulo's sort-of girlfriend
Lindsay Spratt
4sort of Paulo's girlfriend
Matt Bowlby
4friend with benefits
Gilmar Fernandes
4more or less Paulo's girlfriend/Paulo's more-or-less girlfriend
Nick Taylor
3a sort of Paulo's unsteady date/girlfriend
Claudio Mazotti


  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a sort of Paulo's unsteady date/girlfriend


Explanation:
a suggestion...

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 112
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sort of Paulo's girlfriend


Explanation:
In this case, "sort of" or "kind of" Paulo's girlfriend.

Matt Bowlby
United States
Local time: 15:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Paulo's sort-of girlfriend


Explanation:
What I would say.

Lindsay Spratt
France
Local time: 22:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
good..thank you!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Verginia Ophof
13 mins
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agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Though for a question like this, 5-level certainty doesn't seem appropriate, as there are many ways of expressing the concept.
1 hr
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agree  Marlene Curtis: Perfect Lindsay!
1 hr
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agree  Flavia Martins dos Santos
5 hrs
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agree  Lucy Phillips
15 hrs
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agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
16 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
friend with benefits


Explanation:
may work, since this is a comedy

no beating around the bush, Paulo just needs the girl friend for you know what :)

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 16:04
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
more or less Paulo's girlfriend/Paulo's more-or-less girlfriend


Explanation:
more or less Paulo's girlfriend/Paulo's more or less girlfriend

Example sentence(s):
  • Penny (Melissa Leo), Dean's current more-or-less girlfriend, is around, but when Nelly arrives, she sizes up the situation and cheerfully offers to pack up and leave in the morning.

    Reference: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19...
Nick Taylor
Local time: 21:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
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