ensino de 2º grau

English translation: secondary school

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Portuguese term or phrase:	ensino de 2º grau
English translation:	secondary school
Entered by:	Lia Oliveira

19:07 Mar 5, 2013

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Portuguese term or phrase: ensino de 2º grau

o 2º grau de ensino no Brasil corresponderá a "secondary school level"?

Lia Oliveira KudoZ activity Questions: 40 (none open) (2 without valid answers) Answers: 56 Portugal
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secondary school

Explanation:
Bem explicado no link abaixo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_school

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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 15:20

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secondary school

Marlene Curtis

Secondary education

gram-br

high school (USA)

Donna Sandin

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peer agreement (net): +2

secondary school

Explanation:
Bem explicado no link abaixo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_school

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 15:20
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 266

Grading comment

Thanks Marlene!

1 day 16 hrs confidence:

Secondary education

Explanation:
You did not say if you wanted UK, Australian, Canadian or North American English, they all have differences, but Secondary Education would be a good generic translation. "Ensino" is education, not school.

Reference: http://sk.com.br/sk-edsys.html

gram-br
Brazil
Local time: 16:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 day 37 mins confidence:

high school (USA)

Explanation:
Actually in Brazil they renamed this as "ensino medio" in 2003. It is only three years, whereas American high school is four years. If you want to call it secondary school, that will work outside the USA. It will puzzle the non-cosmopolitan Americans.

From notes I kept in a private academic terms glossary re 2003:
1o. grau: the first eight years of school (ensino fundamental) - which in 2008 was increased to 9 years by incorporating the very old pre-primario.
2o. grau: the three years after that (ensino médio)
3o. grau: university (what is called undegraduate degree in the U.S.) but people rarely refer to university as “terceiro grau” – more often it’s “nivel superior”

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For Europe the term secondary school is better, as the asker decided.

Donna Sandin
United States
Local time: 15:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 52

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks Donna! No doubt you're right but in this case (Europe) the broad term "Secondary school" seems better

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