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îi dădu de înteles că (vrea sa se ridice de pe canapea)

English translation: he let her know (that he wanted to get up from the couch)

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Romanian term or phrase:îi dădu de înteles că (vrea sa se ridice de pe canapea)
English translation:he let her know (that he wanted to get up from the couch)
Entered by: Alexandranow

14:52 Aug 19, 2013
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature
Romanian term or phrase: îi dădu de înteles că (vrea sa se ridice de pe canapea)
Inainte de a porni televizorul, îi dădu de înțeles că vrea să se ridice de pe canapea.
Nandor
Local time: 10:00
he let her know (that he wanted to get up from the couch)
Explanation:
leher know- o lăsă să înțeleagă
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Alexandranow
Romania
Local time: 10:00
Grading comment
Multumesc.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1he hinted
agnesmarchis
3 +1he let her know (that he wanted to get up from the couch)
Alexandranow
4indicated that... / suggested that
Andrei Danila (X)
4 -2gave him to understand that (he/she wanted to stand/get up from the sofa)
Tünde Lőrincz


  

Answers


21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
he hinted


Explanation:
to hint - a da de inteles

agnesmarchis
Romania
Local time: 10:00
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tünde Lőrincz
25 mins
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
he let her know (that he wanted to get up from the couch)


Explanation:
leher know- o lăsă să înțeleagă

Alexandranow
Romania
Local time: 10:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Multumesc.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lara Barnett: "Sofa" would be better here though. "Couch" is a term we normally use colloquially in casual everyday speech. It could fit it with conversational tone, but "sofa" still sounds better here.
3 days 1 hr
  -> oh, thx
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
gave him to understand that (he/she wanted to stand/get up from the sofa)


Explanation:
alta varianta

alt exemplu cu aceasta expresie:
They gave me to understand that you would be there.

Tünde Lőrincz
Local time: 10:00
Native speaker of: Hungarian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Sunshade: "give to understand" nu cred ca este o expresie in engleza, mi se pare tradus mot-a-mot
31 mins
disagree  Lara Barnett: "I am given to understand" does exist in English, but it would not fit this context as it has a different meaning and usage to this idea.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
indicated that... / suggested that


Explanation:
Rămâne întrebarea de context: în ce mod i-a dat de înţeles? Verbal? Atunci "to hint" este soluţia cea mai bună, probabil. Dacă, însă, i-a dat de înţeles în mod non-verbal, "to indicate", "to suggest", deşi mai puţin literare decât "to hint", pot acoperi o zonă mai vastă.

Andrei Danila (X)
United States
Local time: 03:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 4
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