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Onto blocks -- On blocks

Portuguese translation: em cima dos /sobre os blocos

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English term or phrase:Onto blocks -- On blocks
Portuguese translation:em cima dos /sobre os blocos
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

14:06 Oct 24, 2013
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English term or phrase: Onto blocks -- On blocks
Pessoal, qual a diferença de significado entre os termos?

Place your hands onto blocks.
Place your hands on blocks.
Karolinska
Brazil
Local time: 05:22
em cima dos /sobre os blocos
Explanation:
"Onto" como "into" denota movimento.


Ambos, onto e on significam sobre, em cima. Eu usuaria "em cima" para "onto" e "sobre" para "on"


I mentioned having "different meanings'' but actually, at least in North America, on can have the same meaning as onto. In fact we usually say The waiter is putting the food on the table and we mean exactly the same as if we had said onto.

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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 04:22
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Obrigada, Marlene.
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onto blocks -- on blocks
em cima dos /sobre os blocos


Explanation:
"Onto" como "into" denota movimento.


Ambos, onto e on significam sobre, em cima. Eu usuaria "em cima" para "onto" e "sobre" para "on"


I mentioned having "different meanings'' but actually, at least in North America, on can have the same meaning as onto. In fact we usually say The waiter is putting the food on the table and we mean exactly the same as if we had said onto.

http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic13756.html

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 04:22
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 2943
Grading comment
Obrigada, Marlene.

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