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Dá um jeito!

English translation: Make it work! / Find a way!

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Portuguese term or phrase:Dá um jeito!
English translation:Make it work! / Find a way!
Entered by: Daniel de Carvalho

10:42 Mar 5, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: Dá um jeito!
imperativo para dizer a uma pessoa que se vire, que resolva, que dê um jeito...
Lattuca
Brazil
Local time: 15:33
Make it work! / Find a way!
Explanation:
Sugestões.
Selected response from:

Daniel de Carvalho
Brazil
Local time: 15:33
Grading comment
good!:)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9Make it work! / Find a way!
Daniel de Carvalho
4 +2Sort it (out)
Helena Grahn
4Do something about it!
Martin Riordan
4Go for it!
Ana Vozone
4Fix it
Douglas Bissell
4Work it out!
Diana Di Battista


  

Answers


25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Do something about it!


Explanation:
A tradução depende do contexto. Esta é uma possibilidade.

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 15:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
Make it work! / Find a way!


Explanation:
Sugestões.

Daniel de Carvalho
Brazil
Local time: 15:33
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
good!:)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Vozone
3 mins
  -> Obrigado, Ana!
agree  Ena Smith: Find a way
27 mins
  -> Thanks, Ena!
agree  henriqueximenes
48 mins
  -> Obrigado, Henrique!
agree  Sid Ralph (X)
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Sid!
agree  Vanessa Brandao
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Vanessa!
agree  Irene Berlin
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Irene!
agree  Richard Purdom: Imperative is pretty rude in English, might be better posed as a question
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Richard!
agree  Tom Jamieson: "find a way" for me, too
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tom!
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
8 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Gilmar!
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Go for it!


Explanation:
Another suggestion, although I also like Daniel's!

Ana Vozone
Local time: 19:33
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 31
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Sort it (out)


Explanation:
sugg.

Helena Grahn
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:33
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Arlete Moraes
1 min
  -> Thank you, Arlete!
agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
20 mins
  -> Thank you, Patricia!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Fix it


Explanation:
Even the new prime minister of East Timor likes this phrase in English :-)

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 19:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 125
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Work it out!


Explanation:
It depends on the context, some phrases can have a more aggressive/rude tone than others. Can you provide more context?

From my perspective, besides "Work it out!", I would also say Daniel or Helena's suggestions probably fit the most contexts.

An example might be:
"M'am, I don't have all the tools necessary to finish this plumbing job."
"Well, work it out! I need it done by 2pm."

Diana Di Battista
United States
Local time: 11:33
Native speaker of: English
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