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become to nab

Portuguese translation: fazer/realizar

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English term or phrase:become to nab
Portuguese translation:fazer/realizar
Entered by: Cintia Galbo

17:54 Nov 9, 2017
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Marketing / Market Research / Business, General
English term or phrase: become to nab
Last year, sales on December 23th (Christmas Eve) increased 87% year over year, evidence of how easy it’s become to nab those last-minute purchases (and get them delivered on time).
Cintia Galbo
fazer/realizar
Explanation:
... como ficou fácil fazer/realizar as compras de última hora...
Selected response from:

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Grading comment
Obrigada!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1fazer/realizar
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
4 +1como passou a ser fácil arrebanhar
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4 +1como ficou fácil aproveitar
Matheus Chaud
4se tornou arrebatar
Caio Camargo
5 -1se tornou adquirir
Daniéli Lemos
4se tornou para agarrar
airmailrpl
4se tornou fácil captar
Leonor Machado


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fazer/realizar


Explanation:
... como ficou fácil fazer/realizar as compras de última hora...

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 107
Grading comment
Obrigada!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paulinho Fonseca
26 mins
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
se tornou arrebatar


Explanation:
"nab" tem o sentido de agarrar, surrupiar, com conotação de roubo. No contexto aqui, parece indicar o sentido de uma jogada espertinha, "maliciosa" no sentido popular, de pegar algo que está "dando sopa" antes que outro o faça.

Caio Camargo
Brazil
Local time: 23:51
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
se tornou adquirir


Explanation:
"To nab" pode ter o sentido de pegar, apanhar, apreender.


Example sentence(s):
  • ...de quão fácil se tornou adquirir as compras de última hora (e entregá-las a tempo).
Daniéli Lemos
Brazil
Local time: 23:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira: Adquirir compras? Adquirem-se produtos, não.compras.
2 mins
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
como passou a ser fácil arrebanhar


Explanation:
Diria assim em PT(pt)...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 03:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 270

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarida Ataide
14 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Margarida!
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
se tornou para agarrar


Explanation:
it’s become to nab => it has become to nab => se tornou para agarrar

Definitions of nab
verb

Synonyms
verb

catch, capture, apprehend, arrest, seize, grab, nail, pull in, pick up
cop, collar, pick up, nail, apprehend, arrest

Examples of to nab
She took the garden spade she'd nabbed from her garage

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 23:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 111
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
se tornou fácil captar


Explanation:
Sug

Leonor Machado
Local time: 03:51
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 127
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
how easy it's become to nab
como ficou fácil aproveitar


Explanation:

to nab = to quickly take something, or to take some advantage
(MacMillan)


Sugestão para a frase:

evidence of how easy it’s become to nab those last-minute purchases
mostrando como ficou fácil aproveitar as compras de última hora

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 23:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 489

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Catarina Lopes
7 mins
  -> Obrigado, Catarina!
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