focus on the floors and not the stove

Portuguese translation: concentre-se no chão e não no fogão

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English term or phrase:	focus on the floors and not the stove
Portuguese translation:	concentre-se no chão e não no fogão
Entered by:	Susy Rodrigues

02:10 Apr 9, 2005

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English term or phrase: focus on the floors and not the stove

I need to tell my cleaning lady to concentrate on cleaning the floors and not spend too much time on the stoves.

Marcus Malabad
Canada

concentre-se no chão e não no fogão

Explanation:
A minha sugestão é "concentre-se no chão e não no fogão".

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Susy Rodrigues
Local time: 05:09

Grading comment

thanks to all! I used this phrase and she understood ;-)
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Summary of answers provided

5 +1

por favor: dê mais atenção à limpeza do chão, e não perca muito tempo limpando fogão.

zorp

dedique-se a limpar o chão em vez de ao forno

jmonllop (X)

concentre-se no chão e não no fogão

Susy Rodrigues

chão e etc.

Gabriela Frazao

Answers

42 mins confidence:

dedique-se a limpar o chão em vez de ao forno

Explanation:
sure you prefer explanations in Portuguese?

jmonllop (X)
Local time: 06:09
Native speaker of:

Spanish

45 mins confidence:

chão e etc.

Explanation:
Eu diria mais ao menos assim:

Por favor, gostaria que desse mais atenção à limpeza do resto da casa: chão, janelas etc. e não ficasse tanto tempo à volta da cozinha, do fogão etc. ...

E sorria muito para ela não se ir embora :-)

Gabriela Frazao
Portugal
Local time: 05:09
Native speaker of: Portuguese

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

por favor: dê mais atenção à limpeza do chão, e não perca muito tempo limpando fogão.

Explanation:
That's a typical conversation phrase.

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Note added at 1 hr 28 mins (2005-04-09 03:38:57 GMT)
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Indeed it is a polite option.

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Note added at 1 hr 29 mins (2005-04-09 03:39:37 GMT)
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Indeed it is a polite option.

zorp
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

6 hrs confidence:

concentre-se no chão e não no fogão

Explanation:
A minha sugestão é "concentre-se no chão e não no fogão".

Susy Rodrigues
Local time: 05:09
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks to all! I used this phrase and she understood ;-)

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