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pull off

Portuguese translation: sair (da estrada )

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English term or phrase:pull off (the roadway)
Portuguese translation:sair (da estrada )
Entered by: Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa

18:33 Dec 26, 2013
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Safety
English term or phrase: pull off
Buses or other vehicles used to transport workers shall be required to pull off the roadway into areas far enough away from streets so that traffic or pedestrians will not be a threat to each other. Drivers should caution passengers leaving the vehicle that traffic does not stop.
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acostar? fazer um acostamento?
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
Local time: 10:05
sair da estrada
Explanation:
ull: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com
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To perform in spite of difficulties or obstacles; bring off: pulled off a ..... pull off despir, descalçar; pull off the road sair da estrada; pull on a cigarette puxar um .

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Note added at 7 minutos (2013-12-26 18:40:41 GMT)
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Quando os ônibus saem da estrada para pegar ou deixar passageiros.

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Note added at 1 dia3 horas (2013-12-27 21:49:44 GMT) Post-grading
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Uma observação complementar:

encostar na estrada = pull over
Selected response from:

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 09:05
Grading comment
Tks a lot, Marlene
Bjs
T.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4encostar
Flavia Martins dos Santos
4 +2sair da estrada
Marlene Curtis
4se afastar da estrada
Cécile A.-C.


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
encostar


Explanation:
Aqui meu entendimeto é: " enconstar em áreas distantes das ruas ...."

Flavia Martins dos Santos
Brazil
Local time: 10:05
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
1 min
  -> Tks
agree  Jose Manuel Braga
3 mins
  -> Tks
agree  Nick Taylor
2 hrs
  -> Tks
agree  coolbrowne
3 hrs
  -> Tks
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
se afastar da estrada


Explanation:
ou sair da estrada/rodovia (eu diria assim).

Cécile A.-C.
United States
Local time: 09:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sair da estrada


Explanation:
ull: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com
www.answers.com › Library › Literature & Language › Dictionary‎
To perform in spite of difficulties or obstacles; bring off: pulled off a ..... pull off despir, descalçar; pull off the road sair da estrada; pull on a cigarette puxar um .

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Note added at 7 minutos (2013-12-26 18:40:41 GMT)
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Quando os ônibus saem da estrada para pegar ou deixar passageiros.

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Note added at 1 dia3 horas (2013-12-27 21:49:44 GMT) Post-grading
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Uma observação complementar:

encostar na estrada = pull over

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 09:05
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 121
Grading comment
Tks a lot, Marlene
Bjs
T.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: -
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
agree  Paulinho Fonseca
4 hrs
  -> Grata Paulinho!
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