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acquitter d'une corvée

Portuguese translation: executar um trabalho aborrecido/cumprir uma tarefa aborrecida/enfadonha

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French term or phrase:acquitter d'une corvée
Portuguese translation:executar um trabalho aborrecido/cumprir uma tarefa aborrecida/enfadonha
Entered by: Sónia Silva

23:44 May 27, 2009
French to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Medical (general) / General
French term or phrase: acquitter d'une corvée
Talks about taking care of patients
Sónia Silva
Portugal
Local time: 16:12
executar um trabalho aborrecido/cumprir uma tarefa aborrecida/enfadonha
Explanation:
Penso que o verbo é "s'acquitter" e não "aquitter", pois só assim tem sentido.
Selected response from:

Gil Costa
Portugal
Local time: 16:12
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8executar um trabalho aborrecido/cumprir uma tarefa aborrecida/enfadonha
Gil Costa


  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
executar um trabalho aborrecido/cumprir uma tarefa aborrecida/enfadonha


Explanation:
Penso que o verbo é "s'acquitter" e não "aquitter", pois só assim tem sentido.

Gil Costa
Portugal
Local time: 16:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 168
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigado Gil!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  imatahan: Na verdade, existem as duas formas mas a outra refere-se a pagamento de débitos, e a forma reflexiva a cumprimento de tarefas. Vc tem razão.
53 mins
  -> Obrigado, imatahan. Uma boa noite para si!
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida: Talvez dissesse fastidiosa...
6 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Teresa!
agree  Martine COTTARD
6 hrs
  -> Obrigado, martine!
agree  Vasco DUARTE-PACHECO (X): A noção de fastidiosa existe mas frequentemente já se utiliza mesmo para a o simples facto de efectuar uma tarefa habitual. No caso militar seria o "estar de faxina", no mundo civil seria o "turno". Seria o conjunto de tarefas a serem feitas no período em
7 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Vasco!
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
8 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Isabel!
agree  João Araújo
8 hrs
  -> Obrigado, João!
agree  Sara Assureira
11 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Sara!
agree  Sara Sousa Soares
17 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Sara!
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