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alcouces

English translation: brothels

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Portuguese term or phrase:alcouces
English translation:brothels
Entered by: Ana Vozone

18:26 Nov 12, 2018
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / In The Preface To A Novel
Portuguese term or phrase: alcouces
Context:

A gente imaginava que os alcouces não abriam gabinetes de leitura e artes correlativas.

Obrigada,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 00:39
brothels
Explanation:
This is the meaning I found... What a very challenging text you are translating..

https://dicionario.priberam.org/alcouces
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Ana Vozone
Local time: 05:39
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5brothels
Ana Vozone


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
brothels


Explanation:
This is the meaning I found... What a very challenging text you are translating..

https://dicionario.priberam.org/alcouces

Ana Vozone
Local time: 05:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 74
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you. Yes, this preface is definitely the most difficult text I've ever translated from any language. The other books I have translated from Portuguese don't even come close.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Cravidao
9 mins
  -> Obrigada, Ana!
agree  Katarina Peters
16 mins
  -> Obrigada, Katarina!
agree  Oliver Simões
20 mins
  -> Obrigada, Oliveira!
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
39 mins
  -> Obrigada, Teresa!
agree  Margarida Ataide
13 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Margarida!
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