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floating crap game

Portuguese translation: mudar [as definições] a cada momento

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English term or phrase:floating crap game
Portuguese translation:mudar [as definições] a cada momento
Entered by: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

17:46 Sep 2, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Anthropology
English term or phrase: floating crap game
one is obliged to enter in a floating crap game with definitions
priscila santos
Local time: 15:47
mudar [as definições] a cada momento
Explanation:
Algo que muda toda hora.

Nesse caso: mudar as definições a cada momento (ou toda hora, ou sem parar)

Ref. abaixo:

floating crap game

A dice game which is moved from place to place to evade the authorities. Usually found in New York in the late 1930s-40s.
It's the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York!

3. floating - inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 20:47
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1jogo de cartas marcadas
Ingrid Levy
4mudar [as definições] a cada momento
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun


Discussion entries: 2





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
jogo de cartas marcadas


Explanation:
cap game é o jogo de dados (no casino)
floating dice são dados "balanceados" para nao serem mais randomicos.
Floating crap game é um jogo com os dados alterados. A melhor expressao em Portugues é "jogo de cartas marcadas" ainda que o sentido literal seja diferente.

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Note added at 11 mins (2010-09-02 17:58:24 GMT)
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Sorry! Floating dice tem uma definicao diferente (ver wikipedia), mas a ideia continua a mesma.

Ingrid Levy
Brazil
Local time: 15:47
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
8 mins
agree  Milana Penavski
43 mins
disagree  airmailrpl: a floating crap game is one that moves from one place to another - usually just before the police arrive
1 hr
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mudar [as definições] a cada momento


Explanation:
Algo que muda toda hora.

Nesse caso: mudar as definições a cada momento (ou toda hora, ou sem parar)

Ref. abaixo:

floating crap game

A dice game which is moved from place to place to evade the authorities. Usually found in New York in the late 1930s-40s.
It's the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York!

3. floating - inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 20:47
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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