had taken an interest in (nesse contexto)

Portuguese translation: tinha se afeiçoado (ao elefante)

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English term or phrase:	had taken an interest in (nesse contexto)
Portuguese translation:	tinha se afeiçoado (ao elefante)
Entered by:	Nicole L. R.

18:05 Dec 10, 2010

English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Anthropology

English term or phrase: had taken an interest in (nesse contexto)

Ven. Gunananda, the chief disciple of Gunnepana, had caught an elephant and had it brought to Gunnepana village where Gunnepana Saranankara was a frequent visitor as he was born there. Abbot Gunnepana
had taken an interest in this elephant, which died shortly before he himself died.

Nicole L. R. KudoZ activity Questions: 657 (none open) (60 closed without grading) Answers: 34 Ireland
Local time: 05:40

tinha se afeiçoado (ao elefante)

Explanation:
to take an interest to = afeiçoar-se

http://thesaurus.com/browse/take interest in

Selected response from:

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 00:40

Grading comment

:-) Obrigada.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

tinha se afeiçoado (ao elefante)

Marlene Curtis

Interessou-se por

Ivan Rocha, CT

tinha adquirido um certo carinho por

jack_speak

tinha se apegado

Paulo Marcon

tinha começado a interessar-se por

Ana Vozone

Answers

2 mins confidence:

tinha começado a interessar-se por

Explanation:
Sugestão

Ana Vozone
Local time: 05:40
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

12 mins confidence:

Interessou-se por

Explanation:
...

Ivan Rocha, CT
Canada
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

15 mins confidence:

tinha adquirido um certo carinho por

Explanation:
take an interest in someone or something = ter um carinho. E' por isso que morreu logo 'apois a morte do elefante.

jack_speak
Local time: 00:40
Native speaker of:

English

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

tinha se afeiçoado (ao elefante)

Explanation:
to take an interest to = afeiçoar-se

http://thesaurus.com/browse/take interest in

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 00:40
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 40

Grading comment

:-) Obrigada.

5 hrs confidence:

tinha se apegado

Explanation:
Uma possibilidade.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2010-12-10 23:45:15 GMT)
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PS. Uso de apegar-se: apegar-se A alguém ou A alguma coisa. Ex. "apegou-se ao elefante".

Paulo Marcon
Brazil
Local time: 01:40
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

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