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to take wider a sharp corner

Portuguese translation: fazer a curva menos apertada/mais por fora

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English term or phrase:to take wider a sharp corner
Portuguese translation:fazer a curva menos apertada/mais por fora
Entered by: expressisverbis

22:29 Jun 9, 2020
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
English term or phrase: to take wider a sharp corner
"When there is a sharp corner you have to take it wider."
Numa curva acentuada é preciso contorná-la mantendo mais espaço, mais distância?
Para PT-PT. Obrigada!
expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 20:58
fazer a curva menos apertada / mais por fora
Explanation:
Sharp corner - curva apertada
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Ana Vozone
Local time: 20:58
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1fazer a curva menos apertada / mais por fora
Ana Vozone
3Numa esquina é preciso fazer uma curva mais aberta
Augusto Rochadel
3tornar uma viragem fechada mais aberta
Letícia Almeida


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Numa esquina é preciso fazer uma curva mais aberta


Explanation:
Sugestão.

Augusto Rochadel
Brazil
Local time: 16:58
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada. Não entendo essa tradução. "Numa curva é preciso fazer uma viragem mais aberta" já me soa a pt-pt, mas mesmo assim...

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tornar uma viragem fechada mais aberta


Explanation:
Minha sugestão.

Letícia Almeida
Brazil
Local time: 16:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 184
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada.

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fazer a curva menos apertada / mais por fora


Explanation:
Sharp corner - curva apertada

Example sentence(s):
  • na linguagem do automobilismo, uma “curva menos apertada” em P .
  • Outra opinião era a de um corte na barreira do lado direito, tornando a curva menos apertada, mas também esta sugestão foi posta de parte
Ana Vozone
Local time: 20:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 132
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
7 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Teresa!
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