meant that given enough time

Portuguese translation: que diziam que, esperando o tempo suficiente,

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English term or phrase:	meant that given enough time
Portuguese translation:	que diziam que, esperando o tempo suficiente,
Entered by:	Nadja B Batdorf

17:58 Apr 21, 2011

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Social Sciences - Economics

English term or phrase: meant that given enough time

Context

For critics that meant that given enough time, the costly and unproductive “socialist” elements of the model were bound to overwhelm the productive “capitalist” aspects that had been allowed to remain.

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que diziam que, esperando o tempo suficiente,

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 13:50

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que diziam que, esperando o tempo suficiente,

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

significava que, com o tempo,

Cecilia Bartalotti

significava que, com o passar de tempo suficiente,

cotransusa

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14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

que diziam que, esperando o tempo suficiente,

Explanation:
Sugestão em PT(pt)...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 13:50
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 164

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7 mins confidence:

significava que, com o tempo,

Explanation:
dado tempo bastante, transcorrendo tempo suficiente

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Note added at 17 mins (2011-04-21 18:16:24 GMT)
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Só para complementar a frase e esclarecer o sentido, como eu entendi:

Para os críticos, isso significava que, com o tempo, os elementos "socialistas" caros e improdutivos do modelo seriam sobrepujados pelos aspectos "capitalistas" produtivos que haviam conseguido sobreviver.

Cecilia Bartalotti
Brazil
Local time: 09:50
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

21 hrs confidence:

significava que, com o passar de tempo suficiente,

Explanation:
It seems like there is a comma missing in the beginning of the sentence, after 'meant that'. 'Given enough time' is an expression that does not literally mean that someone is 'given' or 'dado' time, but that, as an eventuality, allowing time to pass, something will naturally occur.

Reference: http://minimalism.linguistics.arizona.edu/~sandiway/ling388-...

cotransusa
Brazil
Local time: 09:50
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

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