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break down

Portuguese translation: ser dividido/distribuido

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English term or phrase:break down
Portuguese translation:ser dividido/distribuido
Entered by: Iara Fino Silva

10:58 Sep 9, 2011
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics / enologia
English term or phrase: break down
Freight from the West Coast to destinations in the East will break down to about
$1.00 per case depending on the quantity ordered.
Iara Fino Silva
Local time: 18:44
ser dividido/distribuido
Explanation:
:)
Selected response from:

Helena Grahn
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:44
Grading comment
Obrigada, acho que é o que faz mais sentido no contexto.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3custar
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4 +1ser dividido/distribuido
Helena Grahn
4 +1Cair
Daniel Tavares
4será
Nick Taylor
Summary of reference entries provided
At least 10 uses of the word "break"...
Martin Riordan

Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
custar


Explanation:
Neste contexto, diria: o frete (o transporte) de ... pode custar cerca de ...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 22:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 164
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, sua resposta está sendo muito útil também!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti: mais imples e objetivo
7 mins
  -> Obrigada, Claudio!
agree  Martin Riordan
1 hr
  -> Obrigada!
agree  Lucio Siqueira: Só atenção ao exemplo acima. "Pode" traz uma certa incerteza à afirmação. Sugiro: ".....custará cerca de $1.00 por...."
2 hrs
  -> Tem toda a razão... Obrigada!
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ser dividido/distribuido


Explanation:
:)

Helena Grahn
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Obrigada, acho que é o que faz mais sentido no contexto.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, gostei de sua resposta também!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Antonio Gross: break down = detalhar
1 day 6 hrs
  -> grata, Antonio!
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Cair


Explanation:
O frete ... cairá para cerca de 1 dólar, dependendo da quantidade pedida.

Este temo preserva o sentido geral da frase (abatimento no preço do frete diante de um bom pedido)

Daniel Tavares
Local time: 18:44
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  felidaevampire: Yeap. :)
14 mins
  -> Obrigado.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
será


Explanation:
será

Nick Taylor
Local time: 22:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: At least 10 uses of the word "break"...

Reference information:
This is an amusing and interesting analysis of many expressions which use the word "break". Break in, break out, break up, break down, and many more!

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Note added at 16 hrs (2011-09-10 03:20:58 GMT)
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";www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/Break-In-Break-Out-Bre...

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Note added at 16 hrs (2011-09-10 03:28:38 GMT)
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It´s hard to get this link posted correctly - it gets corrupted when posted. Try going to www.voanews.com and then adding on the line below in the address bar of the browser:
/learningenglish/home/Break-In-Break-Out-Break-Up----Give-Us-a-Break-OK-Not-Exactly-a-Breakthrough-Headline-106615688.html


    Reference: http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/Break-In-Break-O...
Martin Riordan
Brazil
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  felidaevampire: Link doesn't work... and couldn't find that article on the VoA page (admittedly, only looked for a bit...).
10 hrs
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