had inched their way

Portuguese translation: avançaram a passos curtos/lentamente em direção ao...

23:07 Mar 21, 2016
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: had inched their way
Prince Henry died at Sagres, in 1460, but by that time, Portuguese explorers had inched their way South along the coast of Africa, as far as Sierra Leone.
María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
Local time: 07:00
Portuguese translation:avançaram a passos curtos/lentamente em direção ao...
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Hari Cavalcante
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3 +3avançaram a passos curtos/lentamente em direção ao...
Hari Cavalcante
4 +2tinham progredido milímetro a milímetro
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
3 +2tinham (avançado)/(feito o seu percurso), milha após milha
Ana Vozone
3avançaram gradativamente/centímetro a centímetro
Anderson Antunes


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
avançaram a passos curtos/lentamente em direção ao...


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Hari Cavalcante
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Vozone: Lentamente, sim. A passos curtos, não, porque penso que foram só de barco ao longo da costa
36 mins

agree  Matheus Chaud: Sim, com a mesma observação da Ana. http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/inch-your-way.1175167...
47 mins

agree  Isadora Veiga: lentamente sim, mas prefiro "tinham avançado"
11 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
tinham progredido milímetro a milímetro


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Outra sugestão...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 12:00
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 36

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agree  Margarida Ataide
10 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Margarida!

agree  Margarida Martins Costelha
11 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
tinham (avançado)/(feito o seu percurso), milha após milha


Explanation:
Ocorreu-me que, tratando-se de marinheiros, as milhas fazem sentido...

Ana Vozone
Local time: 12:00
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarida Ataide
7 hrs
  -> Obrigada!

agree  Isadora Veiga
9 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Isadora!
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
avançaram gradativamente/centímetro a centímetro


Explanation:
Sugestão

Anderson Antunes
Portugal
Local time: 12:00
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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