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pay for itself

Portuguese translation: Pode recuperar o investimento (logo após o primeiro dia de intempérie).

14:01 Jun 13, 2018
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English term or phrase: pay for itself
Dense urethane insulation extends specimen viability
Can pay for itself in one day of bad weather

PT-BR (non-literal translation, please!)
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 07:25
Portuguese translation:Pode recuperar o investimento (logo após o primeiro dia de intempérie).
Explanation:
Normalmente, dir-se-ia "paga-se a si próprio"....

O retorno pode chegar logo após o primeiro dia de intempérie.
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Ana Vozone
Local time: 11:25
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3 +5Pode recuperar o investimento (logo após o primeiro dia de intempérie).
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Pode recuperar o investimento (logo após o primeiro dia de intempérie).


Explanation:
Normalmente, dir-se-ia "paga-se a si próprio"....

O retorno pode chegar logo após o primeiro dia de intempérie.

Ana Vozone
Local time: 11:25
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
17 mins
  -> Obrigada, Claudio!
agree  Clauwolf
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Clauwolf!
agree  Paulo Marcon: Though I prefer "pagar-se", simple, literal, yet good PT. O investimento se paga num único dia de tempo ruim.
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada, BV1!
agree  Margarida Ataide
7 hrs
  -> Obrigada, itineuropa!
agree  Jane Rezende
22 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Jane!
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