Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Água mole em pedra dura, tanto bate até que fura . . .
English translation:
Water dripping day by day wears the hardest rock away
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Portuguese term
Portugal
Never compromise on Quality .
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, and 6 more.
Água mole em pedra dura, tanto bate até que fura . . .
Portuguese to English
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Portuguese term (edited):
�gua mole em pedra dura, tanto bate at� que fura . . .
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Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away
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Jorge Rodrigues
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Norbert Hermann
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Paula Vaz-Carreiro
: This is the one I like best because it rhymes
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Thanks! It is idiomatic and still captures the meaning.
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Henrique Magalhaes
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Claudia Massey
: I agree with Paula also.
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angloluso
: Lovely! Inspired! Perhaps 'Water dripping' might be nicer?
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yes, "dripping", as in IsabelMaria's answer (which I didn't notice before I posted mine)
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Neila Carneiro-Winrow
: melhor resposta, não que eu já tenho vista esta expressão em algum lugar
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Isabel Vidigal
: foi uma das propostas que eu fiz ...aos 22 minutos....
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sorry, I didn't notice that... and I guess no one else did either. :-) KudoZ points should go to you then.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
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António Ribeiro
Native in Portuguese
Professional in Oil & Gas Industry
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese, Portuguese to English
soft water in hard rock in such a way beats until it pierces
Encontrei esta tradução muito literal neste site brasileiro. Não gosto mas, é um começo.
http://rioadventuretours.com/Brazilian_Sayings/Brazilian_Say...
http://rioadventuretours.com/Brazilian_Sayings/Brazilian_Say...
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James Cook
: a tradução de Pina Nunes me parece a mais adequada
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angloluso
: it doesn't make any sense in English (the above translation, that is, not that of Pina Nunes, which I agree seems to be the most appropriate)
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Discorde à vontade mas, saia do anonimato antes de o fazer. É o mínimo que se pede. Pessoalmente, gosto de saber com quem estou a tratar.
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Solomon Wright
: rioadventuretours.com's translations are verbatim from"google translate" (including the spelling mistakes). Beware the robots - they want our jobs!
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It is better than your suggestion (can't see any)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Isabel Vidigal
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Full-time translator since 2003
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
Portuguese term (edited):
�gua mole em pedra dura, tanto bate at� que fura . . .
Constant dripping bores the stones
http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/helcio_englishteacher/proverbs...
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Note added at 22 mins (2005-02-02 02:45:43 GMT)
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CONSTANT DRIPPING WEARS AWAY THE STONE
http://www.teclasap.com.br/boletim/ed_anteriores/sap173.shtm...
Water dripping day by day, wears the hardest rock away.
http://www.soltandoasamarras.com.br/lib.html
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Note added at 22 mins (2005-02-02 02:45:43 GMT)
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CONSTANT DRIPPING WEARS AWAY THE STONE
http://www.teclasap.com.br/boletim/ed_anteriores/sap173.shtm...
Water dripping day by day, wears the hardest rock away.
http://www.soltandoasamarras.com.br/lib.html
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Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
quotation from LUCRETIUS
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Portuguese term (edited):
�gua mole em pedra dura, tanto bate at� que fura . . .
persistence ultimately wins
:) Fora do literal
3 days 12 hrs
António Ribeiro
Native in Portuguese
Professional in Oil & Gas Industry
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Discussion
Por isso esta questão ficará 'aberta' mais tempo.
Por isso esta questão ficará 'aberta' mais tempo.