pancadas de chuva

Spanish translation: lluvias ocasionales

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Portuguese term or phrase:pancadas de chuva
Spanish translation:lluvias ocasionales
Entered by: rhandler

14:33 Mar 24, 2004
Portuguese to Spanish translations [PRO]
Metrology / bolet�n meteorol�gico
Portuguese term or phrase: pancadas de chuva
Oi! Tem ouvido na rádio brasileira "pancadas de chuva"...Nao entendo.
Russ
Local time: 11:22
lluvias ocasionales
Explanation:
Este é o sentido de "pancadas de chuva". Nada tem a ver com a intensidada das chuvas, mas com sua intermitência e recorrência.

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Note added at 2004-03-27 13:28:48 (GMT)
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Si, lluvias aisladas también es una buena opción. De culquier modo, esta es la idea: lluvias intermitentes, que se interrumpen o cesan y prosiguen o se repiten.

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Note added at 2004-03-27 13:29:26 (GMT)
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Typo: \"cualquier\"
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rhandler
Local time: 11:22
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1lluvias ocasionales
rhandler
5tormenta
Claudia Campbell
5lluvias torrenciales/ fuertes lluvias
Marisol Honsberg (X)
5aguaceros dispersos/lluvias dispersas
Eduardo López


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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
tormenta


Explanation:
Hola Russ,
Se trata de "tormenta" en castellano. Puede o no ser algo pasajero, pero lo mejor es llevar el paraguas porque son tremendas.

Como referencias:
-Dic. Aurélio: Definición 8.
[De panca + -ada1.]
S. f.
1. Choque, embate, batida; baque.
2. Bordoada, chavascada.
3. Agressão física por meio de socos, tapas, bordoadas, etc.; pregada: 2
4. Nos relógios, som que indica as horas: 2
5. V. pulsação (2).
6. Fig. Pressentimento (2).
7. Pop. Mania, veneta, telha.
8. Bras. Chuva violenta e súbita; pancada de água.

-Dic. Houaiss:
pancada de água ou de chuva
Regionalismo: Brasil.
aguaceiro forte e repentino

Saludos,
Lusobrás

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Note added at 28 mins (2004-03-24 15:01:44 GMT)
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El término \"aguaceros\" también sería válido.





Claudia Campbell
Brazil
Local time: 11:22
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in SpanishSpanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
lluvias torrenciales/ fuertes lluvias


Explanation:
chuvas torrenciais

Marisol Honsberg (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lluvias ocasionales


Explanation:
Este é o sentido de "pancadas de chuva". Nada tem a ver com a intensidada das chuvas, mas com sua intermitência e recorrência.

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Note added at 2004-03-27 13:28:48 (GMT)
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Si, lluvias aisladas también es una buena opción. De culquier modo, esta es la idea: lluvias intermitentes, que se interrumpen o cesan y prosiguen o se repiten.

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Note added at 2004-03-27 13:29:26 (GMT)
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Typo: \"cualquier\"

rhandler
Local time: 11:22
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ljilja
1 hr
  -> Gracias, ljilja
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7 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
aguaceros dispersos/lluvias dispersas


Explanation:
Es así como se llaman en Puerto Rico, un país donde todos debemos estar pendientes a los informes del tiempo a diario.

Eduardo López
Puerto Rico
Local time: 10:22
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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