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Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

cama de viúva

English translation:

3/4 size bed

Added to glossary by Amy Duncan (X)
Jul 6, 2007 16:19
16 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

camas de "viúva"

Portuguese to English Other Furniture / Household Appliances Beds
Context: (description of beds in a hotel room)

OS TWINS, OU SEJA DUAS CAMAS, POSSUEM CAMAS DE "VIÚVA"
Proposed translations (English)
5 3/4 bed
4 +2 double bed
4 large single beds

Discussion

Amy Duncan (X) (asker) Jul 6, 2007:
Valeu Isabel, você sacou perfeitamente o problema!
Isabel Vidigal Jul 6, 2007:
Parece isso mesmo, Amy.... na verdade, o texto está mal escrito, uma cama não "possui" uma cama de viúva, mas "é" uma cama de viúva....
Amy Duncan (X) (asker) Jul 6, 2007:
Thanks for all the explanations about the bed...I'm not so concerned about that as I am about the phrasing here. I'm starting to think that what they're trying to say is that they have twin beds, which are two beds, and ALSO "camas de viúva".
Amy Duncan (X) (asker) Jul 6, 2007:
Or, maybe they mean that putting the two twin beds together makes a double bed...this is a common practice in the US. Any ideas?
Amy Duncan (X) (asker) Jul 6, 2007:
OK, none of this makes any sense to me. A double bed is a "cama de casal", even though the measurements are somewhat different in Brazil. A twin bed is wider than a "cama de solteiro". So the above phrase makes no sense at all. How can two twin-sized beds HAVE "camas de víuva"? I honestly thought that it meant a trundle bed, or a fold-up bed, something that could be placed under the twin beds. If anyone can enlighten me, please do!

Proposed translations

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3/4 bed

I am not if these exist in the States and they certainly are not a very popular size anymore but basically they are wider than a single but narrower than a double or full size bed.
http://www.ukbedcentre.co.uk/products.asp

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Note added at 23 hrs (2007-07-07 15:28:41 GMT)
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Oh, I forgot a word, I am not sure....

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Note added at 23 hrs (2007-07-07 15:37:04 GMT)
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Another site, if you want to check other info on google type three quarter bed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Carla, this is perfect. Also to you, Isabel and Cristina, I appreciate all your research! By the way, I said "3/4 size"..."
20 mins

large single beds

Roupas CamaKing Size:, 1,90 x 2,00 m. Queen Size:, 1,60 x 2,00 m. Casal:, 1,40 x 2,00 m. Solteiro:, 0,80 x 1,90 m. Solteiro Extra: (Cama de Viúva), 1,00 x 2,00 m ...
www.fazfacil.com.br/RoupasCamaBanho.htm - 41k - Em cache - Páginas semelhantes

História de cama e colchão | João quer casarNa verdade o modelo era aquele que chamam de cama de viúva, sabem? Um pouco mais largo, mas ainda assim nada perto de cama de casal. Eu com 19 e ela com 17, ...
joaoquercasar.com/2007/05/09/historia-de-cama-e-colchao/ - 30k - Em cache - Páginas semelhantes
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44 mins

double bed

see here:Double beds (also known as Full) were the most common for two to sleep in until the 1960's. They're only 15" wider than a Single bed, leaving only 27" of sleep space for each of two adults. At 75" long, a Full size bed may be too short for some taller adults. http://interiordec.about.com/od/buyingabed/a/a_bedsizes_2.ht...

No Webster também dá a tradução em português de "cama de viúva", para "double bed".
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/double ...

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-07-06 17:26:14 GMT)
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Amy, there is not an exact equivalent in Portuguese, because of it in Websters dictionary they also put "cama de viuva" as a translation for double bed. See in this link with the English sizes for beds: http://interiordec.about.com/cs/beds/l/blbedsizes.htm

As you can see in the link Cristina gave you, the size of a "cama de viúva" is 1 m x 2 ms, and none of the bed sizes in the link above is the same (when converting inches to meters).

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-07-06 17:29:51 GMT)
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And, is called a "cama de viúva" because in the old times, when a woman became widow, she was used to sleep in larger beds, but , as she wouldn't sleep with another person anymore, she didn't need a bed as large as it was before, and the "cama de viúva" was a middle term, larger than the "normal" single bed.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-07-06 17:37:30 GMT)
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Lia comenta que as camas de 1,40 x 1,90 metro já não são tão procuradas. As mais comuns são as de casal de 1,60 x 2,00 metros ou a chamada cama de viúva, que mede 1,20 x 2,00 metros. http://www.jpjornal.com.br/news.php?news_id=36698
Peer comment(s):
agree Michael and Raimunda Poe
28 mins
thank you Raimunda and Michael!
agree Neyde : Very good explanation, Isabel. :o) Neyde
36 mins
rs.... I always thought it was a very poetic term for this kind of bed ... :) Thanks!
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