brisk clip

Portuguese translation: ritmo veloz

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English term or phrase:brisk clip
Portuguese translation:ritmo veloz
Entered by: Christina Moreira

00:54 Jun 6, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism / economia
English term or phrase: brisk clip
Oi, pessoal.

Eu preciso de ajuda com o termo acima. Contexto:

"To place this inversion in focus, it helps to be in Brazil, where winter (so to speak) arrives with the Northern Hemisphere summer, and economic optimism, as exuberant as the vegetation, increases at the same **brisk clip** as U.S. foreclosures."

Obrigada,

Christina.
Christina Moreira
Brazil
Local time: 06:56
ritmo veloz
Explanation:
sug.
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Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Local time: 07:56
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Obrigada!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2ritmo veloz
Carlos Quandt
4passo rápido / ritmo acelerado
marinagil


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ritmo veloz


Explanation:
sug.

Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Local time: 07:56
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Obrigada!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  marinagil
7 mins

agree  Isabel Maria Almeida: concordo
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
passo rápido / ritmo acelerado


Explanation:

CLIP # A pace or rate: go at a fast clip.

V. The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
CLIP. A pace or rate: go at a fast clip.
going at a clip : fast rate, swift pace.


marinagil
Brazil
Local time: 06:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in FrenchFrench
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