minutes of puttering around

Portuguese translation: minutos gastos com pequenas atividades físicas

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English term or phrase:minutes of puttering around
Portuguese translation:minutos gastos com pequenas atividades físicas
Entered by: Claudio Mazotti

18:14 Sep 28, 2013
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Nutrition / Dieta/Exercícios
English term or phrase: minutes of puttering around
Contexto: dieta/exercícios físicos.
Frase: The researcher discovered that the difference between guys who are heavy and those who aren't is 200 minutes of puttering around each day.
Entendo a ideia, mas qual o equivalente exato em PT do Brasil?
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minutos gastos com pequenas atividades físicas
Explanation:
Segundo a definição abaixo:

www.idioms.thefreedictionary.com/putter around

To putter around and putter about
to do little things of little consequence; to do small tasks as found around the house. I spent all of Saturday just puttering around, not really getting anything done. I stayed home and puttered about during my vacation.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1200 minutos realizando pequenas atividades
Marlene Curtis
5200 minutos realizando atividades não específicas
airmailrpl
3minutos gastos com pequenas atividades físicas
Claudio Mazotti


  

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200 minutos realizando pequenas atividades


Explanation:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=611730

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"Putter around" means to do small chores, that are not urgent. A person would "putter around" when he has no important work to do at the time, but he sees there are some small things he can do

Marlene Curtis
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
minutos gastos com pequenas atividades físicas


Explanation:
Segundo a definição abaixo:

www.idioms.thefreedictionary.com/putter around

To putter around and putter about
to do little things of little consequence; to do small tasks as found around the house. I spent all of Saturday just puttering around, not really getting anything done. I stayed home and puttered about during my vacation.

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 24
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
200 minutes of puttering around
200 minutos realizando atividades não específicas


Explanation:
200 minutes of puttering around => 200 minutos realizando atividades não específicas


airmailrpl
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Local time: 05:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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