tight quarters

Portuguese translation: espaço exíguo/pouco espaço

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English term or phrase:tight quarters
Portuguese translation:espaço exíguo/pouco espaço
Entered by: Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa

14:52 Jul 4, 2011
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
English term or phrase: tight quarters
Even though it was tight quarters, we shot the job in the new studio sink.
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tight quarters?????? (Observem que está no plural, mas o verbo aparece no singular (IT WAS)
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
Local time: 16:42
espaço exíguo/pouco espaço
Explanation:
"Apesar do espaço exíguo..."

Não estranhe o singular. "Tight quarters" é uma expressão fixa (como "it was hard going", por exemplo).
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Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil
Local time: 16:42
Grading comment
Tks a lot
T.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2espaço exíguo/pouco espaço
Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
4espaços apertados ou ambientes pequenos
imatahan
3lugar apertado
Paulo Marcon


  

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espaço exíguo/pouco espaço


Explanation:
"Apesar do espaço exíguo..."

Não estranhe o singular. "Tight quarters" é uma expressão fixa (como "it was hard going", por exemplo).

Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil
Local time: 16:42
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Tks a lot
T.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Arthur Godinho: That's right....
5 mins
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agree  Paula Pereira
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
espaços apertados ou ambientes pequenos


Explanation:
Diz-se em relação à capacidade da câmera de tirar fotos em espaços apertados ou em grandes amplitudes.

http://www.google.com.br/imgres?imgurl=http://media-cdn.trip...

http://www.enzom.com.br/loja/produto-225542-1323-camera_digi...
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Fast f/2.8 28 lente grande-angular milímetros

Capturar imagens dramáticas em locais apertados ou na frente de paisagens espetaculares.
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imatahan
Brazil
Local time: 16:42
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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lugar apertado


Explanation:
Embora o lugar fosse apertado...

Paulo Marcon
Brazil
Local time: 16:42
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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