kirana

Portuguese translation: kirana (espécie de mercearia indiana)

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English term or phrase:kirana
Portuguese translation:kirana (espécie de mercearia indiana)
Entered by: Matheus Chaud

15:35 Nov 23, 2018
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Retail / lojas
English term or phrase: kirana
The partnership will enable thousands of Sodexo Merchants like grocery shops, kiranas, restaurants and cafes across the country, to accept digital payments via Sodexo.
Lilian Magalhães
Brazil
Local time: 18:53
kirana (espécie de mercearia indiana)
Explanation:
Adaptaria para "mercearia" ou deixaria como "kirana", com uma explicação ao lado.

Ex.:
https://books.google.com.br/books?isbn=8582890532 - Translate this page
Com 42 anos, ele gerencia uma pequena mercearia, ou kirana, em Mehsana
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Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 18:53
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1kirana (espécie de mercearia indiana)
Matheus Chaud
4kirana (loja de conveniência independente na Índia)
Oliver Simões
4Loja de conveniência
Rosana de Almeida
4mercearia & vendinha & empório indiano
Maikon Delgado


  

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kirana
kirana (espécie de mercearia indiana)


Explanation:
Adaptaria para "mercearia" ou deixaria como "kirana", com uma explicação ao lado.

Ex.:
https://books.google.com.br/books?isbn=8582890532 - Translate this page
Com 42 anos, ele gerencia uma pequena mercearia, ou kirana, em Mehsana

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 18:53
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
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agree  Nelson Soares
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kirana (loja de conveniência independente na Índia)


Explanation:
Na Wikipédia, o termo "kirana" remete a "kirana store", como é conhecida uma loja de conveniência na Índia. Veja links abaixo:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convenience_store
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loja_de_conveniência

"Kirana Stores
Small stores with a single location or up to three locations often owned by an individual, a family or a two person partnership. Kirana stores are owned and operated on a small scale, usually in a space of 500sq.ft. or less." - https://www.slideshare.net/sherinvarghese526/kirana-stores

Este artigo no site do India Times fala sobre as kiranas "digitalizadas": https://retail.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/di...

Três coisas me chamaram a atenção:

1) A possibilidade de obter empréstimos, o que pressupõe a venda de produtos mais caros (além dos que normalmente se encontram numa típica mercearia),

2) A disponibilidade de "serviços diversos, como pagamentos de contas móveis e reserva de bilhetes",

3) A própria definição de kirana. Veja abaixo:

"In the UK, there’s been a steady decline in independent convenience stores – the equivalent of India’s kiranas. They have been hit by supermarkets, and increasingly by convenience stores established by big retail brands." (O grifo é meu.)

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Note added at 45 mins (2018-11-23 16:20:56 GMT)
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Nota:
Sugiro usar "na Índia" em vez de "indiana" para evitar uma possível ambiguidade. Uma loja indiana (ou um restaurante indiano) pode não estar localizad@ na Índia!

Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 14:53
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
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Loja de conveniência


Explanation:
A definição de kirana no dicionário é uma loja pequena, geralmente de propriedade familiar, que vende mantimentos e outros artigos diversos.


    Reference: http://https://educalingo.com/pt/dic-en/kirana
Rosana de Almeida
Brazil
Local time: 18:53
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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mercearia & vendinha & empório indiano


Explanation:
pus as três opções, dependendo de como achar que é o estabelecimento pelo contexto. se fosse algo mais "chique", talvez empório encaixe mais.


    https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/the-kirana-store-will-remain-evergreen/article24016592.ece
Maikon Delgado
Brazil
Local time: 18:53
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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