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high rollers

Portuguese translation: grandes esbanjadores

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English term or phrase:high rollers
Portuguese translation:grandes esbanjadores
Entered by: Cynthia Lope (X)

19:27 Aug 2, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: high rollers
"Most of them, except for a tiny few facing trials, are still high rollers, fattening themselves on the blood and tears of ordinary debtors."

Obrigada.
Cynthia Lope (X)
grandes esbanjadores
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Marcos Antonio
Local time: 08:08
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Obrigada.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +3grandes esbanjadores
Marcos Antonio
3 +2grandes gastadores
Leniel Maccaferri
4extravagantes
Mary Palmer


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
grandes gastadores


Explanation:
high roller
■ noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. a person who gambles or spends large sums of money.

a person who spends freely in luxurious living

Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 08:08
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
17 mins
agree  rhandler
2 hrs
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
grandes esbanjadores


Explanation:
Opção

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 08:08
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 18
Grading comment
Obrigada.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adam Prus-Szczepanowski
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Adam.
agree  Lúcia Leitão
6 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Lúcia.
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
14 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Isabel
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
extravagantes


Explanation:
another sugestion

Mary Palmer
United States
Local time: 08:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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