A vida não é de quem sabe viver....

English translation: Life is not for those who know how to live it...

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Portuguese term or phrase:A vida não é de quem sabe viver....
English translation:Life is not for those who know how to live it...
Entered by: edecastroalves

14:29 Jul 13, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / Teatro.
Portuguese term or phrase: A vida não é de quem sabe viver....
A comunhão com um belo e forte espetáculo pode alimentar a alegria ou confortar a dor de uma perda. Não esdtranhem.
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Life is not for those who know how to live it...
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Ivan Rocha, CT
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3 +1Life is not for those who know how to live it...
Ivan Rocha, CT
3Life does not belong to the one that knows how to live ...
Michael Powers (PhD)
2life does not belong to you alone.
Verginia Ophof


  

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Life is not for those who know how to live it...


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Ivan Rocha, CT
Canada
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
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Life does not belong to the one that knows how to live ...


Explanation:
sugestão

Mike

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 10:48
Native speaker of: English
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life does not belong to you alone.


Explanation:
Life does not belong to you alone...regardless of whether you know how to live or not.

Going out on a limb here, but I get the feeling sentence could mean : "life turns on a dime" ...it is not in your hands alone


É realmente preciso saber viver? Ou basta existir?
Para existir basta estar aqui, ponto. Mas viver… Será que é aquela rotina diária que já vai no piloto automático e passa tudo meio despercebido?

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 08:48
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
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