ora...ora

English translation: now...then

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Portuguese term or phrase:ora...ora
English translation:now...then
Entered by: airmailrpl

12:28 Dec 1, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
Portuguese term or phrase: ora...ora
indicando ORA o representante de um partido, ORA de outro bloco político.
Cesar Sanchez
Brazil
Local time: 10:25
now...then
Explanation:


indicando ORA o representante de um partido, ORA de outro bloco político. => indicando "now" o representante de um partido, "then" de outro bloco político.
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 10:25
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3now...then
airmailrpl
4 +2one moment/one minute....the next
Marlene Curtis
4 +2first.. then
Douglas Bissell
4 +1now... now...
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
now... now...


Explanation:
Um pouco literário, mas ora... ora... também o é.

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 27

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lumen (X)
5 mins
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
one moment/one minute....the next


Explanation:
One moment it indicates one party's representative and another political faction/block next.

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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 09:25
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 110

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JOHN PENNEY (X)
58 mins
  -> Thanks!

agree  Shirley Leite
5 hrs
  -> Grata!
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
now...then


Explanation:


indicando ORA o representante de um partido, ORA de outro bloco político. => indicando "now" o representante de um partido, "then" de outro bloco político.

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 10:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti: mais simples...
28 mins
  -> agradeço

agree  Walter Moura
33 mins
  -> agradeço

agree  Gilmar Fernandes: makes more sense
3 hrs
  -> agradeço
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
first.. then


Explanation:
another suggestion

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 13:25
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 43

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
8 hrs
  -> thanks, Muriel

agree  RitaMackay
18 hrs
  -> thanks, Rita
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