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ruído surdo

English translation: damped sound

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Portuguese term or phrase:ruído surdo
English translation:damped sound
Entered by: Luana Fernandes

17:10 Sep 30, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Manufacturing
Portuguese term or phrase: ruído surdo
Olhou para o labirinto de tubos retorcidos, escutou o ruído surdo das caldeiras e o silvo do vapor que escapava, durante alguns instantes; com as mãos, apalpou alguns tubos.
Luana Fernandes
Brazil
Local time: 09:23
damped sound
Explanation:
Sugestão
Selected response from:

Ana Vozone
Local time: 13:23
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1damped sound
Ana Vozone
5muffled noise
Andrew Bramhall
4 +1thud
Gilmar Fernandes
4Faint noise
Judith Armele
4deafening noise
Douglas Bissell
4rumble
Nick Taylor


  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Faint noise


Explanation:
My suggestion.

Judith Armele
Mexico
Local time: 06:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
damped sound


Explanation:
Sugestão

Example sentence(s):
  • The speaker apparatus has a back cavity having an outlet so that the damped sound of the outlet operates as the earpiece.
  • ... that controls the steering reach adjustment, the feel of indicator/wiper switches, the nicely damped sound of the doors locking and unlocking.
Ana Vozone
Local time: 13:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
19 mins
  -> Obrigada, Teresa!
agree  Ivanete Martins Mastroberardino
34 mins
  -> Obrigada, Ivanete!
disagree  Andrew Bramhall: unidiomatic to my ears;
35 mins
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
muffled noise


Explanation:
muffled or deadened sound or noise; ('amortecido' or 'abafado' is the true meaning in Portuguese)

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
thud


Explanation:
https://www.google.com/#q=thud ; "ruído surdo"

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 08:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Andrew Bramhall: Not sure that works in this particular context;
8 mins
  -> https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200803160733...
agree  Mario Freitas:
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Mario :)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
deafening noise


Explanation:
To me this means a noise that is so loud you can hear nothing else and are thus 'deafened?
Now either everyone else got the wrong end of the stick or I did.

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 13:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Vitor Pinteus: Douglas, what you're saying is a "ruído ensurdecedor", which is almost the opposite of "ruído surdo". see link: http://www.dicio.com.br/surdo/
2 hrs
neutral  Andrew Bramhall: You did!
20 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
rumble


Explanation:
rumble

Nick Taylor
Local time: 13:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27
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