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desfiar um terço

English translation: pray the rosary

15:20 Feb 15, 2020
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Portuguese term or phrase: desfiar um terço
Uma das coisas mais marcantes que diferencia as crianças dos adultos, é a relação à linguagem, que para as crianças é simultaneamente mais livre e muito mais rigorosa. Por exemplo, perante uma coleção dos volumes que formam uma enciclopédia, todos com o mesmo título repetido, uma criança lê cada título, do princípio ao fim, reconhecendo a importância de nomear as coisas individualmente, de as distinguir através da palavra, de enumerar o que vê, cada coisa que vê, como quem desfia um terço, como se a palavra não fosse de natureza abstrata, arbitrária, desencarnada, mas encantada, sensual, sagrada, e portadora de uma real ligação ao mundo.
Ega
Local time: 12:50
English translation:pray the rosary
Explanation:
Rosary beads help Catholics count their prayers. More importantly, Catholics pray the rosary as a means of entreaty to ask God for a special favor, such as helping a loved one recover from an illness, or to thank God for blessings received — a new baby, a new job, a new moon.

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1 On the crucifix, make the sign of the cross and then pray the Apostles’ Creed.
2 On the next large bead, say the Our Father.
3 On the following three small beads, pray three Hail Marys.
4 On the chain, pray the Glory Be.
5 On the large bead, meditate on the first mystery and pray the Our Father
6 Skip the centerpiece medallion, and on the ten beads after that, pray a Hail Mary on each bead; on the chain, pray a Glory Be.
7 Repeat Steps 5 and 6 four more times to finish the next four decades.
8 At the end of your Rosary, say the Hail Holy Queen.
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Bruno Dutra
Brazil
Local time: 07:50
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4 +1pray the rosary
Bruno Dutra
4Pray the Rosary
Danilo Ribeiro
3 -1pray through the rosary
Ana Vozone


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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pray the rosary


Explanation:
Rosary beads help Catholics count their prayers. More importantly, Catholics pray the rosary as a means of entreaty to ask God for a special favor, such as helping a loved one recover from an illness, or to thank God for blessings received — a new baby, a new job, a new moon.

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Note added at 21 mins (2020-02-15 15:41:50 GMT)
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1 On the crucifix, make the sign of the cross and then pray the Apostles’ Creed.
2 On the next large bead, say the Our Father.
3 On the following three small beads, pray three Hail Marys.
4 On the chain, pray the Glory Be.
5 On the large bead, meditate on the first mystery and pray the Our Father
6 Skip the centerpiece medallion, and on the ten beads after that, pray a Hail Mary on each bead; on the chain, pray a Glory Be.
7 Repeat Steps 5 and 6 four more times to finish the next four decades.
8 At the end of your Rosary, say the Hail Holy Queen.


    Reference: http://https://www.dummies.com/religion/christianity/catholi...
Bruno Dutra
Brazil
Local time: 07:50
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Mark Robertson
2 hrs
  -> thank you, mr robertson
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
pray through the rosary


Explanation:
Não se trata de apenas "rezar o terço". É rezá-lo todo, com o terço fisicamente na mão. Conta a conta.

Though a Reformist, he began to pray through the rosary beads in earnest.
The full rosary prayer consists of fifteen decades. In order to pray fifteen decades, people pray through the rosary beads three times.

Example sentence(s):
  • As the screenshot depicts, this uses a lit-bead format as you pray through the rosary with the tactile vibration on the Our Father beads
  • Some of these allow you to pray in community, or to pray through the rosary in an online version
Ana Vozone
Local time: 11:50
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 25

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Bruno Dutra: Ué, e tem como rezar o terço sem estar com ele fisicamente na mão? sem ser conta a conta?
14 mins
  -> Veja a resposta em cima. Você está enganado :)
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Pray the Rosary


Explanation:
"Pray the Rosary" is the closest to "Desfiar um terço" as "terço" is one third of the Rosary, and we do say that in Portuguese to refer to "say a prayer" using the rosary.
It's a popular way to say "Rezar um terço".



    Reference: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100...
Danilo Ribeiro
Brazil
Local time: 07:50
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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