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Ao determinar a garantia, ....a seguradora deve arcar de plano com o prejuizo
evolução da técnica
Nov 5, 2007 13:19
16 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

mexer

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Ships, Sailing, Maritime segurança
Por favor, uma sugestão para "mexeu" na frase abaixo"

"Quando ele mexeu no painel, a máquina voltou a funcionar inesperadamente".
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 fiddled
4 shake
3 "touched"

Proposed translations

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fiddled

When he fiddled about with the panel, the machine unexpectedly started functioning.

Something like that.

Perhaps you could say 'played' about - but 'fiddled' sounds good :)

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Note added at 7 mins (2007-11-05 13:26:40 GMT)
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Fiddle:
2 mexer ou tocar nervosamente um objeto.
Peer comment(s):
agree Henrique Magalhaes
4 hrs
Thanks! It gives the impression that the person is messing around without knowing too much about what they are doing, hence the 'unexpected' part of the translation.
agree aspirante
4 days
Thanks very much :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you :-)"
3 mins

shake

When he shook the panel

Mike :)

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-11-05 13:23:18 GMT)
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Olha o significado 5

mexer
verbo transitivo, intransitivo e reflexo
1. to stir, to move, to shuffle, to budge;
2. to fidget, to twitch, to hitch;
3. to touch, to handle;
4. to meddle (with a thing), to mix, to stir, to churn;
5. to shake
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5 mins

"touched"

When he touched the control board the machine workded again, unexpectedly.
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