The tile floor gleamed, smoothed to an icy sheen...

Portuguese translation: o piso de ladrilho cintilava,liso e luminoso como gelo

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English term or phrase:The tile floor gleamed, smoothed to an icy sheen...
Portuguese translation:o piso de ladrilho cintilava,liso e luminoso como gelo
Entered by: edecastroalves

20:49 Jun 2, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: The tile floor gleamed, smoothed to an icy sheen...
from years of hand waxing.
edecastroalves
o piso de ladrilho cintilava,liso e luminoso como gelo
Explanation:
ou---- cintilava como o gelo luminoso.Prefiro a primeira sugestão
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Irineide
Brazil
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1o piso de ladrilho cintilava,liso e luminoso como gelo
Irineide
4 +1o piso de baldosa brilhava, liso e lustroso como gelo
Beta Cummins
3o chão, resplandecente e liso em azulejos, brilhava como se fosse gelo
axies


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the tile floor gleamed, smoothed to an icy sheen...
o piso de baldosa brilhava, liso e lustroso como gelo


Explanation:
Sugestao.

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Note added at 6 mins (2010-06-02 20:55:50 GMT)
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... apos anos de ser encerado a mao.

Beta Cummins
United States
Local time: 07:12
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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agree  Marlene Curtis
29 mins
  -> Merci, madam!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the tile floor gleamed, smoothed to an icy sheen...
o piso de ladrilho cintilava,liso e luminoso como gelo


Explanation:
ou---- cintilava como o gelo luminoso.Prefiro a primeira sugestão

Irineide
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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the tile floor gleamed, smoothed to an icy sheen...
o chão, resplandecente e liso em azulejos, brilhava como se fosse gelo


Explanation:
como se fosse gelo ou, como se fosse feito de gelo para obter a mesma analogia. Como gelo por si só indica uma certa frieza antes do brilho, penso.

axies
Australia
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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