fechar o placar

English translation: rounded off the scoring

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Portuguese term or phrase:fechar o placar
English translation:rounded off the scoring

20:21 Mar 30, 2015
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Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / futebol
Portuguese term or phrase: fechar o placar
Ronaldinho fechou o placar depois, ao bater uma falta por cima da barreira, surpreendendo o goleiro Doblas.
Lilian Magalhães
Brazil
Local time: 00:37
rounded off the scoring
Explanation:
This is the expression used in football. I know because I like football a lot.
The other answers are laugable.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2015-03-31 02:40:42 GMT)
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http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-ronaldo-double-takes-madr...
Gareth Bale then doubled the visitors' lead before Ronaldo rounded off the scoring with a trademark header from James Rodriguez's cross.
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Anthony OSullivan
Portugal
Grading comment
thank you
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3rounded off the scoring
Anthony OSullivan
2close the score
Danik 2014
3 -1close the score (to)
Andre Damasceno


  

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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
close the score


Explanation:
PT-BR
https://books.google.com.br/books?id=hf8pEsHX8N0C&pg=PA246&l...
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Danik 2014
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
close the score (to)


Explanation:
Suggestion.


    Reference: http://lavozdeanza.com/sports/2015/02/05/dons-fall-to-lobos-...
    Reference: http://www.ednakarr.org/pdf/athletics/boys_basketball/news//...
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 00:37
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Anthony OSullivan: The Americans would say 'closed out the scoring'
5 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
rounded off the scoring


Explanation:
This is the expression used in football. I know because I like football a lot.
The other answers are laugable.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2015-03-31 02:40:42 GMT)
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http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-ronaldo-double-takes-madr...
Gareth Bale then doubled the visitors' lead before Ronaldo rounded off the scoring with a trademark header from James Rodriguez's cross.


Anthony OSullivan
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel de Carvalho: You are right. That site was terrible. I´ll be more careful with my references next time!
58 mins

agree  James Calder: or "completed". If you're going to criticise other people's answers, which you shouldn't, at least get your spelling right.
4 hrs

agree  Richard Purdom
10 hrs
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