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Glossary entry

português term or phrase:

ficamos nessa situação

inglês translation:

end up in that situation; get into that situation

Added to glossary by Michael Powers (PhD)
Jan 8, 2007 23:55
18 yrs ago
português term

ficamos nessa situação

português para inglês Outra Expressões/máximas/ditados Brasil
O conteúdo segue:

Mas então, como é que nós fiacamos nessa situação toda? É ...

Pensei em duas possibilidades - ou pode ser que tem outra que é melhor que as duas possibilidades.

São: 1) But then, how is it that we ended up in that situation?
2) But then, how is it that we leave things now?

Proposed translations

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end up in that situation

Or more colloquially, "get into that situation."

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-01-09 00:00:32 GMT)
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But then how did we end up in that situation?
Peer comment(s):

agree Marcia Gascon : yep - I think It's better -> get into that situation
2 minutos
agree Katia DG
15 horas
agree Susy Ordaz
1 dia 7 horas
agree rhandler
1 dia 14 horas
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Obrigado. Mike :)"
7 horas

where do we stand now??..

como é que nós fiacamos nessa situação toda? =>

where do we stand now??

What did we decide..what is our resulting situation

if it was past tense it would be:
como foi que nós fiacamos nessa situação toda?
how did we end up in that situation
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15 horas

How did we get into this situation? / How did we get into all this?

Other options could be:

How did we get into this whole situation?
How did we end up in this situation?
How did things end up like this for us?
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19 horas

end up in this mess

keeping with the spirit of the language of the rest of the text.
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2 dias 15 horas

How do we stand in this situation?

A idéia aqui é esta.
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