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acidente de percurso

English translation: mishap / setback

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Portuguese term or phrase:acidente de percurso
English translation:mishap / setback
Entered by: Bett

18:53 May 9, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Computers: Software
Portuguese term or phrase: acidente de percurso
" A XXXX surgiu meio que por acaso. Eu queria que você elaborasse um pouquinho sobre esse acidente de percurso que originou, que contasse a história. E, ao mesmo tempo, tentasse identificar algum elemento-chave que empreendedores como vocês deveriam ficar abertos para poder aproveitar essas oportunidades que surgem."
Bett
Local time: 11:09
mishap / setback
Explanation:
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José Crespo
Local time: 15:09
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thank you
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8mishap / setback
José Crespo
5 +1unavoidable event..happenstance
airmailrpl
4 +1course/implementation accident/misadventure
Leniel Maccaferri


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
course/implementation accident/misadventure


Explanation:
course/implementation accident/misadventure

Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 11:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
9 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
mishap / setback


Explanation:


José Crespo
Local time: 15:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patrícia Vilhena
8 mins
  -> obrigado patrícia
agree  mariavaz: mishap or misadventure...
10 mins
  -> obrigado mariavaz
agree  tom_michell: setback fits perfectly
11 mins
  -> obrigado thomas
agree  Fernando Domeniconi
29 mins
  -> obrigado fernando
agree  Marcelo Gonçalves
38 mins
  -> obrigado marcelo
agree  Lincoln Silveira (X)
16 hrs
  -> obrigado lincoln
agree  Cristina Santos
18 hrs
  -> obrigado cristina
agree  R. Alex Jenkins
2 days 15 hrs
  -> obrigado richard
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
unavoidable event..happenstance


Explanation:
Happenstance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Happenstance is a portmanteau of 'happening' and 'circumstance'. It generally refers to a random event. The word has been in use since the 19th century. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happenstance -

unavoidable accident - definition of unavoidable accident by the ...
Meaning of unavoidable accident. What does unavoidable accident mean? unavoidable ... coincidence, happenstance - an event that might have been arranged ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/unavoidable accident -

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IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Teresa Baum, : Appellant ...
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an appeal, but unforeseeable and unavoidable events ... happenstance for granting appeal nunc pro tunc); Tony. Grande, Inc. v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal ...
www.courts.state.pa.us/OpPosting/CWealth/out/1768CD07_4-15-... -

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 11:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eliana Mastrelli
2 days 13 hrs
  -> agradecido
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