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a olho

English translation: by eye

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Portuguese term or phrase:a olho
English translation:by eye
Entered by: Sonny Tissot

16:39 Jun 5, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: a olho
Fui agora medir a olho e dá +/- 70 kms.

Medi a quantidade a olho, não li o manual de instruções.

Does anyone know the expression or word in English for "a olho"?
Thank you
Sonny Tissot
Brazil
by eye
Explanation:
suggestion
Selected response from:

Flavia Martins dos Santos
Brazil
Local time: 10:36
Grading comment
Thank you all. Very very helpful
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3by eye
Flavia Martins dos Santos
4 +3by sight
Katarina Peters
3 +3eyeball, to
Fernando Domeniconi
4 +1estimate
David Alexandre (X)
4 +1roughly (roughly mesured, it's around 70 kms.)
Gustavo Silva
4by rule of thumb
Isabel Peck
4without measuring
Elvira Alves Barry
4with the eye.
Marcos Antonio


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
estimate


Explanation:
creio ser esta a ideia, "I estimate it's about" so or so...

David Alexandre (X)
Local time: 14:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
22 mins
  -> obrigado
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
by rule of thumb


Explanation:
Sugestão

Isabel Peck
Portugal
Local time: 14:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
by eye


Language variant: US

Explanation:
suggestion

Flavia Martins dos Santos
Brazil
Local time: 10:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thank you all. Very very helpful

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Catarina Aleixo: This is also UK English
42 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  lexical: yes, also UK English, as Catarina says. "To measure by eye".
2 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  R. Alex Jenkins: yes, my first instinct
7 hrs
  -> Thanks
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
eyeball, to


Explanation:
Opção, mas talvez fosse necessário alterar a frase.

To measure or estimate roughly by sight: eyeballed the area of the wall that needed paint
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/eyeball

There are at least three different ways of estimating unknown quantities:

Eyeball Estimates
An "eyeball estimate" is an educated guess about a quantity based on sight and using some known benchmarks as guides
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/pro-dev/estimation/48941.ht...


Fernando Domeniconi
United States
Local time: 09:36
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carla Queiro (X)
18 mins
  -> Obrigado, Carla!
agree  Catarina Aleixo: I agree provided the wants US English
38 mins
  -> True. I should've added that. Thank you, Catarina!
agree  Nitin Goyal
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Nitin!
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
without measuring


Explanation:
My suggestion

Elvira Alves Barry
Local time: 14:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
by sight


Explanation:
"I measured by sight and it's about 70 kms".

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 09:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 76

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Abigail Elvins: "once you measure it once or twice you will be able to quickly judge it by sight" from www.aquaripure.com/flowrate.htm and "...water level is too small to accurately measure by sight" at www.math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Crown/CrownIntro.html
57 mins
  -> Thanks, Abigail, also for the references! :)
agree  Enza Longo
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Enza!
agree  Fiona Stephenson: That's the phrase - to estimate something just by looking
2 days 3 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
roughly (roughly mesured, it's around 70 kms.)


Explanation:
"to roughly measure"
Roughly mesured, it's around 70 kms.
I measured it roughly, I didn´t read the instruction manual.



Example sentence(s):
  • What I need to do is to roughly measure the real height of each foreground object to see if it is lower or higher than 1m.

    Reference: http://groups.google.com.uy/group/OpenCV/browse_thread/threa...
Gustavo Silva
Portugal
Local time: 14:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cipriana Leme: roughly measured. The others are not used.
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Yes, I also think so! Thanks Cipriana! :-)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
with the eye.


Explanation:
Opção.


- with the naked eye = a olho nú
- with the aided eye = a olho armado.


Marcos Antonio
Local time: 10:36
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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