Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Foi preciso fechar o registro da água para evitar o vazamento.
English translation:
It was necessary to shut-off the water valve to stop the leak
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rhandler
Nov 15, 2008 12:39
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Portuguese term
Foi preciso fechar o registro da água para evitar o vazamento.
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vocabulário
O encanador fechou o registro para evitar que a casa inundasse, mas mesmo assim todas as paredes daquele cômodo ficaram danificadas.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +8 | It was necessary to shut-off the water valve to stop the leak |
rhandler
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| 4 -1 | I had to close the water valve to stop it from leaking. |
Heloisa Xavier
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Nov 29, 2008 11:49: rhandler Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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It was necessary to shut-off the water valve to stop the leak
O registro é o nome popular para a válvula de bloqueio, a "shut-off valve". Assim o diria. Veja estes exemplos:
[PDF] Emergency Water Shut-Off
Formato do arquivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Ver em HTML
cirty, you have a leak. If leaks are discovered, you. can shut off the water to your house in one of ... your house is to shut off the water valve at the ...
www.pep-c.org/nss-folder/informationsheets/Water Shutoff.PD...
Low Water Pressure Fixes
Check your pipes for damage or leaks. A trick to figuring out if you have a leak is to shut off the water valve in your home and mark down the meter reading ...
www.goodservices.com/waterpressure.php
Pin Hole Water Leak, How do we fix this? - Yahoo! Answers
We have a small pin hole leak in our pipe that is … ... shut off the water valve to it and unless you know plumbing dont mess with it call a plumber and ...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080816040939AA...
[PDF] Emergency Water Shut-Off
Formato do arquivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Ver em HTML
cirty, you have a leak. If leaks are discovered, you. can shut off the water to your house in one of ... your house is to shut off the water valve at the ...
www.pep-c.org/nss-folder/informationsheets/Water Shutoff.PD...
Low Water Pressure Fixes
Check your pipes for damage or leaks. A trick to figuring out if you have a leak is to shut off the water valve in your home and mark down the meter reading ...
www.goodservices.com/waterpressure.php
Pin Hole Water Leak, How do we fix this? - Yahoo! Answers
We have a small pin hole leak in our pipe that is … ... shut off the water valve to it and unless you know plumbing dont mess with it call a plumber and ...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080816040939AA...
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Heloisa Xavier
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Portuguese
Argentina
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English to Portuguese, and 1 more.
I had to close the water valve to stop it from leaking.
Suggestion
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Note added at 1 dia8 horas (2008-11-16 20:55:34 GMT)
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SO, you can say "The Plumber closed the water valve so the house would not be flooded."
I had to clarify the sentence this way since some colleagues here were missing the plumber. =)
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Note added at 1 dia8 horas (2008-11-16 20:55:34 GMT)
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SO, you can say "The Plumber closed the water valve so the house would not be flooded."
I had to clarify the sentence this way since some colleagues here were missing the plumber. =)
Peer comment(s):
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rhandler
: The first person shouldn't be used here, as it was the plumber who did it, not the person telling the story. // This is no joke: your translation is wrong, as it doesn't correspond to the asked sentence./// Rude was your response to Gilmar!
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Who are you to say something is right or wrong?? we are here to give the inquirers suggestions. I am not here to be right or wrong, or imolite and rude like you. Please, revisit your communication concepts before replying to people.
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Gilmar Fernandes
: Reading again, more carefully I see a no-no in English here. You don't close a water valve (or faucet, tap, etc). In English we say shut off or turn off, but never close. I understand in Portuguese "fechar" applies to water, door, etc.
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If you do not understand well, you can get a dictionary. There is a free one on-line. Visit www.dictionary.com and look for close. Good luck! =)
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