About 761 results
Open links in new tab
  1. How to use dialogue punctuation in Portuguese?

    Jun 18, 2020 · Dropping the quotes and using em dashes (travessão) instead is a very common choice, and its usage is explained in guifa's answer. But it should be clear that that's actually a …

  2. Word or phrase for an expression of empathetic sorrow

    Sep 17, 2015 · What would be a good way to express empathetic sorrow in Portuguese? For example, if my friend's puppy dies and it's not my fault I wouldn't say "Desculpe!" right? …

  3. significado - When to use '', "", «», — or italic? - Portuguese ...

    Dec 14, 2015 · Chain quotes («», are these really french quotes (aspas francesas) in Portuguese? Why?!); Dash (—, I believe this is called travessão, is there a difference between …

  4. ortografia - Space or no space before punctuation? - Portuguese ...

    By the way, since you mentioned quotes, it's worth saying that in (brazilian, afaik) Portuguese we also use the same quotation marks as English: either straight quotes " and ' or curly open “ ‘ …

  5. Use of "palpite" in Brazilian Portuguese before 1900

    English (Portuguese below) Yes, palpite meant ‘hunch’ before 1900 already, both in Brazil and Portugal. The first known use indicated in Dicionário Houaiss (Lisbon, 2002)―my first port of …

  6. Difference between the en dash — and em dash

    Dec 14, 2015 · The em dash (but not the en dash) is also used to set off the sources of quotes: "Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without …

  7. tradução - Translation of quotation from Os Lusiadas - Portuguese ...

    Dec 23, 2018 · I am looking for the location of the following English quotations out of the Lusiad in the Portuguese original of Os Lusiadas: How calm the waves, how mild the balmy gale! The …

  8. What is the shortest translation for "Auto Saved" in Portuguese?

    Jan 27, 2017 · For instance there is this emacs tutorial in GitHub, 2014 (my emphasis in all quotes): SALVAMENTO AUTOMÁTICO. Quando você fizer mudanças em um arquivo, mas …

  9. Newest 'sinais-gráficos' Questions - Portuguese Language Stack …

    Sep 13, 2018 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …

  10. Revision 12f1cc08-b4f3-4b1a-ad0c-7ed4e6dd97e8 - Portuguese …

    This is a curious construction in that it uses singular with plural meaning. So the following pairs mean the same: >*ainda **morre muita criança** de fome nos dias de hoje* = *ainda **morrem …