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Portuguese to English Linguistics Translation Glossary

Portuguese term		English translation
elipse verbal		elipsis of the verb

em absoluto		at all/in any way

em concordância com		[allophone system] dictates that

em cuja sílaba que		in which the syllable is (sentence restructured)

em diferentes graus de proximidade		in different levels/degrees of similarity	Teresa Freixinho
Entered by: Teresa Freixinho
em que se inclui uma entidade em um grupo		in which an entity is included as part of the group

em relação interparafrástica		in inter-paraphrastic relations	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
em torno do qual		regarding which; with respect to which

embora tenha eleito		even though he has postulated / posited

emitiram como reflexos		had reflexes in

empresa de capital aberto / empresa de capital fechado		publicly-traded company / private company	Todd Field
Entered by: Todd Field
encaixados no verbo		embedded in the verb

encaixamento		embedding	Muriel Vasconcellos
Entered by: Muriel Vasconcellos
encher linguiça		pad it out

enfraquecer a sua ocorrência		reduce its occurrence

enfraquecimento do acento		weakening of stress/weakened stress

engatilhada		triggered / activated

enjambracão		makeshift/rigged

entrada lexical		lexical entry

entradas da língua estrangeira		loanwords

entregar os certificados dos premios		to present the prize certificates

entretanto, a posição pré-aspectual desse marcador		However, the pre-aspectual position of this marker

enunciador e enunciatário		speaker and listener/hearer

envolve o estatuto		involves the (grammar) rules or standards	Mario Freitas
Entered by: Mario Freitas
escala de força		(consonant) scale of (articulation) force

escolarizado		schooled (as opposed to unschooled)

esdrúxulas		uncommon or unusual

espécie de		species of

especificativo		specifier

especificidade		specificity

esses, a exemplo dos classificadores incorporados		..., as in the case of incorporated classifiers, ...

EST/EVI ATUAL		STA/EVI CURRENT

Esta ocorrência desfaz a distinção		This circumstance erases the distinction

esta/essa/aquela X		this/that X (in english there is no difference between "essa" and "aquela")

estabelece a identidade completa		where the full identity is established

estabelecer uma linha condutora no discurso		establish a thread in the discourse

estando a raiz do sintagma nominal sujeito		in which the root of the noun syntagma is the subject

estando seguidas por coda nasal		due to the fact that they are followed by a nasal coda OR: (see below)

estatística de variação		variation statistics

está diante de		is facing a (new language);

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