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Portuguese term
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Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English
dotados
I'm looking for the most suitable translation for this verb in this context. Thanks!
Aug 13, 2014 11:05: Nick Taylor Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
such as
possess
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United States
25 + yrs. Business experience PORT- ENG
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
endowed with
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Note added at 31 mins (2014-07-29 01:14:15 GMT)
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Paul,
Get your mind out of the gutter!
:)
| Thanks Gilmar, I used this translation once but I was criticised. My concern is that this phrase is usually used in terms of sexual attributes haha |
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Tim Friese
: or it is used with thinks like rights - not the best option here
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Thanks for your input. I'll stick to the "well-endowed guy" connotation pointed out by Paul :)
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Translator and Editor
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English
bestowed with
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Mari Melo
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Cheers, Mari :)
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Vanessa Brandao
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Cheers, Vanessa :)
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Tim Friese
: normally yes, but it doesn't make sense in this context - see my discussion entry
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Why doesn't that make sense, Tim? "The set of factors" are bestowed with (given) the qualities of rationality, perception... etc. All The Best :)
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Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
(a set of factors) including...
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R. Alex Jenkins
: Hi, you really shouldn't post answers like this. Just a friendly pointer. // Hello. I didn't read your answer fully - I thought it was simply a pointer to a discussion entry, which isn't normally permitted as it clutters the kudoz db. All The Best.
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Ok, Sir! No worries.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: I'd say 'set of factors that include . . .' P.S. What's his problem???
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Thank you, Muriel. P.S. I have no idea!?
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Tim Friese
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Thank you, Tim!
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Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
embodied with
A light & crispy 'pancake style' fried puree bread, embodied with juicy spices of chicken cooked in a chat masala with chick peas.
Architecture, embodied with symbols, is an organ of cultural body.
Discussion
A quick look at collocations on the Corpus of Contemporary American English confirms my intuition. The most common words appearing in the vicinity of 'bestowed' are words like honor, gift, award, etc. It does not seem to be used in written or spoken English to mean something like 'includes'.
See more at this screenshot of my search on COCA: http://imgur.com/iRBOiIE
É um conjunto de fatores, entre os quais...
O autor parece ter se equivocado na escolha do verbo.