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scrape a pass

Portuguese translation: passar de raspão

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English term or phrase:scrape a pass
Portuguese translation:passar de raspão
Entered by: Iara Fino Silva

15:58 Jul 24, 2015
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / texto sobre arte
English term or phrase: scrape a pass
And yet he arrived there with a terrible secondary school art grade, the lowest you can achieve and still scrape a pass.
Iara Fino Silva
Local time: 13:01
passar de raspão
Explanation:
Em PT-BR.
Selected response from:

Ligia Costa
Brazil
Local time: 13:01
Grading comment
Obrigada!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3conseguindo mesmo assim passar à justa
Ana Vozone
4 +2passar de raspão
Ligia Costa
4 +2passar raspando/passar no sufoco (em um exame, curso, prova)
Hari Cavalcante
4conseguir passar de ano
airmailrpl
4mal conseguia passar (o ano)
Nick Taylor


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
conseguir passar de ano


Explanation:
scrape a pass => conseguir passar de ano

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 13:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 26
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
conseguindo mesmo assim passar à justa


Explanation:
O termo "scrape" tem o sentido de conseguir mesmo à justinha...

Ana Vozone
Local time: 17:01
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
2 mins
  -> Obrigada, Teresa!
agree  Paulinho Fonseca
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Paulinho!
agree  António Ribeiro
3 days 17 hrs
  -> Obrigada, ajarbr!
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
passar de raspão


Explanation:
Em PT-BR.


    Reference: http://www.mundovestibular.com.br/articles/858/1/Conselhos-p...
Ligia Costa
Brazil
Local time: 13:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Obrigada!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clauwolf
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Clau!
agree  Danik 2014
6 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Dani!
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
passar raspando/passar no sufoco (em um exame, curso, prova)


Explanation:
Sugestão para o Português Brasileiro

Hari Cavalcante
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paulinho Fonseca: Ouvi muitos alunos nos corredores de escola: 'Passei, mas foi de raspão'.
1 hr
  -> Obrigado Paulinho
agree  Danik 2014
6 hrs
  -> Obrigado Danik
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mal conseguia passar (o ano)


Explanation:
mal conseguia passar (o ano)

Nick Taylor
Local time: 17:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ligia Costa: Nick, o natural seria falar: "mal consegui passar de ano" (no pretérito perfeito e usando a preposição "de").
2 hrs
  -> Thanks
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