Dec 24, 2019 10:30
4 yrs ago
Portuguese term

MANDOU

Portuguese to English Art/Literary Religion
"ESTA CAPELA MANDOU MUDAR O PRINCIPE D. PEDRO, GOVERNADOR DESTE REINO DO SITIO DO TOURAL POR PERJUDICAR A FORTIFICAÇÃO A PEDIMENTO DO ADMINISTRADOR GREGORIO DE CASTRO MORAES COMENDADOR DA ORDEM DE CHRISTO, FIDALGO DA CAZA DE SUA ALTEZA, SARGENTO MAIOR DE BATALHA, GOVERNANDO AS ARMAS DA PROVINCIA", referenciando "ANNO DE 1681".

Does this mean ordered the prince to be moved/changed or the prince ordered the move
similarly:
“ESTA CAPELA MANDOU FAZER GASPAR VAZ TEIXEIRA, CAVALEIRO PROFESSO DA ORDEM DE CRISTO NO ANO DE 1673"

Did the chapel order Gaspar or did Gaspar order the chapel?

Proposed translations

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Selected

The prince ordered the chapel to be moved

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Peer comment(s):

agree Mark Robertson : This syntax is typical of archaic Portuguese. See,https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9y1MAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA56&lpg...
37 mins
agree Ana Vozone
1 hr
agree Tereza Rae
5 hrs
agree César Nascimento
7 hrs
agree Clauwolf
1 day 2 hrs
agree Mario Freitas :
1 day 7 hrs
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5 mins

Ordered

This chapel ordered the prince...

You are right!

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Note added at 7 mins (2019-12-24 10:38:12 GMT)
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Did the chapel order Gaspar or did Gaspar order the chapel?

The chap ordered Gaspar into a Knight!

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Note added at 7 mins (2019-12-24 10:38:46 GMT)
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*chapel
Peer comment(s):

disagree César Nascimento : Chapels do not order anything.
7 hrs
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2 days 1 hr

was ordered by gaspar (classic pt)

The term is in an inverted order like in poetry
its an old kind of portuguese that pass the subject to the beginning of the phrase

it is like : THIS CAPEL, WAS ORDERED BY GASPAR ....

the second option is the right one
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