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Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

objeto do desejo

English translation:

object of desire

Added to glossary by Norbert Hermann
Oct 25, 2005 19:39
18 yrs ago
Portuguese term

objeto do desejo

Portuguese to English Marketing Marketing
Este carro é o objeto do desejo de todos.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 object of desire
3 +7 everbody's dream
5 +3 is the object of everyone's desire
5 a desireable object

Proposed translations

+6
4 mins
Selected

object of desire

literal

... The Car Enthusiast is based in the UK ... To us the car is a plaything, an object of desire, a chill out room, a pleasure zone, a therapist and ...
www.carenthusiast.com/contactus.html
More pages from carenthusiast.com


Auto Express
... the legendary muscle car in songs and movies have made it an object of desire all around the ... references to the legendary muscle car in songs and movies have made ...
www.autoexpress.co.uk/email_article/19575/previews/ford_mus...
More pages from autoexpress.co.uk


Transport Planning Society - News
6 July 2000. De-marketing car use seen as major challenge ... of time was spent commuting by car over longer and longer distances - behaviour which ... de-marketing the car by defusing the car as an object of desire'. Self esteem and ...
Peer comment(s):
agree Claudio Mazotti : also...
10 mins
thank you :-)!
agree Vania Correia
29 mins
thanks, Vania :-)!
agree rhandler : Looks like you inspired some colleagues.
2 hrs
You are absoulely right, Rhandler, and this seems to be a common recurrence - see http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1158863?float=1 - but I am afraid without an active moderator this will go on unchecked.
agree James Cook : object of desire
14 hrs
thanks, James :-)!
agree Amilcar : Well Hermann, there has been definite progress recently (if perhaps to be short lived, hope not). It's down to ho hum ho hum ho hum (rhymes with?) Perhaps the moderators are not quite as inactive as we imagine. Let's not look a gift horse in the mouth.
20 hrs
Cheers :-) Hope so too!
agree Henrique Magalhaes
2 days 14 hrs
thanks, Henrique :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
18 mins

a desireable object

New iPods, 12/10/05, Steve's Notepad
Yes, it may be very cool and sexy and a desireable object, but it is the content and the manner of distribution, and most importantly how accesible that ...
blogs.warwick.ac.uk/stevencarpenter/entry/new_ipods/

Hand-made gold chain that is designed to look good on you
... piece of gold wire he and his team could turn it into a piece of jewellery that was a real craft, a desireable object of beauty that wears beautifully. ...
www.thomas-skipton.co.uk/chain.htm
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+3
20 mins

is the object of everyone's desire

the parse is this for English

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Note added at 21 mins (2005-10-25 20:00:25 GMT)
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Post modernist answer is:
This car is the object of everyone's desire.

Non-post modernist answer:

Everyone wants a/an X.

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Note added at 22 mins (2005-10-25 20:01:45 GMT)
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In marketing it is crucial to understand the audience.

For an upscale audience in a glossy magazine,the first could be used.

For a less upscale audience, the second is better.

cheers
Peer comment(s):
agree Lumen (X)
22 mins
Hey there....thanx
agree Aoife Kennedy
1 hr
Thanx Aoife
agree Amy Duncan (X) : Sem dúvida!
15 hrs
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+7
1 min

everbody's dream

A suggestion

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Note added at 26 mins (2005-10-25 20:05:46 GMT)
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sorry. everybody's dream
Peer comment(s):
agree Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
2 mins
obrigado
agree Karen Haggerty : I would say that this is the better translation for this context, even though "object of desire" is truly the literal translation. And it would be better to say "everyone's dream". ;-)
11 mins
obrigado
agree Claudio Mazotti
12 mins
obrigado
agree MJ Barber : everybody's
43 mins
Thanks
agree Eugenia Lourenco
56 mins
obrigado
agree António Ribeiro
9 hrs
obrigado
agree Amilcar : Also good
20 hrs
obrigado
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