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Estou na + person\'s name

English translation: be at + person's name + 's

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Portuguese term or phrase:estar na + nome da pessoa
English translation:be at + person's name + 's
Entered by: Oliver Simões

02:12 Jul 20, 2018
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Conversation
Portuguese term or phrase: Estou na + person\'s name
Brazilian Portuguese:

Example of a simple sentence, found in a development assessment:
"Estou na Paula"

Does this mean, "I'm at Paula's (house)?"

Thank you!
Roxane Dow
United States
Local time: 19:37
I’m at Paula’s.
Explanation:
That’s how I would translate it.

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Note added at 45 mins (2018-07-20 02:58:27 GMT)
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Or “at Paula’s home”.

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Note added at 46 mins (2018-07-20 02:59:15 GMT)
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I mean “at Paula’s house”.
Selected response from:

Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 16:37
Grading comment
Thank you for confirming this meaning!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8I’m at Paula’s.
Oliver Simões
5Yes. You are at her home.
Hilton F Santos


  

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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
I’m at Paula’s.


Explanation:
That’s how I would translate it.

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Note added at 45 mins (2018-07-20 02:58:27 GMT)
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Or “at Paula’s home”.

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Note added at 46 mins (2018-07-20 02:59:15 GMT)
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I mean “at Paula’s house”.

Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 16:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 56
Grading comment
Thank you for confirming this meaning!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Frank Miller
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Frank.
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Muriel.
agree  Ana Vozone
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Ana.
agree  Margarida Ataide
4 hrs
  -> Obrigado, itineuropa.
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
5 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Teresa.
agree  António Ribeiro
9 hrs
  -> Obrigado, António.
agree  Verginia Ophof
9 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Verginia.
agree  Richard Purdom
3 days 13 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Yes. You are at her home.


Explanation:
Suggestion

Hilton F Santos
Brazil
Local time: 20:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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