Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
(dizer) para seus botões
English translation:
(say) under one's breath / say to oneself
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Portuguese term
(dizer) para seus botões
Portuguese to English
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Another expression I don't fully grasp the meaning of. In the context, this is said by an Angolan hotel owner describing his logistics problems and how he overcomes them with some effort.
«Está tudo bem, eu trato de tudo, para que nada falte aos clientes», diz o gerente para seus botões.
As with my last question, either an equivalent colloquialism or an explanation of the meaning of the phrase would be greatly appreciated.
«Está tudo bem, eu trato de tudo, para que nada falte aos clientes», diz o gerente para seus botões.
As with my last question, either an equivalent colloquialism or an explanation of the meaning of the phrase would be greatly appreciated.
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(say) under one's breath
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Comment: "Thank you everybody for your helpful answers. I can see the logic of the expression now. I could have chosen any of them but José's fitted the context really well."
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say to oneself
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Virginia De Klerk
South Africa
South Africa
Native in Portuguese
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English
South Africa
Value Added Quality in Translation
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, Afrikaans to English
talk to oneself
conversar com seus botões = to talk to oneself, or to think to oneself
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Norway
Native in Portuguese
Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Engineer:Oil&Gas/Electron/Finan/Law/HSEQ
Native in: Norwegian , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
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