Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
cut their teeth
Portuguese translation:
ganham/adquirem experiência
Added to glossary by
Marlene Curtis
Sep 21, 2009 14:16
14 yrs ago
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English term
cut their teeth
English to Portuguese
Other
Business/Commerce (general)
idioms
" ... it seems that teams that "cut their teeth" being cooperative can learn to be competitive, but competitive teams find it much harder to learn to cooperate."
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 4 +5 | ganham/adquirem experiência |
Marlene Curtis
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| 4 | começam por |
Cristina Pereira
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| 4 | Tem uma atitude inicial |
A. Patricia Pedraza
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| 4 | para ganhar experiência ('engolem alguns sapos') |
Ania Silva
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Change log
Sep 24, 2009 12:47: Marlene Curtis Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+5
4 mins
Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Portuguese
Specializes in field
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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ganham/adquirem experiência
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cut_one's_teeth
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to cut one's teeth
1.(idiomatic) To begin; to gain early experience.
He cut his teeth flying model airplanes as a child, so aeronautical engineering came naturally.
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to cut one's teeth
1.(idiomatic) To begin; to gain early experience.
He cut his teeth flying model airplanes as a child, so aeronautical engineering came naturally.
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Comment: "obrigada."
6 mins
Cristina Pereira
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
translator + journalist=flawless writing
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Portuguese, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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125
começam por
equipas que começam por ser cooperativas/trabalhar com cooperação (ou colaboração)
cut one's teeth on, to do at the beginning of one's education, career, etc., or in one's youth: The hunter boasted of having cut his teeth on tigers.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cut one's teeth ...
cut one's teeth on, to do at the beginning of one's education, career, etc., or in one's youth: The hunter boasted of having cut his teeth on tigers.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cut one's teeth ...
26 mins
A. Patricia Pedraza
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Thorough and reliable - SP, PT, EN
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Portuguese to Spanish, and 3 more.
Tem uma atitude inicial
aqueles times que têm uma atitude inicial de cooperação aprendem mais facilmente a competir no entanto aqueles times que no começo focam-se em competir têm maior dificulade para aprender a cooperar.
Essa é a minha interpretação
Essa é a minha interpretação
5 hrs
Ania Silva
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Portugal
proTRANSLATOR-ÜBERSETZER-TRADUTOR
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Portuguese to German
para ganhar experiência ('engolem alguns sapos')
..optando por uma postura mais cooperativa e menos agressiva ...
/ como no provérbio: "Se não podes vencê-los, junta-te a eles."
/ como no provérbio: "Se não podes vencê-los, junta-te a eles."
Reference comments
4 mins
Clara Duarte
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
Portugal
EN, DE to PT-PT
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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16
Reference:
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cut+teeth
cut your teeth (British, American & Australian) also cut your eye teeth (American)
to get your first experience of a particular type of work and learn the basic skills (often + on ) She cut her teeth on a local newspaper before landing a job on a national daily.
to get your first experience of a particular type of work and learn the basic skills (often + on ) She cut her teeth on a local newspaper before landing a job on a national daily.
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