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half-hearted calls

Portuguese translation: telefonemas sem muita convicção

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English term or phrase:half-hearted calls
Portuguese translation:telefonemas sem muita convicção
Entered by: lmrocha

23:24 Feb 24, 2017
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: half-hearted calls
I made a few half-hearted calls on the first day following the training session, but it had a feel of scam written all over it. I left after that and never came back.
lmrocha
Brazil
Local time: 08:04
telefonemas sem muita convicção
Explanation:
Após a primeira sessão de treinamento dei alguns telefonemas, mas sem muita convicção.
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Liliane Ribas (Tambasco)
Spain
Local time: 08:04
Grading comment
obrigada
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3telefonemas sem muita convicção
Liliane Ribas (Tambasco)
4 +1telefonemas meio que sem vontade
Danik 2014
4telefonemas não tão sinceros
Matheus Chaud
4ligações telefônicas indiferentes/desinteressadas/frias
Mario Freitas


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
telefonemas não tão sinceros


Explanation:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/half-hearted

half-hearted = not sincere; lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 08:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 723
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
telefonemas meio que sem vontade


Explanation:
Sugestão

Danik 2014
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 106

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
49 mins
  -> Obrigada, Teresa!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ligações telefônicas indiferentes/desinteressadas/frias


Explanation:
Sugestão

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 08:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 663
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
telefonemas sem muita convicção


Explanation:
Após a primeira sessão de treinamento dei alguns telefonemas, mas sem muita convicção.

Liliane Ribas (Tambasco)
Spain
Local time: 08:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
obrigada

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Vozone
2 hrs
agree  Leonor Machado
6 hrs
agree  expressisverbis
13 hrs
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