Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
load of laundry
Portuguese translation:
uma pilha/um monte de roupa para lavar
English term
load of laundry
Laundromats are rare in the city, but wash-and-folds are commom and are called lavanderias. A load of laundry washed, dried, and folded usually runs about US$2. Nao consigo achar uma traducao legal para a palavra LOAD, alem de carga..... Sugestoes??????????
Obrigada,
Neuri
Jul 28, 2008 20:51: Leniel Maccaferri changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/845779">neuri17 (X)'s</a> old entry - "load of laundry"" to ""uma pilha/um monte""
Proposed translations
Brazil
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
uma pilha/um monte
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Note added at 4 mins (2008-07-25 13:30:43 GMT)
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uma pilha de roupas
www.drchicletinho.blogspot.com/2008/06/mquina-de-lavar-roup...
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-07-25 13:32:31 GMT)
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um monte de roupas
www.traduzindosonhos.com.br/sonhos-r/roupas.html
Portugal
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Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Angolan, Brazilian, Cape Verdean, European/Portugal, Mozambican) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 3 more.
carga
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Ana Rita Simões
11 mins
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Obrigada
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Lúcia Leitão
59 mins
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Obrigada
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reginakersten
1 hr
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Obrigada
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Alexandra Gouveia
5 hrs
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Obrigada
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Edimilson Ferreira
: Isso soa muito estranho para mim. Não consigo imaginar alguém dizendo que vai lavar uma "carga de roupa" (pt-pt?). Sem problemas com "cesto", "trouxa", "volume", etc.
6 hrs
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Obrigada
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Nuno Quintas (X)
: Tenho a mesma reserva do Edimilson. Apesar de correcto, soa-me um pouco forçado no contexto.
2 days 5 hrs
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Brazil
Passionate, reliable
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Dutch to Portuguese, and 8 more.
Normalmente custa US$2,00 para lavar, secar e dobrar umas poucas roupas.
trouxa de roupa para lavar
Brazil
MA in Translation Studies (DCU)
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Cesto de roupa lavada
http://www.magicclean.com.br/servicos.htm
volume de roupa
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
1 hr
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obrigado
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Edimilson Ferreira
: Há de fato várias opções válidas. Esta é a minha preferida dentre as sugeridas aqui.
6 hrs
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obrigado
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