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"The short story of it all is that..."

Portuguese translation: Resumindo a história, …

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English term or phrase:The short story of it all is that…
Portuguese translation:Resumindo a história, …
Entered by: Matheus Chaud

09:12 Dec 18, 2023
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: "The short story of it all is that..."
This expression appears in a writing guide. Could someone help me translate it, please?
Thank you in advance.
Catarina José
Portugal
Local time: 14:11
Resumindo a história, …
Explanation:

Sugestão:

Resumindo a história, ...
ou
Para resumir a história, ...
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Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 10:11
Grading comment
Muito obrigada pela ajuda!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Resumindo a história, …
Matheus Chaud
3 +1Em poucas palavras
Ana Vozone
3 +1Em suma/Em linhas gerais
expressisverbis
4Em resumo, a história é que/ o ponto principal é que
ferreirac
4sem elaborar
Nick Taylor


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
The short story of it all is that…
Resumindo a história, …


Explanation:

Sugestão:

Resumindo a história, ...
ou
Para resumir a história, ...

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 10:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 267
Grading comment
Muito obrigada pela ajuda!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yuri Toledo
49 mins
  -> Obrigado, Yuri!
agree  Elaine Bossoni
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Elaine!
agree  expressisverbis
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Sandra!
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"the short story of it all is that..."
Em poucas palavras


Explanation:
Mais uma sugestão.

https://www.google.com/search?q="Em poucas palavras" afirmou...

Example sentence(s):
  • Em poucas palavras, é "ter uma gestão humanizada", afirma Érica Pereira
  • Em poucas palavras, seria a disparidade entre remuneração do trabalhador em relação ao valor/tempo gasto .
Ana Vozone
Local time: 14:11
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 216

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  expressisverbis: the long and the short of it: https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/ingles-portugues/short?...
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"the short story of it all is that..."
Em suma/Em linhas gerais


Explanation:
the long and the short of it
in British English
the essential points or facts
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/the-lon...

the long and (the) short of
in American English
the whole story of in a few words; gist or point of
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/the-lon...

https://www.wordreference.com/enpt/long and short of it

expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 14:11
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 40

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agree  Bruno Michel (X)
2 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"the short story of it all is that..."
Em resumo, a história é que/ o ponto principal é que


Explanation:
Sugestão.

ferreirac
Brazil
Local time: 10:11
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"the short story of it all is that..."
sem elaborar


Explanation:
sem elaborar

Nick Taylor
Local time: 14:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 127
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