Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

'tirar do ar'

English translation:

take off the air

Added to glossary by Cesar Sanchez
May 22, 2005 22:54
18 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

'tirar do ar'

Portuguese to English Other Telecom(munications) TV, Networks, etc.
To interrupt someone showing on TV...

What is the best way to say it?
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Non-PRO (1): Luciano Monteiro

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Proposed translations

+8
3 mins
Selected

take off the air

based on the explanation that was given

Mike :)

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-05-22 22:58:12 GMT)
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Such and such program (actor, actress) was taken off the air.
Peer comment(s):

agree Mariana Moreira
5 mins
Thank you, Mariana - Mike :)
agree Deborah do Carmo : or interupt transmission if not because of the specific programme and more a general interruption
8 mins
Thank you, Deborah - Mike :)
agree Sormane Gomes
3 hrs
Thank you, Sormane - Mike :)
agree airmailrpl : -
4 hrs
Thank you, airmailrpl - Mike :)
agree Paula Vaz-Carreiro
10 hrs
Thank you, Paula - Mike :)
agree jrb
10 hrs
Thank you, Jessica - Mike :)
agree Felipe Simões
13 hrs
Thank you, Felipe - Mike :)
agree Ivana de Sousa Santos
14 hrs
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks...."
3 mins

off the air

turn off - use the remote
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1 day 21 hrs

cancel the show / cancel the broadcast

I basically agree with "take off the air" and am offering this only as a colloquial alternative. I have heard them all a lot.
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