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164 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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164 months ago

   wrote:

The whole country

My comment:

"lés a lés" is a popular expression. It really means "from one end of the country to the other." but also "the whole country"

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164 months ago

Maria de Fátima Bizarro   wrote:

from coast to coast, from end to end

164 months ago

Raquel   wrote:

from the north to the south of the country

My comment:

I am sure there are a lot of combinations but all mean the same as you have gessed.

My references:

Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa 2008, Porto Editora

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164 months ago

   wrote:

Priberam: lés s. m. Usado na locução de lés a lés, de lado a lado; de uma banda a outra. norte sul? Acho que não.

164 months ago

Paola   wrote:

It means side by side.

My comment:

It is actually a French expression: "léz a léz".

164 months ago

Paola   wrote:

from one end to the other

My comment:

Priberam:


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lés
s. m.
Usado na locução de lés a lés, de lado a lado; de uma banda a outra.

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