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Fizemos um "Boletim de ocorrência" quando bateram em nosso carro..

English translation: we filed an Accident Report when our car was hit...

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Portuguese term or phrase:Fizemos um "Boletim de ocorrência" quando bateram em nosso carro..
English translation:we filed an Accident Report when our car was hit...
Entered by: airmailrpl

05:02 Sep 22, 2007
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Portuguese term or phrase: Fizemos um "Boletim de ocorrência" quando bateram em nosso carro..
Foi preciso preencher o boletim de ocorrência quando bateram em nosso carro.
Veronikka (X)
we made an accident report when they hit our car..we made a police report when they hit our car
Explanation:
Fizemos um "Boletim de ocorrência" quando bateram em nosso carro. => we made an accident report when they hit our car..we made a police report when they hit our car

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Note added at 10 days (2007-10-02 08:29:13 GMT) Post-grading
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airmailRpl. Qual o seu nome, by the way?

you can discover that on my profile page
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 17:25
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Muito obrigada, airmailpl. Qual o seu nome, by the way?
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4..we filed an Accident Report when our car was hit...
Marlene Curtis
5 +3we made an accident report when they hit our car..we made a police report when they hit our car
airmailrpl
4when they crashed into our car, we reported it to the police
Paul Dixon


  

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1 day 9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
when they crashed into our car, we reported it to the police


Explanation:
My suggestion here.

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 17:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 64
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
we made an accident report when they hit our car..we made a police report when they hit our car


Explanation:
Fizemos um "Boletim de ocorrência" quando bateram em nosso carro. => we made an accident report when they hit our car..we made a police report when they hit our car

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Note added at 10 days (2007-10-02 08:29:13 GMT) Post-grading
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airmailRpl. Qual o seu nome, by the way?

you can discover that on my profile page

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 17:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 80
Grading comment
Muito obrigada, airmailpl. Qual o seu nome, by the way?

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lisa (X)
3 hrs
  -> agradeço
agree  Susanne Rindlisbacher: accident report
4 hrs
  -> agradeço
agree  Marlene Curtis: I am sorry, but you don't "make" an accident report, it is wrong to say that, in the USA you file an accident report.
9 days
  -> the police file the report - you make the report
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
..we filed an Accident Report when our car was hit...


Explanation:
My suggestion.

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Note added at 10 days (2007-10-02 10:18:05 GMT) Post-grading
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I am just trying to help you, I don't care about points. Please, note both native English speakers (I am a nearly native speaker) agreed with me.
You FILE a polide report or an accident report at the police station, that is the way it is said in English. (but you make a complaint, or your bed..etc).

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 16:25
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 254

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amy Duncan (X)
40 mins
  -> Thanks, Amy!
agree  veratek
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Vera!
agree  Humberto Ribas
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Humberto!
agree  Neil Stewart
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil!
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