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Cotista

English translation: affirmative action student

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Portuguese term or phrase:cotista
English translation:affirmative action student
Entered by: Larisse Cordeiro

18:59 Nov 14, 2022
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Education / Pedagogy
Portuguese term or phrase: Cotista
"Ela é cotista".
Entrou na universidade através do sistema de cotas do governo.

Being a "cotista" means you joined the university through a system which saves some slots at the university for the minority.
In the context above, she is a black women and joined university through this system.
Larisse Cordeiro
Brazil
Local time: 11:36
affirmative action student
Explanation:
A tradução de cotas é affirmative actions.

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Note added at 1 day 16 hrs (2022-11-16 11:16:18 GMT)
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https://edib.harvard.edu/affirmative-action-programs
Selected response from:

Egon Lessa
Brazil
Local time: 11:36
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Egon!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2quota students
Patricia Oliveira
5quota recipient
Oliver Simões
4quotaholder/shareholder
Leonardo Faria
4affirmative action student
Egon Lessa
4 -1tokenist student
Nick Taylor


  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
quota students


Explanation:
:)

Patricia Oliveira
Brazil
Local time: 11:36
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bruna Mattos
8 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  philgoddard: Student, singular. You could say "She is a quota student. She gained her university place under the government's affirmative action scheme."
1 hr
  -> Thank you!!
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
tokenist student


Explanation:
tokenist student

Nick Taylor
Local time: 15:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 136

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  philgoddard: Not at all - tokenist has negative connotations.
27 mins
  -> I suppose it depends on the big picture. tokenism: “the practice of doing something (such as hiring a person who belongs to a minority group) only to prevent criticism and give the appearance that people are being treated fairly” (via Merriam Webster).
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
quotaholder/shareholder


Explanation:
Vi pesquisando


    https://context.reverso.net/traducao/portugues-ingles/cotista
Leonardo Faria
Brazil
Local time: 10:36
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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1 day 16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
affirmative action student


Explanation:
A tradução de cotas é affirmative actions.

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Note added at 1 day 16 hrs (2022-11-16 11:16:18 GMT)
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https://edib.harvard.edu/affirmative-action-programs

Egon Lessa
Brazil
Local time: 11:36
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Egon!
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2 days 22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cotista
quota recipient


Explanation:
Here's another option. Since the context already mentions "universidade", there's no need to say that she's a student.

Example Sentence

It was not until her fourth try, when she applied as a quota recipient based on her race and socioeconomic status, that she won a spot at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), a public university that pioneered a quota system for public school students.



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Note added at 2 days 22 hrs (2022-11-17 17:39:57 GMT)
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Sorry, I missed the URL:

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2013/0212/Brazil-s-...

Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 07:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 47
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