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My sentence about saying goodbye to a Portuguese family (1970s) for a novel in English is:

She’s already anticipating the day when it will be time to say "until we meet again".

I think the correct Portuguese expression for "until we meet again" might be "até à próxima vez".

Am I correct? Is there some better way to say this in Portuguese?

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  • I'm not sure of what you mean with: "She's already anticipating the day when it will be time to say 'until we meet again'". Could you rephrase it, or explain in a comment?
    – ANeves
    Commented Jun 25, 2019 at 10:44
  • The character in my book is visiting a family in Portugal and thinking about the day she has to say goodbye or ‘until we meet again.’ The phrase in quotes needs to be in Portuguese.
    – Moni
    Commented Jun 25, 2019 at 21:37

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Someone familiar with the Portuguese spoken in Portugal in the seventies can give you a more precise answer, especially since there are so many possibilities here, but your translation is, apart from eventual contextual subtleties, correct - though, at least nowadays, one is likely to omit 'vez': Até a próxima.

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  • @Lambie Yeah, some nuance or fine distinction due to the broader context...
    – stafusa ♦
    Commented Jun 25, 2019 at 21:43

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