Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
acertar
English translation:
settle up
Portuguese term
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
acertar
Falei que eu tinha que te acertar doze caixas. Ele falou que ia acertar.
My interpretation thus far:
I said I was going to arrange twelve boxes for you. He said he was going to ??
Someone else told me instead of "arrange" it would be "pay you for 12 boxes" and that the second part is "do it." However, I cannot find justification for this in Collins, Oxford, etc.
Or, maybe there is another option that is better than these.
Thanks.
Proposed translations
United States
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Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
settle up
I told you I had to settle up with you for 12 boxes.
He said he would settle up.
The two phrases are not related to the same situation, are they?
Brazil
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
to get right - to hit - atinar (in spanish)
also acertar can be "hit" in the sense of "acertar as 12 caixas", also out of luck. i told you i had to hit 12 boxes for you. he said he was going to hit them.
there are other meanings of acertar, but in your case it is the one i mentioned above. it is hard to explain though.
if you look up the word "atinar" in wordreference.com it may help you. atinar (spanish) is acertar (portuguese)
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variants: US, British) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese
Pay for it; Take care of paying for it; Take care of it (as far as payment goes).
The option offered above (settle up) would also be a good choice.
I told you I needed to settle up with you for 12 boxes. He said that he was going to take care of it.
He said he was going to pay for it. He said he was going to take care of paying for it.
Brazil
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Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
provide (you with 12 boxes)
A question about these texts you´ve been posting. Are they said by Brazilians? Some don´t seem very natural ou extremely wrong. Some Spanish words appear mixed up with Portuguese too.
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