Como dizer "Recreio" em inglês

Break is the general term in the US for taking a few minutes off from work. People have lunch breaks and coffeebreaks. You wouldn't use the word 'recess' for work.

Recess is the word that is used for the children's break from their studies at school: It's a play time, usually outside. Courts and congress also go on recess when they are no longer in session.

maryziller escreveu: Recess is the word that is used for the children's break from their studies at school: It's a play time, usually outside.

Hi Mary
This is exactly what Donay meant. "Recreio" refers to children's break at school. For work, we have "intervalos" or even "coffeebreaks" (yes, in English).

In England you can say:

We will talk about it at tea time.

As traditionally companies took a break at around 10:30 am and then again around 3:00 pm. The expression remains highly used even thought tea may not be served.

Engraçado você ter comentado sobre o "tea" louco deles, porque ainda me deixa um pouco perplexa ouvir "What are we having for tea?", enquanto eu penso "mas que tea minha filha, desencana meu!"

Aí passam dois minutos e eu me ligo..."ah é a mesma coisa que jantar...." rs

Complemento:

Em American English, se você já passou da Middle School, equivalente ao Ensino Fundamental, "recess" não é usado. Neste caso, o termo "break" é mais adequado. Por exemplo, "class break" ou "break between classes".

Exemplos de uso em AmE, para quando já se passou do Middle School:

''Mr. Whorton, who will be eligible for parole in a year, sat in the prison library at a class break [no recreio] and talked about his participation in the literacy program as he fingered a newspaper, a proud smile on his face.'' [The New York Times]

''Rooms which are open at the class break [no recreio].'' [University of Pittsburgh]

Lu, altough the comment was a bit strayed from the point, it was related.
Interesting information. Then comes Gabi and cracks me up this way, ha ha, stop it, please! my belly hurts, ha ha!