Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

amidos / féculas

English translation:

starch

Added to glossary by António Ribeiro
May 1, 2002 23:25
22 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

outros amidos ou féculas

Non-PRO Portuguese to English Other
O dicionário apresenta a mesma tradução para as duas palavras: starch. Gostaria de diferenciá-las.

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amido pode ser starch ou amyl.
fécula é starch
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agree Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
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agree Ligia Dias Costa
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starch or (potato) flour

Sao quase iguais.

A diferenca eh que "fecula" pode tambem ser "flour", especialmente de batata.
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other amides or flours

amide é o termo químico (Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2). Starch é o coloquial de amido. Talvez o mais adequado seja starch.

Farinha é mais que amido (Fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain)!

STARCH: A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
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agree Aida Macedo
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