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horsehair sofa

Portuguese translation: sofá de crina de cavalo

09:18 Jul 24, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Furniture / Household Appliances
English term or phrase: horsehair sofa
"(...) and we all sat very upright on hard horsehair sofas"
A ação se dá na da primeira metade do século XX, na Irlanda. Obrigada!
Leonora Savio
Brazil
Portuguese translation:sofá de crina de cavalo
Explanation:
outra sugestão!
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CicaBarth
Local time: 12:23
Grading comment
Obrigada!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3sofá de crina de cavalo
CicaBarth
4 +3sofá de pêlo de cavalo
Isabel Maria Almeida
4sofá forrado com tecido de crina de cavalo
Marcos Antonio
4sofá revestido com crina/pêlo de cavalo
Mary Palmer


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
sofá de pêlo de cavalo


Explanation:
penso ser isto. um sofá revestido a pêlo de cavalo

Isabel Maria Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 16:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
1 hr
agree  Dora Guerra: Concordo.
1 hr
agree  Ligia Dias Costa: que nojo!
2 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
sofá de crina de cavalo


Explanation:
outra sugestão!

CicaBarth
Local time: 12:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Obrigada!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler: Lembro-me bem desses sofás, em geral forrados de couro e recheados com crina.
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Rhandler!
agree  Carlos Quandt: ou "sofá de crina" > "ele arranjara o tipo de mobília que poderia bem ter saído de uma respeitável sala de visitas do lado pobre de Londres - um sofá de crina, e poltronas do mesmo material. " (Joseph Conrad) http://biblioteca.folha.com.br/1/06/
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Quandt!
agree  Lúcia Leitão: Concordo. "Porto Compasso" - As cadeiras e sofás são estofados, usando crina de cavalo e alguns ornamentos como cisnes, grifos, cornucópias.cct.portodigital.pt/.../2500032&fokey=cct.museus/25&coleccaoid=cct.coleccao/7 - 53k -
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Lúcia!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sofá forrado com tecido de crina de cavalo


Explanation:
Sug

- 18 jul. 2008 ... Poltrona Lattenstuhl, 1922/Marcel Breuer – em ripas de madeira com tecido de crina de cavalo. Sou uma apaixonada pela Bauhaus por muitas ...
pepperinfashion.blogspot.com/2008/07/um-mobilirio-e-muito-mais-bauhaus.html - 223k

- um empregado, secretamente vestido com tecido de crina de cavalo,, Mais forte que a carne domina as tentativas da carne; Enquanto o põe o lavrador do campo ...
www.casadosbonecos.net/3134303732/ch392.html - 4k -

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 12:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sofá revestido com crina/pêlo de cavalo


Explanation:
sug

Mary Palmer
United States
Local time: 12:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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