slotted spoon

Portuguese translation: escumadeira

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English term or phrase:slotted spoon
Portuguese translation:escumadeira
Entered by: Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral

10:30 Jun 9, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary
English term or phrase: slotted spoon
Frase: "Lift out the bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside".
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escumadeira
Explanation:
Aurélio
escumadeira Colher crivada de orifícios, para tirar a escuma dos líquidos; espumadeira.

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4 +11escumadeira
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
5 +1Escumadeira ou espumadeira
Raquel Bragança
5espumadeira
Rivane
4colher escorredoura (ver abaixo)
Leonor Machado


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
escumadeira


Explanation:
Aurélio
escumadeira Colher crivada de orifícios, para tirar a escuma dos líquidos; espumadeira.

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Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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Escumadeira ou espumadeira


Explanation:
Colher com orifício. Pessoalmente uso espumadeira, mas escumadeira é mais erudito.


    Reference: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escumadeira
Raquel Bragança
Local time: 11:07
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

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agree  Marcelo Lino
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
colher escorredoura (ver abaixo)


Explanation:
Em termos de precisão de tadução, não me parece que se possa traduzir por "escumadeira" pois já existe um termo preciso para isso que é "Skimmer", que é um objecto maior.



Leonor Machado
Local time: 04:07
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espumadeira


Explanation:
slot.ted spoon
[slɔtid sp'u:n] n Cook espumadeira: tipo de colher grande e rasa, com furos ou frestas, para drenar líquido, especialmente óleo.

Rivane
Local time: 00:07
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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