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alimentos padrão

English translation: eating habits/food standards

04:24 Mar 3, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: alimentos padrão
breve contexto: um conjunto de alimentos denominados alimentos padrão.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 07:28
English translation:eating habits/food standards
Explanation:
depending on how it's being used could probably be well translated as either
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Aaron Kippola
Local time: 06:28
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3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3standard foodstuffs
David Hollywood
4eating habits/food standards
Aaron Kippola
4Staple foods
suesimons


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
eating habits/food standards


Explanation:
depending on how it's being used could probably be well translated as either

Aaron Kippola
Local time: 06:28
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
standard foodstuffs


Explanation:
maybe ....

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Note added at 7 mins (2010-03-03 04:31:47 GMT)
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or: basic food/foodstuffs

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Note added at 18 mins (2010-03-03 04:42:33 GMT)
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still would go with "standard" but maybe "typical"

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Note added at 26 mins (2010-03-03 04:50:41 GMT)
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or: "staple"

David Hollywood
Local time: 07:28
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 70

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
51 mins
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
5 hrs
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: I agree with the last note: "staple foods"...but the context is poor.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Staple foods


Explanation:
......

suesimons
Local time: 11:28
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 41
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