cow patties

Portuguese translation: esterco de vaca

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English term or phrase:cow patties
Portuguese translation:esterco de vaca
Entered by: VagnerB

17:50 Apr 5, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Religion / theology
English term or phrase: cow patties
Shoe cobblers, firewood haulers, those who mold the cow patties for burning, and more make up the lowest caste in India.
VagnerB
Local time: 07:20
esterco de vaca
Explanation:
cow chip and cow pie; cow patty; cow flop
Inf. a piece of cow manure. The pioneers didn't have much wood, so they burned dried cow chips. How did that big ol' cow pie get in the middle of my flower bed? Tom slipped on a cow patty.
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 12:20
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Obrigado, Salvador e Gry.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1esterco de vaca
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
5tortas de esterco de vaca
airmailrpl
4estrume de vaca
Sonia Maria Parise


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esterco de vaca


Explanation:
cow chip and cow pie; cow patty; cow flop
Inf. a piece of cow manure. The pioneers didn't have much wood, so they burned dried cow chips. How did that big ol' cow pie get in the middle of my flower bed? Tom slipped on a cow patty.

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 12:20
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 163
Grading comment
Obrigado, Salvador e Gry.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcelo Lino: Por aqui, também chamamos de "pataca de vaca".
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estrume de vaca


Explanation:
sugestão

Sonia Maria Parise
Italy
Local time: 12:20
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tortas de esterco de vaca


Explanation:
cow patties => tortas de esterco de vaca

Sinônimo de patty no Dicionário de Sinônimos e Antônimos
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Note added at 19 hrs (2010-04-06 13:38:47 GMT)
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"those who mold the cow patties for burning" => the women in India mold the cow dung into disks, with their hands, that they then dry in the sun - and use as fuel to cook their food at night.


Cow Dung Cakes - The India Tree - The All India Travel Forum
In Delhi a couple of years ago, I missed the scent of cow patty ... With all that stuff in it, though, it won't smell like burning cow dung. .
www.theindiatree.com/forum2/index.php?showtopic=4407

China years behind India in Software Technology Mc Kinsey 430
It's worth pointing out that the cattle of India, traditionally, ... the sun-dried cow-patty provides compact portable fuel which is both clean-burning and ...
www.plex86.org/.../China-years-behind-India-in-Software-Tec...

Houses Of The Holy Cow Poop | PoopReport.com
May 26, 2008 ... idea of cooking over burning poop. Just think of the delicate flavor the smoke ... I never knew just how MUCH India used cow shit. ... In any case, let's all get together and play a hearty round of cow patty soccer! ...
www.poopreport.com/Travel/holy_cow_poop.html

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 07:20
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