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Portuguese translation: nogueira-americana, nogueira-da-américa


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:butternut
Portuguese translation:nogueira-americana, nogueira-da-américa
Entered by: Teresa Borges
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23:22 Jul 2, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Agriculture / product
English term or phrase: butternut
Alguém sabe que NUT é essa????
Flavia Martins dos Santos
Local time: 14:16
nogueira-americana, nogueira-da-américa, nogueira-de-pecan
Explanation:
Ver IATE:
Resultado 1- 1 de 1 para butternut

Ciências naturais e aplicadas, AGRICULTURA, SILVICULTURA E PESCA [COM] Entrada completa
EN butternut
PT nogueira-de-pecan
nogueira-americana
nogueira-da-américa
Selected response from:

Teresa Borges
Belgium
Local time: 19:16
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4noz-manteiga
Leniel Macaferi
4 +2nogueira-americana, nogueira-da-américa, nogueira-de-pecan
Teresa Borges
4 +1pequi / pequiá
Christina Paiva


Discussion entries: 10





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
noz-manteiga


Explanation:
noz-manteiga

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Note added at 3 mins (2009-07-02 23:25:41 GMT)
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butternut
n. white walnut (type of nut from an American tree);

Leniel Macaferi
Brazil
Local time: 14:16
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  imatahan
22 mins

agree  Marlene Curtis
25 mins

agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
9 hrs

agree  Thiago C.
13 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pequi / pequiá


Explanation:

1. Random House:

Butternut
1. Also called white walnut. the edible oily nut of an American tree, Juglans cinerea, of the walnut family.
2. the tree itself.
3. the light-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture.
4. the light-brown color resulting from a dye made from this tree.
6. See souari nut.

Souari nut
the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America
Also called butternut

Houaiss:

Pequiá-amarelo
árvore (Caryocar nuciferum) da fam. das cariocaráceas, nativa das Guianas e Brasil (AM, GO), de folhas acuminadas, flores grandes em racemos e drupas de casca espessa e lenhosa; árvore-da-manteiga [As sementes são saborosas e delas se extrai óleo alimentar e industrial.]

Pequi
design. comum a árvores do gên. Caryocar, da fam. das cariocaráceas, de boa madeira, folhas trifolioladas e drupas ger. comestíveis; pequiá, piqui


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Note added at 1 hr (2009-07-03 01:08:13 GMT)
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Isto é se a árvore do seu texto for nativa do Brasil.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-07-03 01:09:56 GMT)
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ops typo: é pequi ao invés de piqui...

Christina Paiva
Brazil
Local time: 14:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcelo Lino: Na América do Sul, pequi (Caryocar brasiliense, Caryocar nuciferum e Caryocar villosum). Na América do Norte, nogueira-branca (Juglans cinerea).
10 hrs
  -> Thanks Marcelo :)
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
nogueira-americana, nogueira-da-américa, nogueira-de-pecan


Explanation:
Ver IATE:
Resultado 1- 1 de 1 para butternut

Ciências naturais e aplicadas, AGRICULTURA, SILVICULTURA E PESCA [COM] Entrada completa
EN butternut
PT nogueira-de-pecan
nogueira-americana
nogueira-da-américa

Teresa Borges
Belgium
Local time: 19:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 35
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria José Tavares
4 mins
  -> Obrigada

agree  Sara Sousa Soares
27 mins
  -> Obrigada

neutral  Marcelo Lino: Só discordo da pecã.
4 hrs
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Changes made by editors
Jul 7, 2009 - Changes made by Teresa Borges:
Edited KOG entryFlavia Martins dos Santos's old entry - "butternut" => "nogueira-americana, nogueira-da-américa"
Jul 7, 2009 - Changes made by Flavia Martins dos Santos:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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