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Portuguese translation: pesado


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:heavy-gauge
Portuguese translation:pesado
Entered by: Carlos Quandt
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14:48 Aug 30, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automation & Robotics / automação industrial
English term or phrase: heavy-gauge
flameproof heavy-gauge steel conduit
Jaqueliner
Local time: 17:01
pesado
Explanation:
"heavy-gauge" não se refere ao calibre do tubo, e sim à espessura da chapa usada para fabricá-lo.

O termo utilizado é:
Eletroduto (ou conduite) de aço pesado.

Eletrodutos Eletrolíticos/Fogo - Elecon, eletrodutos, duto ...
( Pesado, Médio e Leve) . Curvas: 45°, 90°, 135° e 180° . Acabamentos: Galvanizado Eletrolítico ou Zincado a Fogo ("Galvanizado a Fogo"). ...
www.elecon.com.br/index.php?c=6&s=3&lang=16

5108, CONDUITE LISO LEVE 1 X 2.0, Adicionar ao meu orçamento. 5101, CONDUITE LISO LEVE ... 5109, CONDUITE LISO PESADO 1 X 3.0, Adicionar ao meu orçamento ...
www.ciastella.com.br/busca.php?q=conduite

Eletroduto Aço Galv Leve 1/2, R$ 13,00, Unid. ... Eletroduto Aço Galv Pesado 1 1/2, R$ 92,55, Unid. ... Eletroduto Aço Galv Pesado 3/4, R$ 49,50, Unid. ...
www.bazar339.com.br/produto.asp?cod_categoria=18
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Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Local time: 18:01
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Está certo.
Obrigada
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4Grosso / de alto calibre
Ivan Rocha
4pesado
Carlos Quandt
4resistente
Douglas Bissell
Summary of reference entries provided
light gauge and heavy gauge conduits
Carlos Quandt

  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
resistente


Explanation:
That's what the word means

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 21:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Grosso / de alto calibre


Explanation:
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Ivan Rocha
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hermann
0 min
  -> Grato, Hermann.

agree  Marlene Curtis
4 mins
  -> Obrigado, Marlene.

agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
17 mins
  -> Obrigado, Salvador e Gry.

agree  Leonor Machado
21 mins
  -> Grato, Leonor.

agree  Walter Moura
22 mins
  -> Grato, Walter.

disagree  Carlos Quandt: Ao contrário de "bore diameter" or "large gauge", "heavy-gauge" não se refere ao calibre ou diâmetro do tubo, e sim à espessura da chapa usada para fabricá-lo.
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pesado


Explanation:
"heavy-gauge" não se refere ao calibre do tubo, e sim à espessura da chapa usada para fabricá-lo.

O termo utilizado é:
Eletroduto (ou conduite) de aço pesado.

Eletrodutos Eletrolíticos/Fogo - Elecon, eletrodutos, duto ...
( Pesado, Médio e Leve) . Curvas: 45°, 90°, 135° e 180° . Acabamentos: Galvanizado Eletrolítico ou Zincado a Fogo ("Galvanizado a Fogo"). ...
www.elecon.com.br/index.php?c=6&s=3&lang=16

5108, CONDUITE LISO LEVE 1 X 2.0, Adicionar ao meu orçamento. 5101, CONDUITE LISO LEVE ... 5109, CONDUITE LISO PESADO 1 X 3.0, Adicionar ao meu orçamento ...
www.ciastella.com.br/busca.php?q=conduite

Eletroduto Aço Galv Leve 1/2, R$ 13,00, Unid. ... Eletroduto Aço Galv Pesado 1 1/2, R$ 92,55, Unid. ... Eletroduto Aço Galv Pesado 3/4, R$ 49,50, Unid. ...
www.bazar339.com.br/produto.asp?cod_categoria=18


Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Local time: 18:01
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Está certo.
Obrigada
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Reference comments


29 mins
Reference: light gauge and heavy gauge conduits

Reference information:
Electrical craft principles - Google Books Result
John Frederic Whitfield, John Frederic Whitfield - 1995 - Technology & Engineering - 318 pages
Light-gauge-steel conduit These conduits are often used in straight lengths with rubber-bushed ... and often not joined together as in heavy-gauge conduit. ...
books.google.com.br/books?isbn=0852968116...

The design of electrical services for buildings - Google Books Result
Fred Porges - 1989 - House & Home - 342 pages
Steel conduit is made in both light gauge and heavy gauge, of which heavy gauge is ... Heavy gauge conduit is normally joined together by screwed fittings; ...
books.google.com.br/books?isbn=0419145907...

Carlos Quandt
Brazil
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Sep 6, 2010 - Changes made by Carlos Quandt:
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