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Portuguese translation: promontório


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:head
Portuguese translation:promontório
Entered by: Artur Jorge Martins
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18:54 Nov 12, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Geography
English term or phrase: head
cape, head, peninsula, côte, presqu’île, cap, promontoire, foreland, spit, point
Eneide Moreira
Brazil
Local time: 17:09
promontório
Explanation:
O Dicionário de Língua Portuguesa da Porto Editora aponta esta tradução para "head", e que designa um cabo formado por uma montanha. Ver ligações.

http://www.observatoriodoalgarve.com/cna/noticias_ver.asp?no...

http://www.oesteonline.pt/noticias/noticia.asp?nid=11247

http://www.icn.pt/pnc_flora_perigo/pdfs/Triptico_Promontorio...

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Artur Jorge Martins
Portugal
Local time: 21:09
Grading comment
Thank you all!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6promontório
Artur Jorge Martins
5cabeço
Maria Meneses
4 +1nascente / cabeceira (de rio)
Lucio Pereira
4 +1cabo; pontal, ponta de terra
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cabo; pontal, ponta de terra


Explanation:
head=headland
s. cabo; pontal, ponta de terra

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 22:09
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 27

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Laís Dalsoquio
5 mins
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
promontório


Explanation:
O Dicionário de Língua Portuguesa da Porto Editora aponta esta tradução para "head", e que designa um cabo formado por uma montanha. Ver ligações.

http://www.observatoriodoalgarve.com/cna/noticias_ver.asp?no...

http://www.oesteonline.pt/noticias/noticia.asp?nid=11247

http://www.icn.pt/pnc_flora_perigo/pdfs/Triptico_Promontorio...



Artur Jorge Martins
Portugal
Local time: 21:09
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
Thank you all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria José Tavares: isso mesmo
24 mins
  -> Obrigado, Maria José!

agree  Lúcia Leitão
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Lúcia!

agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Isabel!

agree  Cristina Santos
5 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Cristina!

agree  Marcos Antonio
13 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Marcos!

agree  Patrícia Gomes
2 days20 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Patrícia!
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
nascente / cabeceira (de rio)


Explanation:
[geografia] s. nascente ou cabeceira (de rio)

Lucio Pereira
Brazil
Local time: 17:09
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
7 mins
  -> Obrigado e boa noite.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cabeço


Explanation:
pequena elevação que se traduz às vezes no próprio nome da localidade como Cabeço de Vide, Cabeço do Vouga

Maria Meneses
Local time: 21:09
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Changes made by editors
Nov 16, 2008 - Changes made by Artur Jorge Martins:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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