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potato crop blighted

Portuguese translation: ... colheita de batata estragada ou destruída


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English term or phrase:potato crop blighted
Portuguese translation:... colheita de batata estragada ou destruída
Entered by: Gouveia
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22:44 Nov 18, 2009
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English term or phrase: potato crop blighted
Contexto: Praga da batata

Frase: "Ireland had half of its potato crop blighted or destroyed by this disease . . . "

Entendi a ideia, mas qual o correspondente em PT do BR?
Gouveia
... colheita de batata estragada ou destruída
Explanation:
O sentido de "blighted potato" corresponde a "batata estragada" em português

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Note added at 50 mins (2009-11-18 23:35:44 GMT)
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Perdoe, não percebi que o pedido era somente para "blighted". Favor ignorar " ou destruída" (que se aplica ao texto mais extenso). Note também que é "colheita" (singular), dado que o original cita uma só "crop"
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coolbrowne
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5 +4... colheita de batata estragada ou destruídacoolbrowne
4colheitas de batatas prejudicadas OU enfraquecidas
Marlene Curtis


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
colheitas de batatas prejudicadas OU enfraquecidas


Explanation:
Diria assim

blighted = withered

Marlene Curtis
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
... colheita de batata estragada ou destruída


Explanation:
O sentido de "blighted potato" corresponde a "batata estragada" em português

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Note added at 50 mins (2009-11-18 23:35:44 GMT)
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Perdoe, não percebi que o pedido era somente para "blighted". Favor ignorar " ou destruída" (que se aplica ao texto mais extenso). Note também que é "colheita" (singular), dado que o original cita uma só "crop"


    Reference: http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/famine/blig...
    Reference: http://quedafalsa.blogspot.com/2005/06/batatas-apontador-e-b...
coolbrowne
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agree  rir: ou destruida, seca, que não presta
51 mins
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agree  Adriana Maciel
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agree  Arthur Godinho
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agree  vanessa83
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