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English translation: growth habit

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Italian term or phrase:	portamento
English translation:	growth habit
Entered by:	Emanuela Galdelli

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06:41 May 7, 2005

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture

Italian term or phrase: portamento

From article on fruit quality improvement:
"Gli alberi hanno un portamento normale"

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kpi KudoZ activity Questions: 626 (none open) (75 closed without grading) Answers: 392
Local time: 02:29

growth habit

Explanation:
"...have a normal growth habit"

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Note added at 51 mins (2005-05-07 07:32:59 GMT)
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Eurdicautom refs.

Selected response from:

Rachel Fell
Local time: 01:29

Grading comment

Thanks, RAchel
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

growth habit

Rachel Fell

5 +1

appear normal

Vittorio Felaco

behaviour

Ziad Marzouka

Answers

11 mins confidence:

portamento (nel contesto) behaviour

Explanation:
this an article about the importance of monitoring trees behaviour

Reference: http://www.hortwatch.com/library/tree-behaviour.html

Ziad Marzouka
Local time: 03:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic

49 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

portamento (nel contesto)

growth habit

Rachel Fell
Local time: 01:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 104

Grading comment

Thanks, RAchel

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

portamento (nel contesto) appear normal

Explanation:
I think this is one of those cases where the original is nothing but a substitute for the simple appearance. Portamento in this case is just appearance.

Vittorio Felaco
Local time: 20:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

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Changes made by editors

Nov 17, 2010 - Changes made by Emanuela Galdelli:
Term asked	portamento (nel contesto) => portamento
Nov 17, 2010 - Changes made by Emanuela Galdelli:
Edited KOG entry	kpi's old entry - "portamento (nel contesto)" => "growth habit"

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