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composteira

English translation: composter


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Portuguese term or phrase:composteira
English translation:composter
Entered by: Cibele Bandeira
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Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture / ecology
Portuguese term or phrase: composteira
It is generally a box where we put leftovers of food, like fruit peels, egg shells, and cover with earth to produce organic fertilizer.
Cibele Bandeira
Brazil
Local time: 01:23
composter
Explanation:
:)

http://www.google.com/search?q=composter

If it's just a simple box and the process occurs naturally, I'd prefer "compost bin".
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fvasconcellos
Brazil
Local time: 01:23
Grading comment
Thank you so much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
composter


Explanation:
:)

http://www.google.com/search?q=composter

If it's just a simple box and the process occurs naturally, I'd prefer "compost bin".

fvasconcellos
Brazil
Local time: 01:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you so much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amy Duncan
37 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Marlene Curtis
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Marlene :)
agree  Marisa Colb(BR): Absolutely!
1 hr
  -> Thank you!
agree  Susana Alves: Exactly.
5 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Rachel Fell: compost bin, and you don't need to cover it with soil, worms come to inhabit it as if by magic and "process" it all! //I have 2 actually!
8 hrs
  -> Thank you! I'm guessing you have one of these?
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: compost bin
8 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Christina Paiva
1 day7 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  solange trad
2 days3 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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