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English translation: one- or two-piece toilets


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Portuguese term or phrase:caixa de descarga aclopada
English translation:one- or two-piece toilets
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02:18 Jan 29, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture
Portuguese term or phrase: caixa de descarga aclopada
muitas dessas bacias ainda são acionadas por válvulas de descarga, onde o consumo de água é mais elevado do que em bacias com caixa de descarga acoplada
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 21:39
one- or two-piece toilets
Explanation:
sugestão.

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One-Piece Toilet = A toilet in which the tank and bowl are manufactured as a single vitreous china fixture. Typically, one-piece toilets have a lower profile than two-piece toilets, with some featuring a Comfort Height™ bowl.

Two-Piece Toilet = A toilet with a separate tank and bowl. Also referred to as "close-coupled".

Close-Coupled [Toilet] = A term for a toilet with a separate tank and bowl, secured to each other, and with a separate tank cover. Also referred to as a two-piece toilet.

http://www.us.kohler.com/tech/glossary.jsp?section=2&subsect...
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HTH!
beatriz souza
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3 +3one- or two-piece toilets
transl8_2
4 +1attached flush tank
R-i-c-h-a-r-d
4close-coupled flush tank
Marlene Curtis


  

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close-coupled flush tank


Explanation:
caixa acoplada > close-coupled flush tank - 6:23pm
3 posts - 2 authors - Last post: Jul 18, 2009
Does "caixa acoplada means "flush tank" in the context below? ... sanitária a ser utilizada com **caixa acoplada** ou válvula de descarga. ...
www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese.../3361711-caixa_acoplada.htm... -

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 20:39
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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attached flush tank


Explanation:
"...where the consumption of water is higher than in basins that have an attached flush tank."

i.e. a separate compartment used for discharging/flushing the water instead of using a discharge valve.

Hope it helps :)

R-i-c-h-a-r-d
Brazil
Local time: 21:39
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agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
7 hrs
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[bacias com] caixa de descarga aclopada
one- or two-piece toilets


Explanation:
sugestão.

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One-Piece Toilet = A toilet in which the tank and bowl are manufactured as a single vitreous china fixture. Typically, one-piece toilets have a lower profile than two-piece toilets, with some featuring a Comfort Height™ bowl.

Two-Piece Toilet = A toilet with a separate tank and bowl. Also referred to as "close-coupled".

Close-Coupled [Toilet] = A term for a toilet with a separate tank and bowl, secured to each other, and with a separate tank cover. Also referred to as a two-piece toilet.

http://www.us.kohler.com/tech/glossary.jsp?section=2&subsect...
====
HTH!
beatriz souza

transl8_2
Brazil
Local time: 21:39
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
1 hr

agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun: Os três tipos se enquadram: seria então "toilets with tanks"
6 hrs

agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
7 hrs
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