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chapadão

English translation: plateau, mesa

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Portuguese term or phrase:chapadão
English translation:plateau, mesa
Entered by: airmailrpl

15:08 Dec 3, 2004
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology / topography
Portuguese term or phrase: chapadão
Description of a place:

Topografia ondulada com vales encaixados
e chapadões com terminações abruptas.

What is a chapadão? Just a plateau?
Henrique Serra
United States
Local time: 03:40
plateau, mesa
Explanation:
chapadão => plateau, mesa
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 06:40
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thanks, airmailrpl
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1ridge, plain
Amy Duncan (X)
4 +1plateau, mesa
airmailrpl


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
chapadão
ridge, plain


Explanation:
From Francisco Fernandes' Dicionário de Sinônimos e antônimos da Língua Portuguesa ... the definition given for "chapadão" is "lombo," which Michaelis describes as ridge, plain, or slope. Take your pick!

Amy Duncan (X)
Brazil
Local time: 06:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bloomfield: Henrique, I would stick with ridge, as in Blue Ridge in the Carolinas
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
chapadão
plateau, mesa


Explanation:
chapadão => plateau, mesa

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 06:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 27
Grading comment
thanks, airmailrpl

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Magalhaes: 'Mesa' é usado pelos ingleses...vide Cape Town na África do Sul.
5 hrs
  -> 'Mesa' é usado no Oeste dos EUA
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