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English translation: prints


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Portuguese term or phrase:gravuras
English translation:prints
Entered by: Verginia Ophof
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19:04 Jan 4, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Tourism & Travel
Portuguese term or phrase: gravuras
Decoração: móveis de diversos materiais e estilos, iluminação, objetos de arte, quadros e gravuras, paisagismo, pisos, tapetes e carpetes

Gravuras seriam 'engravings'?
PaulaEsp
prints
Explanation:
suggestion

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Note added at 32 mins (2012-01-04 19:36:40 GMT)
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Two of the most enduring, and distinctive, printmaking formats are etchings and engravings. Both are "intaglio" (Italian for "cut in")
http://www.collectorsguide.com/fa/fa096.shtml

Thereafter engraving tended to lose ground to etching, which was a much easier technique for the artist to learn. But many prints combined the two techniques
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engraving
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Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 18:55
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Summary of answers provided
3 +6prints
Verginia Ophof
5etchings
Nick Taylor
4 +1engravings
Lindsay Spratt


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
engravings


Explanation:
As far as I can tell from looking online, yes 'gravuras' does seem to mean 'engravings'.

Lindsay Spratt
Local time: 21:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  silvia367325
9 mins
  -> Thanks, Silvia!
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
prints


Explanation:
suggestion

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Note added at 32 mins (2012-01-04 19:36:40 GMT)
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Two of the most enduring, and distinctive, printmaking formats are etchings and engravings. Both are "intaglio" (Italian for "cut in")
http://www.collectorsguide.com/fa/fa096.shtml

Thereafter engraving tended to lose ground to etching, which was a much easier technique for the artist to learn. But many prints combined the two techniques
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engraving

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 18:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MARK ROBERTSON
2 mins
  -> Thank you Mark !

agree  Lucy Phillips
46 mins
  -> Thank you Lucy !

agree  Daniel Tavares
56 mins
  -> Thank you Daniel !

agree  Filipa Plant dos Santos: definitely prints. Etchings is too specific in this context, from what I can see.
1 hr
  -> Thank you Felipa !

agree  connie leite
3 hrs
  -> Thank you Connie !!

agree  Ulrica d'Orey
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
etchings


Explanation:
etchings

Nick Taylor
Local time: 01:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
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