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cor castanha

English translation: chestnut color

10:39 Jan 14, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / seeds/farming
Portuguese term or phrase: cor castanha
a questão aqui é que no mesmo trecho ele descreve a semente usando o seguinte:
cor parda
cor marrom
cor castanha
e pela terminologia isolada que procurei...marrom e castanho podem ser "BROWN"mas creio que a diferenciação seja muita importante neste caso...alguma idéia?
milena mignossi ferreira
Brazil
Local time: 13:27
English translation:chestnut color
Explanation:
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Note added at 10 mins (2015-01-14 10:49:55 GMT)
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Chestnut is a color, a medium reddish shade of brown (displayed right), and is named after the nut of the chestnut tree.
Chestnut (color) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut_(color)
Wikipedia
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 09:27
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4 +5chestnut color
Muriel Vasconcellos
4Hazel
Tania Pires


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
chestnut color


Explanation:
.

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Note added at 10 mins (2015-01-14 10:49:55 GMT)
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Chestnut is a color, a medium reddish shade of brown (displayed right), and is named after the nut of the chestnut tree.
Chestnut (color) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut_(color)
Wikipedia

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 09:27
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 59

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Madalena Ribeiro
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agree  Catarina Lopes
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agree  Mario Freitas:
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Hazel


Explanation:
"Hazel" é muito utilizado relativamente à cor castanha, apesar de ser um castanho um pouco mais claro.


    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/enpt/hazel
Tania Pires
Portugal
Local time: 17:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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