to wind threads of different colours

Portuguese translation: .. enrolar fios de diferentes cores

10:33 Feb 21, 2011

English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / painting

English term or phrase: to wind threads of different colours

This box, now in the Van Gogh Museum, contained balls of different coloured wool and various tints of the same colour.
The painter would set these balls next to each other or wind threads of different colours together in order to see the effect of various combinations

mariajorge
Portugal

Portuguese translation:.. enrolar fios de diferentes cores

Explanation:
Diria assim

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Leonor Machado
Local time: 23:42

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.. enrolar fios de diferentes cores

Leonor Machado

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trançar fios de cores diferentes

Martin Riordan

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17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

.. enrolar fios de diferentes cores

Explanation:
Diria assim

Leonor Machado
Local time: 23:42
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 28

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17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

trançar fios de cores diferentes

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I´m sure this is what he did...

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 19:42
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English
PRO pts in category: 8

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