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needle teeth

Portuguese translation: presas

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English term or phrase:needle teeth
Portuguese translation:presas
Entered by: Claudia Andrade

11:56 Aug 20, 2002
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
English term or phrase: needle teeth
São dentes aparentementes exclusivos dos porcos. Eles são tirados para que não se machuqeum em criações de larga escala.
Dropshot
Brazil
Local time: 22:22
presas
Explanation:
No contexto, de criação de porcos (queixada, catitu, porco-so-mato), presas ficam melhor. Se falássemos de cachorros, os caninos seriam mais apropriados, e em geral, por exemplo, quando se fala de tubarões e outros animais que podem ter até mais de uma fileira de dentes, seriam dentes pontiagudos
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Claudia Andrade
Brazil
Local time: 22:22
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3caninos ou presas
Admilson
5 +2dentes pontiagudos
Maria Luisa Duarte
5presas
Claudia Andrade


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
dentes pontiagudos


Explanation:
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Note added at 2002-08-20 12:11:16 (GMT)
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\"needle teeth\" (the deciduous canines and third incisors), which the animals use to deliver sideward bites to the faces of litter-mates when fighting at the udder.

\"Dentes caninos frontais alongados, fortes e pontiagudos\"

Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Local time: 03:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 2092

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gabriela Frazao: ou aguçados
5 mins
agree  Sylvio Kauffmann
5 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
caninos ou presas


Explanation:
são dentes pontiagudos que, no caso dos filhotes, podem ferir a mãe na hora da amamentação...

Se forem animais selvagens, javalis, por exemplo, é melhor usar caninos para não criar ambigüidade com as "presas" (no sentido de vítimas da caça).

Admilson
Local time: 22:22
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roberto Cavalcanti
27 mins
agree  Emilia Carneiro
1 hr
agree  José Casquilho: com a ressalva de que a designação "presa" apenas se aplica ao macho adulto, em que os caninos adquirem funções reais de presas
2 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
presas


Explanation:
No contexto, de criação de porcos (queixada, catitu, porco-so-mato), presas ficam melhor. Se falássemos de cachorros, os caninos seriam mais apropriados, e em geral, por exemplo, quando se fala de tubarões e outros animais que podem ter até mais de uma fileira de dentes, seriam dentes pontiagudos

Claudia Andrade
Brazil
Local time: 22:22
PRO pts in pair: 30
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