Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
pecuária de subsistência
English translation:
subsistence livestock raising
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Portuguese term
Brazil
pecuária de subsistência
"Subsistence cattle-raising" talvez?
| 4 +3 | subsistence livestock raising |
Marlene Curtis
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| 4 +1 | subsistance farming and cattle raising |
Richard Jenkins
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| 5 | subsistence ranching |
Claudio Brandt
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Feb 28, 2010 19:21: Marlene Curtis changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/0">'s</a> old entry - "pecuária de subsistência"" to ""subsistence livestock raising""
Proposed translations
United States
Marlene Curtis
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, English
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subsistence livestock raising
The Sudan, Subsistence farming and livestock raising, Britannica Online Encyclopedia, There is little development of commercial agriculture in the southern ...
www.britannica.com/.../Subsistence-farming-and-livestock-ra...
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Note added at 8 mins (2010-02-24 18:40:41 GMT)
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Livestock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Livestock raising historically was part of a nomadic or pastoral form of material culture. The herding of camels and reindeer in some parts of the world ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestock -
Brazil
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subsistance farming and cattle raising
"...an economy based on subsistence farming AND cattle raising..."
'cattle breeding' is OK too.
Hope it helps.
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Note added at 19 mins (2010-02-24 18:52:20 GMT)
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subsist'E'nce, sorry. Just realised. A bit like 'sepArate' which I frequently have to watch out for. Best of luck :)
United States
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