poço roto (URGENT)

English translation: septical tank with a rent sump

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Portuguese term or phrase:poço roto (URGENT)
English translation:septical tank with a rent sump
Entered by: Ivan Costa Pinto

03:31 Nov 26, 2001
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering
Portuguese term or phrase: poço roto (URGENT)
Saneamento - fossa séptica com poço roto
Eddie V.
septical tank with a rent sump
Explanation:
Webster Unabridged - could also be a rotten sump, but sump is the word for the well of a septical tank.
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Ivan Costa Pinto
United States
Local time: 03:08
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1broken well
Telesforo Fernandez (X)
5septical tank with a rent sump
Ivan Costa Pinto
4damaged well
Gino Amaral
4ruptured well
John Goncalves
3leaking well
Toja


  

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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
broken well


Explanation:
I would say broken well.
The translaton would be :
Septic tank with broken well.

Telesforo Fernandez (X)
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agree  Sonia Almeida
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damaged well


Explanation:
I believe this is the name you are looking for.


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Gino Amaral
Brazil
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leaking well


Explanation:
Septic tank with a leaking well.

Toja
Portugal
Local time: 08:08
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ruptured well


Explanation:
This is a techincal term

John Goncalves
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septical tank with a rent sump


Explanation:
Webster Unabridged - could also be a rotten sump, but sump is the word for the well of a septical tank.

Ivan Costa Pinto
United States
Local time: 03:08
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 47
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