Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
retroescavadora
English translation:
drag shovel (UK)
Added to glossary by
Mirjam6
May 15, 2002 10:34
22 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
retroexcavadora
Portuguese to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
civil engineering
No context
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | backacter shovel or drag shovel |
fe_navarro
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| 5 | Retroshovel |
Sonia Almeida
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| 5 | Back-hoe |
Theodore Fink
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| 4 | excavator |
Fiona N�voa
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| 4 | mechanical digger or shovel |
Enza Longo
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| 4 | Excavator |
suesimons
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Proposed translations
17 mins
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backacter shovel or drag shovel
Got definitions from my glossary! Hope it helps!
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19 mins
excavator
In English, "excavator" is used for all types of excavators
19 mins
Sonia Almeida
Native in Portuguese
Trados, over 20 years of experience
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
Retroshovel
In portuguese we say "Retroescavadora" and not "Retroexcavatora"
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Note added at 2002-05-15 10:58:10 (GMT)
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You might want to take a look at
http://www.pedreirasargon.com.br/satisfacao-prod.htm
Good luck!
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Note added at 2002-05-15 10:58:10 (GMT)
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You might want to take a look at
http://www.pedreirasargon.com.br/satisfacao-prod.htm
Good luck!
29 mins
mechanical digger or shovel
this is what my Portuguese/English dictionary says
37 mins
Theodore Fink
Native in Portuguese
&
English
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Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, US South, British, UK) 
, Portuguese (Variants: European/Portugal, Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Back-hoe
That's what it's called in the US. (For sure).
4 hrs
Excavator
A retro escavadora is, in fact, a mechanical excavator or, in our money, a JCB-type machine.
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