xistos metamorfizados

Portuguese translation: metamorphosed schists

14:29 Mar 24, 2017
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
English term or phrase: xistos metamorfizados
Description of the ideal type of soil to grow certain type of vineyard:

"solos de transição e solos mediterrânicos pardos ou vermelhos de xistos metamorfizados ou gneisses, apresentando no geral elevada acidez."

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Joao Andre Madeira
Local time: 16:33
Portuguese translation:metamorphosed schists
Explanation:
metamorphosed schists

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Giuseppe Donnangelo
Ireland
Local time: 16:33
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metamorphosed schists


Explanation:
metamorphosed schists



Giuseppe Donnangelo
Ireland
Local time: 16:33
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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agree  Paulo Marcon: But there's something superfluous here. If the rock is a xisto, then it is not necessary to say that it's metamorphic. All xistos are. Otherwise it would be a folhelho (shale, sedimentary). But if it's in the original, then that's that.
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