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trevo

English translation: clover

11:05 Oct 17, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Botany
Portuguese term or phrase: trevo
Group of apartments have flower names but I am unable to translate TREVO
Sue Porter
English translation:clover
Explanation:
ou shamrock, trefoil e clubs

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-10-17 11:08:48 GMT)
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http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/clover

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AlphaMike
Local time: 22:59
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5 +5clover
AlphaMike
2 +1a possibility
Henrique Serra


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
clover


Explanation:
ou shamrock, trefoil e clubs

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-10-17 11:08:48 GMT)
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http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/clover

ir à secção "digital photo gallery"

AlphaMike
Local time: 22:59
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti: exactly...
2 mins
  -> obrigada!
agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda: www.google.com - images
6 mins
  -> obrigada!
agree  António Ribeiro: Que falta que faz um dicionário!!!
37 mins
  -> obrigada!
agree  Eugenia Lourenco
42 mins
  -> obrigada!
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
1 hr
  -> obrigada!
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a possibility


Explanation:
Clover or shamrock would be fine for building names, but it is not very common to name a building after that kind of plant in Brazil.

This is why I am offering an alternative; a little more context would help to clarify the subject; if the text refers to a nearby intersection or junction leading to the buildings (especially when elaborate), not to the name of a building in the cluster, it is also called TREVO in Brazil. Just a thought, but it makes sense to me.

Henrique Serra
United States
Local time: 15:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler: A very good conjecture!
37 mins
  -> thanks!
neutral  AlphaMike: desconhecia tal facto, daí ter solicitado mais nomes dos tais blocos de apartamentos.
1 hr
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