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Desbastar

English translation: to Buff/Buffing

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Portuguese term or phrase:Desbastar
English translation:to Buff/Buffing
Entered by: Tania Pires

17:35 Dec 6, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Cosmetics, Beauty / Nail Beauty
Portuguese term or phrase: Desbastar
'Efectuar o embelezamento das unhas no que respeita a cortar, limar, desbastar e polir'

I'm not even sure which part of nail beauty this is: cutting, filing, ..., and polishing.

Thanks in advance for your help!
Tania Pires
Portugal
Local time: 00:23
to Buff/Buffing
Explanation:
relativo a unhas acho que eh este o termo utilizado.

http://makeupandbeauty.com/buff-nails-home-nail-buffing/
http://www.nailsplash.com/page/gelnails
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_portuguese/cosmetics_be...
http://www.wikihow.com/Buff-Your-Nails
Selected response from:

rir
United States
Local time: 19:23
Grading comment
Obrigada! Esta pareceu-me a resposta mais adequada.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5Trimming
Catarina Lopes
3 +2smoothing
Douglas Bissell
4 +1to Buff/Buffing
rir
4thinning
Nick Taylor


  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Trimming


Explanation:
Suggestion

Catarina Lopes
Portugal
Local time: 00:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, Ana, mas também não me parece que seja trimming...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paulinho Fonseca
0 min
  -> Obrigada, Paulinho :)
agree  Monica Merrill
7 mins
  -> Obrigada, Monica :)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
12 mins
  -> Obrigada, Claudio :)
agree  Verginia Ophof
22 mins
  -> Obrigada, Verginia :)
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
25 mins
  -> Obrigada, Gilmar :)
neutral  Douglas Bissell: I'll agree to disagree on this one. I have been told that in Portugal the term desbastar does not mean trim. But then how often do I do my nails???
42 mins
  -> 'Desbastar' in this context could also mean 'aparar' (=to trim). That's how I interpret it. Please see: http://www.dicio.com.br/desbastar/ I agree that 'desbastar' often means 'to remove excess' but here I see it as cutting off a bit of nail.
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
smoothing


Explanation:
My wife has just been to her hairdresser and asked. The idea seems to be to reduce the thickness of the nail, not its length.

But who am I to know...

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 00:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Douglas! Your suggestion seems more like it.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Catarina Lopes: I do agree with your suggestion because reducing thickness of nails is also possible. However, I would say 'smoothing down' instead. Thank you for bringing that up :)
33 mins
  -> Thanks, but I agree with buffing as the correct term (What do men know about nails anyway :-)
agree  Pablo Julián Davis: agreed; 'smoothing down' sounds like a good tweak.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, but I agree with buffing as the correct term (What do men know about nails anyway :-)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
thinning


Explanation:
thinning

Nick Taylor
Local time: 00:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Nick! I also saw 'thinning' as a translation of 'desbastar' but it doesn't come up on the internet as related to nails.

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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to Buff/Buffing


Explanation:
relativo a unhas acho que eh este o termo utilizado.

http://makeupandbeauty.com/buff-nails-home-nail-buffing/
http://www.nailsplash.com/page/gelnails
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_portuguese/cosmetics_be...
http://www.wikihow.com/Buff-Your-Nails

rir
United States
Local time: 19:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
Obrigada! Esta pareceu-me a resposta mais adequada.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada rir! Parece-me que é este o termo apropriado.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Douglas Bissell: Ant no-one even agreed with you! Well done, I knew I had the idea but you got the word
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Thanks.
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