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areeiro

English translation: sand miner

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Portuguese term or phrase:areeiro
English translation:sand miner
Entered by: Nattalia Paterson

19:25 Sep 2, 2016
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Fisheries
Portuguese term or phrase: areeiro
The article is about recovery of a specific area that was contaminated. The section is about recovery of fishing area/fishing conditions. The sentence is:

"O presente programa também se aplica aos areeiros impactados pelo evento, desde que legalmente autorizados para a atividade."
Nattalia Paterson
United States
Local time: 10:40
sand miner
Explanation:
As this is a person, not a place
Selected response from:

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 16:40
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2sand pit / sand carrier
Gilmar Fernandes
4sandbars/sandy areas/surroundings
Frank Miller
4sand quarriers... sand extractors
airmailrpl
4sand miner
Douglas Bissell


Discussion entries: 4





  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sand pit / sand carrier


Explanation:
It could be either the actual sandpit where sand is extracted or the workers therein.

http://michaelis.uol.com.br/busca?id=b3pjX

a.re.ei.ro
sm
1 sandbox.
2 sand pit.
3 person who transports or sells sand.

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 11:40
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Frank Miller
4 mins
  -> Thanks Frank :)
agree  Mario Freitas: Sand pit
2 hrs
  -> Valeu, Atleticano :) Mas segundo a npaterson o texto dela refere-se aos trabalhadores neste caso.
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sandbars/sandy areas/surroundings


Explanation:
I believe this is the etymology:

areia (sand) + -eiro (locational ending) = areeiro :)

Could also be "dunes."

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Note added at 14 mins (2016-09-02 19:40:06 GMT)
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Also, of course, someone who works with sand.


    Reference: http://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/areeir...
    Reference: http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/areeiro
Frank Miller
United States
Local time: 11:40
Native speaker of: English
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sand quarriers... sand extractors


Explanation:
areeiro => sand extractors..sand quarriers

Quarry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarry
A quarry is a place from which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate has been excavated from the ground. A quarry is the ...

Sand Quarriers in Totland Bay - about-uk.com
www.about-uk.com › Totland Bay › Other Companies
Aug 26, 2016 - Succesfully found 1 U.K. companies in this business category Sand Quarriers,

The Shape of the Beast: Conversations with Arundhati Roy
https://books.google.com.br/books?isbn=0670082074
Arundhati Roy - 2008 - ‎Globalization
... 3,000 people it destroyed the livelihood of hundreds of thousands who lived on these natural resources: fishermen, bamboo workers, sand quarriers.

Sand extractors stage demo - Greater Kashmir
www.greaterkashmir.com/news/city/sand-extractors-stage-demo...
May 13, 2015 - GreaterKashmir: Scores of people working as sand extractors on Wednesday staged protest against the “wrong policies” of the authorities.

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 12:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sand miner


Explanation:
As this is a person, not a place


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_mining
Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 16:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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