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a murro

English translation: salt-baked potatoes or just baked potatoes

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Portuguese term or phrase:a murro
English translation:salt-baked potatoes or just baked potatoes
Entered by: Isabella Kenfield

20:30 May 11, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink / menu
Portuguese term or phrase: a murro
batata a murro
Isabella Kenfield
United States
Local time: 01:57
salt-baked potatoes or just baked potatoes
Explanation:
So - the potatoes are baked (not roasted) - they are baked in their skins, in the oven, on a bed of sea salt. Then, once they are cooked, they are hit a bit to slightly crush them. BUT I would not say this as it sounds silly and you can't really tell that the potatoes have been "smashed or punched", so I would either put "baked potatoes" or "salt-baked potatoes".
(I went to a cooking class where I learnt how to make them as part of a dish, and have eaten them loads of times in restaurants, and have translated this before more than once!!).
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Filipa Plant dos Santos
Portugal
Local time: 06:57
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1salt-baked potatoes or just baked potatoes
Filipa Plant dos Santos
4"punched" baked potatoes
Claudio Mazotti
4smashed (roasted potatoes)
Marlene Curtis
3 +1'bashed' potatoes
Rachel Fell


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"punched" baked potatoes


Explanation:
A suggestion:

Batatas a murro (Portuguese "punched" baked potatoes). This is the traditional Portuguese way of baking potatoes. The Portuguese usually ...
www.favouritefamilyrecipes.blogspot.com/.../batatas-...

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 28
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Claudio!

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
smashed (roasted potatoes)


Explanation:

http://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/detail.php?docid=...

http://panelinha.ig.com.br/site/receita/receita.php?id=1721

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Note added at 16 mins (2012-05-11 20:47:03 GMT)
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OR

ROASTED SMASHED POTATOES

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 01:57
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 106
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Asker: Thanks, Marlene!

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
batatas a murro
'bashed' potatoes


Explanation:

The polvo grelhada (grilled octopus) that follows is stickily caramelised, basted in garlicky olive oil and served with batata a murro (‘bashed’ potatoes).
http://natgeotraveller.co.uk/where/portugal/4970/


Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Rachel!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Douglas Bissell: gives the best idea as you use the "heel" of your fist
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Thank you Douglas :-)
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
salt-baked potatoes or just baked potatoes


Explanation:
So - the potatoes are baked (not roasted) - they are baked in their skins, in the oven, on a bed of sea salt. Then, once they are cooked, they are hit a bit to slightly crush them. BUT I would not say this as it sounds silly and you can't really tell that the potatoes have been "smashed or punched", so I would either put "baked potatoes" or "salt-baked potatoes".
(I went to a cooking class where I learnt how to make them as part of a dish, and have eaten them loads of times in restaurants, and have translated this before more than once!!).

Filipa Plant dos Santos
Portugal
Local time: 06:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Filippa!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  connie leite
15 days
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