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boca da fonte

English translation: water spring(s)

19:56 Oct 16, 2017
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geography / Documentary subtitles
Portuguese term or phrase: boca da fonte
This is a monologue given by the director of a national park in the Bissagos Islands (West Africa). He's talking about the local chief ordering the land to be burned.

Boca da fonte - does it mean the mouth of the sea? A well?

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Recentemente, quando praticaram as queimadas enviamos uma nova missão.
Antes de queimarem os terrenos, sempre lutamos para encontrar consensos.
Mas, para dar-vos à informação, de todos os terrenos desbravados, o único com que nos preocupámos foi aquele fica a fonte.
Até na boca da fonte, que está debaixo de grandes árvores queimaram.
Sarah Webb
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:56
English translation:water spring(s)
Explanation:
I guess he's talking about water springs. "Fonte" can be translated as "source", in this case, water spring, I believe.

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Note added at 26 mins (2017-10-16 20:22:10 GMT)
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He's probably referring to the area where the water springs are.
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Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 13:56
Grading comment
Thanks Oliviera - good to have that clarified.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6water spring(s)
Oliver Simões
4springhead
Mario Freitas
4fountainhead..wellspring
airmailrpl


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
water spring(s)


Explanation:
I guess he's talking about water springs. "Fonte" can be translated as "source", in this case, water spring, I believe.

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Note added at 26 mins (2017-10-16 20:22:10 GMT)
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He's probably referring to the area where the water springs are.

Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 13:56
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks Oliviera - good to have that clarified.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
7 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  Lara Barnett: Yes but "water" is not necessary. We normally just say spring or springs and this is understandable due to its context. i.e. Just "spring" or "springs" is sufficient https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki
9 hrs
  -> Thank you. Indeed. It was just to avoid ambigiuties since spring has other meanings, too.
agree  Cornelius Gillen: spring
12 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Margarida Ataide
14 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
14 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  T o b i a s: source
1 day 44 mins
  -> É spring mesmo.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
springhead


Explanation:
Uma fonte ou nascente é composta de diversas partes, que vão desde o lençol freático até a boca da fonte (springhead) que é o ponto em que a água passa a fluir ao ar livre.
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=define springhead&oq=defi...

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 17:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fountainhead..wellspring


Explanation:
boca da fonte => fountainhead..wellspring

Fountainhead | Definition of Fountainhead by Merriam-Webster
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fountainhead
Define fountainhead: a spring that is the source of a stream; principal source :

foun·tain·head
ˈfount(ə)nˌhed/
noun
noun: fountainhead; plural noun: fountainheads; noun: fountain-head; plural noun: fountain-heads

an original source of something.

Traduzir wellspring para o
noun

1. fonte
2. manancial
3. nascente
4. origem
5. fonte de informações
6. ponto de partida

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 17:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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