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desemborcar

English translation: right

12:46 Sep 29, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Portuguese term or phrase: desemborcar
o cilindro que desemborca o bote de resgate...
(Imagino que trate-se de algum dispositivo que desvire o bote de resgate)
Adriana Portas
Brazil
Local time: 03:48
English translation:right
Explanation:
a capsized or turtled boat.
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Amilcar
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4 +2Ver
António Ribeiro
3 +2right
Amilcar


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Ver


Explanation:
Isto é o que o Dicionário Porto Editora diz:

desemborcar

verbo transitivo


1. to turn right way up;

2. to replace to its proper position



António Ribeiro
Local time: 16:48
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Castro
6 mins
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
2 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
right


Explanation:
a capsized or turtled boat.


Amilcar
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): yes you right a capsized boat: this is correct
5 mins
agree  Indra Sweeney: exactly... in this sense, it would "right" a capsized/overturned boat
30 mins
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