quinado

English translation: bent to make a corner

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Portuguese term or phrase:quinado
English translation:bent to make a corner
Entered by: Humberto Ribas

10:12 Aug 10, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Portuguese term or phrase: quinado
Some sort of treatment of metal I think, unless it just means that it was cut to size or something - Este chapa para ser soldada teve que ser quinada previamente
canaria
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:05
bent to make a corner
Explanation:
quina = corner or edge (as of a table top)

this board had to be previously bent (to make a corner) to be welded/soldered

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Note added at 12 mins (2007-08-10 10:25:02 GMT)
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OR be treated with cinchona ledgeriana that has anti-thermic properties- Arvoreta da família das rubiáceas (Cinchona ledgeriana), originária do Peru e notável por suas propriedades antitérmicas.

Cinchona ledgeriana - Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

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Note added at 13 mins (2007-08-10 10:26:32 GMT)
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[syn: calisaya]

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Note added at 14 mins (2007-08-10 10:27:34 GMT)
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chinchona, cinchona

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Note added at 17 mins (2007-08-10 10:30:00 GMT)
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If it's a chemical treatment, so: treated with chinchona/calisaya
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Humberto Ribas
Brazil
Local time: 21:05
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bent to make a corner


Explanation:
quina = corner or edge (as of a table top)

this board had to be previously bent (to make a corner) to be welded/soldered

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Note added at 12 mins (2007-08-10 10:25:02 GMT)
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OR be treated with cinchona ledgeriana that has anti-thermic properties- Arvoreta da família das rubiáceas (Cinchona ledgeriana), originária do Peru e notável por suas propriedades antitérmicas.

Cinchona ledgeriana - Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

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Note added at 13 mins (2007-08-10 10:26:32 GMT)
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[syn: calisaya]

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Note added at 14 mins (2007-08-10 10:27:34 GMT)
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chinchona, cinchona

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Note added at 17 mins (2007-08-10 10:30:00 GMT)
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If it's a chemical treatment, so: treated with chinchona/calisaya


Humberto Ribas
Brazil
Local time: 21:05
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vania de Souza
0 min
  -> obrigado, Vania

agree  cristina estanislau
1 hr
  -> obrigado, Cristina

agree  R. Alex Jenkins: Yes!
2 hrs
  -> obrigado, Richard
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