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yuyos

Portuguese translation: ervas medicinais

23:07 Mar 13, 2005
Spanish to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
Spanish term or phrase: yuyos
de EESPANHOL para PT-PT
Aparece esta frase de repente, sem dar qualquer luz:
"En este viaje nos encontramos con un par de charlatanes chilenos que vendían yuyos y adivinaban la suerte..."
Sandrine Martins
Portugal
Local time: 05:34
Portuguese translation:ervas medicinais
Explanation:
charlatães não vendem hortaliça.
yuyo - diccionario salamanca de la lengua española - s.m. 1 - américa del sur: hierba silvestre; 2- arg. chile, parag., urug. : hierba aromática o medicinal.

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Note added at 14 hrs 26 mins (2005-03-14 13:33:53 GMT)
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enganeime no nivel de certeza - queria nivel 4 e não 1. Obrigado
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Paulo Rocha
Portugal
Local time: 05:34
Grading comment
Obrigado Paulo, de facto os charlatães vendiam ervas medicinais, pois muito mais longe no livro falam de um infusão para curar os males.
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1 +3ervas medicinais
Paulo Rocha


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ervas medicinais


Explanation:
charlatães não vendem hortaliça.
yuyo - diccionario salamanca de la lengua española - s.m. 1 - américa del sur: hierba silvestre; 2- arg. chile, parag., urug. : hierba aromática o medicinal.

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Note added at 14 hrs 26 mins (2005-03-14 13:33:53 GMT)
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enganeime no nivel de certeza - queria nivel 4 e não 1. Obrigado

Paulo Rocha
Portugal
Local time: 05:34
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Obrigado Paulo, de facto os charlatães vendiam ervas medicinais, pois muito mais longe no livro falam de um infusão para curar os males.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda: enganei-me....
13 hrs
agree  Monica Nehr: só ervas
17 hrs
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
18 hrs
agree  Simone Tosta: Sim, vendia ervas.
19 hrs
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