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"Nose and tail of the Grand Banks"

Portuguese translation: na entrada e saída dos Grandes Bancos

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English term or phrase:"Nose and tail of the Grand Banks"
Portuguese translation:na entrada e saída dos Grandes Bancos
Entered by: airmailrpl

16:27 Apr 17, 2003
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Fisheries / Fisheries
English term or phrase: "Nose and tail of the Grand Banks"
The issue pertains to the fisheries on the nose and tail of the Grand Banks.
How to translate "nose and tail" into European Portuguese (only)?
Filomena Costanzo
Italy
Local time: 07:49
na entrada e saída dos Grandes Bancos
Explanation:
na entrada e saída dos Grandes Bancos

the nose and tail of the Grand Banks.
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 02:49
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Summary of answers provided
5nas extremidades dos Grandes Bancos
António Ribeiro
5na entrada e saída dos Grandes Bancos
airmailrpl
4no nariz e na cauda (dos Grand Banks)
Lúcia Lopes
3em toda a área de Grand Banks
Clauwolf


  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
no nariz e na cauda (dos Grand Banks)


Explanation:
no Brasil seria assim (acho eu!)

Grand Banks An extensive area of shoals in the western Atlantic Ocean off southeast Newfoundland, Canada. The mingling of the cold Labrador Current and the warmer Gulf Stream and the shallowness of the water make the area a major source of food fish.
(American Heritage Dictionary)





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Lúcia Lopes
Brazil
Local time: 02:49
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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em toda a área de Grand Banks


Explanation:
:)

Clauwolf
Local time: 02:49
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lúcia Lopes: mas Clauwolf, justamente não é na área toda, é só no nariz e na cauda (nas pontas, capisci?) ;-)
23 mins
  -> entendi como área de pesca, creio que está num sentido figurado
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nas extremidades dos Grandes Bancos


Explanation:
Em PT-PT.

Para Grandes Bancos ver por exemplo:

Lugre Gazela - [ Translate this page ]
... O Gazela Primeiro foi construído para transportar pescadores para
a pesca do bacalhau nos Grandes Bancos da Terra Nova. Juntamente ...
www.geocities.com/j.aldeia/barcos/gazela.htm



António Ribeiro
Local time: 15:49
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
na entrada e saída dos Grandes Bancos


Explanation:
na entrada e saída dos Grandes Bancos

the nose and tail of the Grand Banks.


airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 02:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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