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gopher

Romanian translation: popândău

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English term or phrase:gopher
Romanian translation:popândău
Entered by: Cristina Butas

13:12 Nov 14, 2007
English to Romanian translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology
English term or phrase: gopher
any burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae, of North and Central America, having a thickset body, short legs, and cheek pouches. How is it called in Romanian?
swetlanka
popândău
Explanation:
cred că despre el este vorba:)



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Note added at 7 minute (2007-11-14 13:19:49 GMT)
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se pare că în dicţionare apare "gofer", "varietate de popândău" (Dictionar englez-român, Ed. Teora 2005)
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Cristina Butas
Romania
Local time: 22:30
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Thank you for your help.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +6popândău
Cristina Butas
5 +3popâdău
Anca Buzatu
5 +1cainele de preerie
Nina Iordache
3cartita/sobol
Mihaela Ghiuzeli


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
popândău


Explanation:
cred că despre el este vorba:)



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Note added at 7 minute (2007-11-14 13:19:49 GMT)
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se pare că în dicţionare apare "gofer", "varietate de popândău" (Dictionar englez-român, Ed. Teora 2005)

Cristina Butas
Romania
Local time: 22:30
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lucca: denumirea ştiinţifică Citellus.
8 mins
  -> mulţumesc
agree  Adriana Sandru
10 mins
  -> mulţumesc
agree  Bogdan Burghelea
3 hrs
  -> mulţumesc
agree  Cristiana Coblis
11 hrs
  -> mulţumesc
agree  MMFORREST
21 hrs
  -> mulţumesc
agree  MKeks
1 day 7 hrs
  -> mulţumesc
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
popâdău


Explanation:
http://www.dictionarromanenglez.ro/dictionar/pop%25C3%25A2nd...

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Note added at 32 minute (2007-11-14 13:44:49 GMT)
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It is "popândău" swetlanka. There is a typo mistake in my answer...a "n" "slipped away":)

Anca Buzatu
Austria
Local time: 21:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  anamaria bulgariu
7 mins
  -> Mulţumesc....popândău desigur:p, a fugit un "n" la tastat.
agree  Adriana Sandru
10 mins
  -> Mulţumesc.
agree  Bogdan Burghelea
3 hrs
  -> Mulţumesc.
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cainele de preerie


Explanation:
Am sa dau o explicatie: popandaul (Citellus citellus) traieste numai in Europa. Daca este vorba despre gopher, el traieste doar in America si este bine reprezentat (http://www.answers.com/gopher?cat=technology) prin vreo 300 de specii. Cainele de preerie in schimb (Cynomys) ar putea fi o alegere mai buna daca este vorba despre un text mai stiintific.

I,i pqre rqu cq nu va pot trimite si pozele din Lumea minunata animalelor Cartile nr. 218 si respectiv nr. 190

Nina Iordache
Romania
Local time: 22:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anca Nitu: sau "veverita de preerie" GDTground squirrel (Citellus)= rongeur de la famille des sciuridés de taille réduite ou moyenne, proche des chiens de prairies, qui vit dans les prairies d'Amérique du Nord et dans certaines régions d'Europe et d'Asie.
4 hrs
  -> Multumesc! Oricum chestiunea este destul de complicata si depinde de context!
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cartita/sobol


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(animal)

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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-11-14 19:58:56 GMT)
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http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=cartita
E cartita romaneasca. Din nou scuze pentru diacritice.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-11-14 20:01:52 GMT)
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A gopher is a small burrowing rodent. Varieties include

pocket gophers of the family Geomyidae, native to North America, also called true gophers
many ground squirrels from among the family Sciuridae
particularly Richardson's Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus richardsonii
All gophers have in common the digging of tunnels and subterranean chambers and the traits associated with the rodent order, Rodentia. Disruption of such human plans for the surface as commercial agriculture, garden plots, and some landscaping, by their underground activities, leads to their frequent treatment as pests. In contrast, North American entertainment culture and non-technical literature tends to anthropomorphize gopher characters as non-threatening, if perhaps rascally, figures.

Gophers are notably much smaller than ground hogs in many ways. For example: Weight .5lbs, Head and Body 6 inches, Tail 3 inches, and 2-3 year lifespan. The mythology of the largely disappeared American prairie, while often distinguishing the prairie dog from gophers, accords the prairie dog a niche as the romantic small-animal symbol of the prairie.


Mihaela Ghiuzeli
Local time: 15:30
Native speaker of: Romanian
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