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porta sanfonada

English translation: Folding Door

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Portuguese term or phrase:porta sanfonada
English translation:Folding Door
Entered by: Arthur Godinho

19:17 Jan 7, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Furniture / Household Appliances / móveis
Portuguese term or phrase: porta sanfonada
porta sanfonada
simonete
Folding Door
Explanation:
Por favor ver foto e legenda no URL abaixo
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Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 19:22
Grading comment
gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5accordion door
Thais Maria Lips
4 +2Folding Door
Arthur Godinho
4concertina door
giovanni_v


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Folding Door


Explanation:
Por favor ver foto e legenda no URL abaixo


    Reference: http://www.criativapersianas.com.br/en/produtos/portas-sanfo...
Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 19:22
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
gracias!
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wagner Azevedo
1 min
  -> Obrigado, Wagner
neutral  Thais Maria Lips: a folding door is not necessarilyan accordion door
6 mins
  -> True, but this was the closest I managed to come up with...
agree  Humberto Ribas
12 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Humberto
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
accordion door


Explanation:
or accordion folding door

Thais Maria Lips
United States
Local time: 19:22
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wagner Azevedo: aprendi mais uma, hoje...
4 mins
  -> Obrigada Wagner:-)
agree  rhandler: Basta entrar no Google com a expressão e ver as imagens.
15 mins
  -> Thanks Ralph:-)
agree  Marlene Curtis
32 mins
  -> Thanks Marlene:-)
agree  agora2000
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Agora:-)
agree  Humberto Ribas
12 hrs
  -> Thanks Humberto:-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
concertina door


Explanation:
Hi Simonete, an alternative could be this, the door opens/closes with multiple folds, seems a closer match to sanfondada.

verb (concertinas, concertinaed or concertina’d, concertinaing) compress in folds like those of a concertina. [concise oed]


    Reference: http://20four7.co.uk/VinylConcertinaDoors.htm
giovanni_v
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: hi, giovanni. thanks a lot!

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