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cardo

Portuguese translation: cardo (Centaurea melitensis) / escólimo-malhado (na Madeira)

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Spanish term or phrase:cardo
Portuguese translation:cardo (Centaurea melitensis) / escólimo-malhado (na Madeira)
Entered by: rhandler

00:47 Mar 6, 2008
Spanish to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: cardo
"Por abril corta un cardo y nacerán mil"

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cardo (Centaurea melitensis) / escólimo-malhado (na Madeira)
Explanation:
Igual, em espanhol e em português. que o DRAE assim define:

(Del lat. cardus).
1. m. Planta anual, de la familia de las Compuestas, que alcanza un metro de altura, de hojas grandes y espinosas como las de la alcachofa, flores azules en cabezuela, y pencas que se comen crudas o cocidas, después de aporcada la planta para que resulten más blancas, tiernas y sabrosas.

Veja o que diz o Houaiss:
planta anual (Centaurea melitensis) da fam. das compostas, nativa do Sul da Europa, Norte da África, ilhas Canárias e Madeira, de caule ereto e revestido de pêlos, folhas espinescentes e flores amarelas, em capítulos terminais
2.2 Regionalismo: Madeira.
m.q. escólimo-malhado (Scolymus maculatus)

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rhandler
Local time: 20:44
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4 +2cardo
José António de Freitas e Silva
4 +1cardo (Centaurea melitensis) / escólimo-malhado (na Madeira)
rhandler


  

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cardo


Explanation:
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José António de Freitas e Silva
Portugal
Local time: 00:44
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

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agree  Lota Moncada
20 mins
agree  Fernando Fonseca
20 mins
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cardo (Centaurea melitensis) / escólimo-malhado (na Madeira)


Explanation:
Igual, em espanhol e em português. que o DRAE assim define:

(Del lat. cardus).
1. m. Planta anual, de la familia de las Compuestas, que alcanza un metro de altura, de hojas grandes y espinosas como las de la alcachofa, flores azules en cabezuela, y pencas que se comen crudas o cocidas, después de aporcada la planta para que resulten más blancas, tiernas y sabrosas.

Veja o que diz o Houaiss:
planta anual (Centaurea melitensis) da fam. das compostas, nativa do Sul da Europa, Norte da África, ilhas Canárias e Madeira, de caule ereto e revestido de pêlos, folhas espinescentes e flores amarelas, em capítulos terminais
2.2 Regionalismo: Madeira.
m.q. escólimo-malhado (Scolymus maculatus)



rhandler
Local time: 20:44
Native speaker of: Portuguese
Grading comment
gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fernando Fonseca
4 mins
  -> Obrigado, Fernando!
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