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hotbed

Portuguese translation: viveiro

18:00 Dec 10, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
English term or phrase: hotbed
referente a berço, nascido
Ana Guedes
Portuguese translation:viveiro
Explanation:
MICHAELIS:
vi.vei.ro
[viv'ejru] sm 1 nursery, hotbed. 2 vivarium, run. 3 aquarium, fishpond. 4 great quantity. 5 bras, pop the district of brothels.
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Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 23:21
Grading comment
Concordo
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5incubadora
Mariana Moreira
4 +3viveiro
Gilmar Fernandes
4 +3viveiro / incubadora
Hander Heim
4foco
Adam Prus-Szczepanowski


Discussion entries: 2





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
viveiro


Explanation:
MICHAELIS:
vi.vei.ro
[viv'ejru] sm 1 nursery, hotbed. 2 vivarium, run. 3 aquarium, fishpond. 4 great quantity. 5 bras, pop the district of brothels.

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 23:21
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Concordo

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thais Maria Lips
1 min
  -> Obrigado, Thais.
agree  rhandler
6 mins
  -> Obrigado, Ralph!
agree  Christina Paiva
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Christina.
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
viveiro / incubadora


Explanation:
Vai depender do seu contexto.
Tb pode ser "estufa", mas pelo que vc falou sobre berço, nascido, acho que viveiro / incubadora podem se encaixar melhor.

Hander Heim
Brazil
Local time: 00:21
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thais Maria Lips
1 min
  -> Thank you, Thais!
agree  Marlene Curtis
32 mins
agree  Vasco DUARTE-PACHECO (X)
39 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
incubadora


Explanation:
hotbed
viveiro, incubadora (a hotbed of managerial innovations = uma incubadora de inovações gerenciais), manancial, foco (a hotbed of socialism)


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Note added at 5 mins (2008-12-10 18:06:39 GMT)
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normalmente utilizada em prematuros

Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 04:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 99
Notes to answerer
Asker: Concordo, Obrigada


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thais Maria Lips
0 min
  -> Thais, obrigada
agree  Maria José Tavares (X)
3 mins
  -> Maria José, obrigada
agree  Vasco DUARTE-PACHECO (X)
38 mins
  -> Vasco, obrigada
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
41 mins
  -> Henrique, obrigada
agree  Carlos Quandt
1 hr
  -> Quandt, obrigada
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
foco


Explanation:
"É um hotbead (foco) de pirataria" - costa da Somália

Adam Prus-Szczepanowski
Portugal
Local time: 04:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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