green beans

Portuguese translation: feijão verde (PT) / vagens/vagem (BR)

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English term or phrase:green beans
Portuguese translation:feijão verde (PT) / vagens/vagem (BR)
Entered by: Always Learning

10:44 Jul 3, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary
English term or phrase: green beans
Trata-se de um "vegetable".
Qual o correspondente em PT-BR? Já encontrei várias traduções...
Always Learning
feijão verde / vagens
Explanation:
já ouvi um brasileiro dizer assim, é por isso que me atrevo a sugerir este termo mesmo sendo PT de PT
Selected response from:

Leonor Machado
Local time: 10:50
Grading comment
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Summary of answers provided
4 +18feijão verde / vagens
Leonor Machado
5 +3Vagens (pl.) - Vagem (sing.)
Elena David
4 -2ervilhas
Isabel Maria Almeida
Summary of reference entries provided
Maria José Tavares (X)

Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
ervilhas


Explanation:
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Isabel Maria Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 10:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Maria José Tavares (X): Está a confundir com green peas :)
3 mins

disagree  airmailrpl: vagens
17 mins

disagree  aoliveira09 (X): Ervilhas sao peas
1 hr
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +18
feijão verde / vagens


Explanation:
já ouvi um brasileiro dizer assim, é por isso que me atrevo a sugerir este termo mesmo sendo PT de PT

Leonor Machado
Local time: 10:50
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 108
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sara Sousa Soares
0 min
  -> ;o) obg

agree  airmailrpl: vagens
13 mins
  -> obg

agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
24 mins
  -> obg

agree  Maria José Tavares (X): vagens ou feijões-de-vagem
50 mins
  -> obg

agree  Floriana Leary
1 hr
  -> obg

agree  Marlene Curtis
1 hr
  -> obg

agree  Humberto Ribas
1 hr
  -> obg

agree  aoliveira09 (X): eu sempre usei vagens
1 hr
  -> obg

agree  Roberto Cavalcanti: os dois
1 hr
  -> obg

agree  Valter Miranda
1 hr
  -> obg

agree  Patricia Soares: vagens, com certeza
2 hrs
  -> obg

agree  Thiago Capatti
2 hrs
  -> obg

agree  Maria Meneses
2 hrs
  -> obg

agree  Marcelo Lino: Vagens.
2 hrs
  -> obg

agree  Fernando Domeniconi: vagens
3 hrs
  -> obg

agree  Ine / Eni Rodrigues: vagens
3 hrs
  -> obg

agree  Gabriela Oliveira: vagem
4 hrs
  -> obg

agree  Marcos Antonio
5 hrs
  -> obg
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Vagens (pl.) - Vagem (sing.)


Explanation:

Em português do Brasil não se utiliza o termo feijão verde.


Elena David
Brazil
Local time: 07:50
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
1 hr

agree  João Martins: vagem
1 hr

agree  Melissa Northfleet
5 hrs
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Reference comments


3 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference

Reference information:
Em Portugal chama-se "feijão verde"

Maria José Tavares (X)
Portugal
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 23

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Ana Mafalda Costa
1 min
  -> Obrigada Ana Mafalda
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