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asfaltamento

English translation: Asphalting / paving

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Portuguese term or phrase:asfaltamento
English translation:Asphalting / paving
Entered by: Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral

13:09 Oct 5, 2009
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology / Segurança
Portuguese term or phrase: asfaltamento
asfaltamento da via de acesso
Marcia Galdi
Portugal
Local time: 08:03
Asphalting
Explanation:
diria assim
Selected response from:

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Grading comment
Segundo o engenheiro que consultei, o termo mais comum seria "asphalt paving". Obrigada a todos...
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5Asphalting
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
4 +5paving
judith ryan
4sealing
Alexander Moran (X)
4 -1tarring
Carla Selyer


  

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


Explanation:
diria assim

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Segundo o engenheiro que consultei, o termo mais comum seria "asphalt paving". Obrigada a todos...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  R. Alex Jenkins
3 mins
  -> Richard, grato. Antonio
agree  Marlene Curtis
4 mins
  -> Marlene, grato. Antonio
agree  Evans (X)
11 mins
  -> Gilla, grato. Antonio
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
40 mins
  -> Isabel Maria, grato. Antonio
agree  liz askew: [PDF] 11210UN023 Gel.-Br. (GB) File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML One for all when asphalting roads. The production of asphalt road surfaces requires well-coordinated procedures. Stripping the verges, sweeping the roads, ... www.unimog.co.uk/ap
45 mins
  -> Liz, grato. Antonio
neutral  Bruce Bell (X): not used as often as "paving"
1 hr
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
paving


Explanation:
another option

judith ryan
Brazil
Local time: 04:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amy Duncan (X)
6 mins
agree  Arthur Godinho: Para ENG-EUA
7 mins
agree  Ana Falasca Bernardes
1 hr
agree  Bruce Bell (X)
1 hr
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
7 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sealing


Explanation:
In the UK, we talk of "sealed" and "unsealed" roads. Just another suggestion...

Alexander Moran (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
tarring


Explanation:
tarring of the access roads

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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-10-05 18:16:57 GMT)
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Tarring of roads - some references (1,890,000 hits on google).

Gov't approves funds for tarring of roads in Bisease - modernghana ...Ajumako Bisease (C/R) July 23, GNA — The government has approved GHC500.000 for the tarring of the two-kilometer road network and construction of drains in ...
www.modernghana.com/.../govt-approves-funds-for-tarring-of-... - Cached - Similar

The Effects of Tar Roads upon Vegetation and Animals.It has been stated that the dust from tarred roads has ap- ... the tarring of roads, for, when tarring is well done, it diminishes ...
pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie50053a046

Rough Ride on Cameroon's Ring Road - OhmyNews International29 Nov 2005 ... Tarring of roads expected to boost economic activity ... The tarring of this road is expected to significantly boost economic activities ...
english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?...

[PDF] Tschnidand Economic StudyFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
advantages of surface tarring of roads, the results of which ... tarring in reducing the wear on the road, which necessarily lasts longer, without speaking ...
publications.piarc.org/ressources/actes/1/1913_E_111.pdf

Carla Selyer
Local time: 09:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Bruce Bell (X): I´ve never seen this term used in the English literature.
1 hr
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