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Piggybacking

Portuguese translation: Transporte por trens piggyback/transporte por trens de frete

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English term or phrase:Piggybacking
Portuguese translation:Transporte por trens piggyback/transporte por trens de frete
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

17:34 Jul 25, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
English term or phrase: Piggybacking
Hi everyone. I searched this term and I didn't find a good translation. Your help would be very much appreciated.

Thank you :-)

Context: All the big cities are linked by motorway. Piggybacking concerns exclusively phosphates in the region of El-Hassa near Aqaba
Daniel Pestana
Portugal
Local time: 11:15
Transporte por trens piggyback/transporte por trens de frete
Explanation:
Trem - [ Translate this page ]
Os trens do frete compreendem vagões ou caminhões melhor que carruagens, .... Os trens “Piggy-back” são o tipo crescente o mais rápido de trens do frete nos ...
www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/pt/Train

rem - [ Translate this page ]
Jump to Trens do frete‎: Os trens “Piggy-back” são o tipo crescente o mais rápido de trens do frete nos Estados Unidos, onde são sabidos também ...
www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/pt/Train

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-07-25 19:33:41 GMT)
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Piggy back trains are the fastest growing type of freight trains in the United States, where they are also known as trailer on flat car or TOFC trains. There are also roadrailer vehicles, which have two sets of wheels, for use in a train, or as the trailer of a road vehicle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freight_rail_transport

Multistrata - Multi Notícias - Planeta Logística - [ Translate this page ]
Focando a integração entre o modal rodoviário e o ferroviário, este tipo de ... Trailer on flatcar (TOFC):Também conhecido como piggyback, teve origem nos ... Com este sistema pode ser criado um trem específico ou misto, ou seja, ... (emissão da documentação e recebimento do frete do embarcador) e propriedade sobre ...
www.multistrata.com.br/.../intermodalidade_importancia_logi...
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 06:15
Grading comment
Muito obrigado pela ajuda Marlene :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Transporte por trens piggyback/transporte por trens de frete
Marlene Curtis
5transporte de veículos em carreta
Luiz Honma (X)
4 +1transporte rodo-ferroviário, transporte combinado
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
5remonta
Andrew Hunt
4transporte por via férrea
Silvia Aquino
3adição (de vagões de carga extras a trens)
Fernando Okabe Biazibeti


  

Answers


39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
piggybacking
transporte por via férrea


Explanation:
sugestão

Silvia Aquino
Brazil
Local time: 07:15
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigado Silvia :-)

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
piggybacking
transporte de veículos em carreta


Explanation:
Dicionário Michaellis

Luiz Honma (X)
Brazil
Local time: 07:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Muito obrigado colega.

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
piggybacking
Transporte por trens piggyback/transporte por trens de frete


Explanation:
Trem - [ Translate this page ]
Os trens do frete compreendem vagões ou caminhões melhor que carruagens, .... Os trens “Piggy-back” são o tipo crescente o mais rápido de trens do frete nos ...
www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/pt/Train

rem - [ Translate this page ]
Jump to Trens do frete‎: Os trens “Piggy-back” são o tipo crescente o mais rápido de trens do frete nos Estados Unidos, onde são sabidos também ...
www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/pt/Train

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-07-25 19:33:41 GMT)
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Piggy back trains are the fastest growing type of freight trains in the United States, where they are also known as trailer on flat car or TOFC trains. There are also roadrailer vehicles, which have two sets of wheels, for use in a train, or as the trailer of a road vehicle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freight_rail_transport

Multistrata - Multi Notícias - Planeta Logística - [ Translate this page ]
Focando a integração entre o modal rodoviário e o ferroviário, este tipo de ... Trailer on flatcar (TOFC):Também conhecido como piggyback, teve origem nos ... Com este sistema pode ser criado um trem específico ou misto, ou seja, ... (emissão da documentação e recebimento do frete do embarcador) e propriedade sobre ...
www.multistrata.com.br/.../intermodalidade_importancia_logi...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 06:15
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 323
Grading comment
Muito obrigado pela ajuda Marlene :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cristinamarinho
1 hr
  -> Grata!
agree  Milana Penavski
11 hrs
  -> Grata!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
piggybacking
transporte rodo-ferroviário, transporte combinado


Explanation:
Diria assim em PT(pt)

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 11:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 148

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leonor Machado: eu diria só: transporte combinado
15 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Leonor!
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
piggybacking
adição (de vagões de carga extras a trens)


Explanation:
Babylon English-Portuguese

piggyback
v. adicionar (vagões de carga a trens)

Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
Brazil
Local time: 07:15
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Fernando :-)

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3 days 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
piggybacking
remonta


Explanation:
In the shipping business here in Brazil the correct expression is this.
That is the word the manufacturers all use here.Or "piggy back" mesmo!

Andrew Hunt
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Andrew :-)

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