saponificados

English translation: saponified

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Portuguese term or phrase:	saponificado
English translation:	saponified
Entered by:	Lindsay Spratt

20:37 Aug 1, 2011

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Cosmetics, Beauty / Cleaning products

Portuguese term or phrase: saponificados

"...produtos ecoeficientes, formulados com matérias-primas de origem vegetal (derivados do babaçu, palma, mamona, saponificados e com enzimas naturais)"

The text is referring to cleaning products. Not sure how to translate 'saponificados' to English. I know that it's something which lends itself to soap, but maybe someone can help me with a good way of fitting it in this phrase. Thanks!

Lindsay Spratt KudoZ activity Questions: 555 (8 open) (3 without valid answers) (26 closed without grading) Answers: 333 France
Local time: 19:28

saponified

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saponification

Selected response from:

Mark Robertson
Local time: 18:28

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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4 +2

saponified

Mark Robertson

saponified

Janete Inamini

soaped

David Hollywood

saponified

Verginia Ophof

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4 mins confidence:

soaped

Explanation:
I would say

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or (and more technical): saponated

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saponated definition adj : treated or combined with a soap <saponated cresol solution> ...

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and with natural enzimes

David Hollywood
Local time: 14:28
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

41 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

saponified

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saponification

Mark Robertson
Local time: 18:28
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks Mark!

42 mins confidence:

saponified

Explanation:
Saponification is a process that produces soap, usually from fats and....

Example sentence(s):

Vegetable oils and animal fats are the main materials that are saponified.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saponification

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 11:28
Native speaker of: English

44 mins confidence:

saponified

Explanation:
The process of soap formation is called saponification.

Example sentence(s):

Genotoxicity induced by saponified coconut oil surfactant in prokaryote systems
SAPONIFIED PALM OIL: Saponified oil or fat is a lipid substance treated with sodium or patassium hydroxide to convert it into soap

Reference: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient.php?ingred06=705808
Reference: http://mutage.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/6/441.abstract

Janete Inamini
Brazil
Local time: 14:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese

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