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carnes brancas

English translation: white meats

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Portuguese term or phrase:carnes brancas
English translation:white meats
Entered by: Alexandra Gouveia

11:27 Mar 13, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink / Label
Portuguese term or phrase: carnes brancas
carnes brancas, como por exemplo, carne de aves e coelho
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MTIA
Alexandra Gouveia
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:46
white meats
Explanation:
Diria assim mesmo...

White meat or light meat refers to the lighter-colored meat of poultry as contrasted with dark meat. In a more general sense, white meat may also refer to any lighter-colored meat, as contrasted with red meats like beef and some types of game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_meat

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Note added at 13 mins (2014-03-13 11:40:50 GMT)
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N.B. Também se diz lean meats...
Selected response from:

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 07:46
Grading comment
Many thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3white meats
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
5(poultry) / white meats / light meat
Thiago Araujo
4 -1poultry
Ena Smith


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
poultry


Explanation:
poultry

Ena Smith
United States
Local time: 02:46
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Georgia Morg (X): rabbit is not poultry
1 hr
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
white meats


Explanation:
Diria assim mesmo...

White meat or light meat refers to the lighter-colored meat of poultry as contrasted with dark meat. In a more general sense, white meat may also refer to any lighter-colored meat, as contrasted with red meats like beef and some types of game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_meat

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Note added at 13 mins (2014-03-13 11:40:50 GMT)
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N.B. Também se diz lean meats...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 07:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Many thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thiago Araujo
5 mins
  -> Obrigada, Thiago!
agree  Douglas Bissell
39 mins
  -> Thanks, Douglas!
agree  Catarina Lopes
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Ana!
agree  Mario Freitas:
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Mario!
disagree  Richard Purdom: white meat NOT white meats
5 hrs
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: It should be *singular*. We do not speak of 'white meats'.
7 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
(poultry) / white meats / light meat


Explanation:
"White meat or light meat refers to the lighter-colored meat of poultry as contrasted with dark meat. In a more general sense, white meat may also refer to any lighter-colored meat, as contrasted with red meats like beef and some types of game".


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_meat
Thiago Araujo
Brazil
Local time: 03:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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