buris

English translation: gouges

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Portuguese term or phrase:buris
English translation:gouges
Entered by: Tania Pires

14:00 Feb 24, 2017
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / List of Items
Portuguese term or phrase: buris
'Aplicações principais: ferramentas pneumáticas, lâminas, matrizes e punções p/ corte de materiais espessos, escopros, buris.'

I keep getting 'chisel' for 'escopro' and 'buril'. How would you tell these apart in a sentence?

Thanks in advance for your help!
Tania Pires
Portugal
Local time: 05:20
gouges
Explanation:
gouges
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 05:20
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Summary of answers provided
5gouges
Nick Taylor
4chisels
Mario Freitas
3burins
Clauwolf
3punches
Matheus Chaud


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
burins


Explanation:
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burin
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Define burin: an engraver's steel cutting tool having the blade ground obliquely to a sharp point.

Clauwolf
Local time: 01:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 56
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada!

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
punches


Explanation:
Punches and chisels

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 01:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, Matheus, mas já tenho punções no texto, o que é capaz de ficar confuso.

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
gouges


Explanation:
gouges

Nick Taylor
Local time: 05:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 137
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Nick!

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
chisels


Explanation:
https://www.google.com.br/?gws_rd=ssl#q="buril" "chisel"&*

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 01:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 79
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