cavas / descavas
English translation: tilling / hoeing
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|  Selected response from: Charles R. Castleberry United States Local time: 02:56 | ||||||
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| 4 | excavation, earth moving |
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| 4 | tilling / hoeing |
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| 3 | digging wells; loosening the earth |
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51 mins confidence: 
| cavas; descavas digging wells; loosening the earth Explanation: http://purl.pt/17142/4/sc-59045-v_PDF/sc-59045-v_PDF_24-C-R0... The soil should be turned three times a year: 1st, in the autumn, the 'escava' (or digging wells round the trunk of each vine, to catch the winter's rains); 2nd, in March or April, the 'cava' (or loosening the earth generally, and filling up the wells of the 'escava,' in order to protect the roots from the sun) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 51 mins (2018-02-05 20:48:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Definition of cava and descava in Portuguese: https://estudogeral.sib.uc.pt/jspui/bitstream/10316/634/5/Do... |
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1 hr confidence:
excavation, earth moving Explanation: excavation, earth moving |
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17 hrs confidence:
tilling / hoeing Explanation: In the photo below>http://valadodosfradesfotos.blogspot.com/p/o-valado-e-agricu... where you see “trabalho de cava”, they are holding hoes descavar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d16LsE_0VQ trabalho de Cava com enxada de pontas que chega a atingir um metro de profundidade. (enxada=hoe) https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/farmer-tilling-hoei... |
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