zagaia de aço

English translation: steel hunting spear

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Portuguese term or phrase:zagaia de aço
English translation:steel hunting spear
Entered by: Andre Lange (X)

16:42 May 9, 2018
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Portuguese term or phrase: zagaia de aço
Faz referência a um tipo de arma usada para caça, citada por PALMÉRIO, Mário em Vila dos Confins.

a emoção do Padre Sommer, caçando uma jaguarana preta numa gruta escura armado apenas com uma zagaia de aço afiada
Andre Lange (X)
Brazil
Local time: 16:50
steel hunting spear
Explanation:
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=hunting spear&um=1&client...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-05-09 21:38:29 GMT)
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Steel hunting ficou estranho. Parece que o sujeito vai caçar aço. Talvez steel-coated hunting spear ou steel-made hunting spear
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 16:50
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Summary of answers provided
5a steel tipped spear
Nick Taylor
4assegai or assagai / pole weapon with a steel tip
Gilmar Fernandes
3steel hunting spear
Mario Freitas


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assegai or assagai / pole weapon with a steel tip


Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assegai

An assegai or assagai (Latin hasta,[1] cf Arabic az-zaġāyah, Berber zaġāya "spear", Old French azagaie, Spanish azagaya, Italian zagaglia, Chaucer lancegay)[2] is a pole weapon used for throwing, usually a light spear or javelin made of wood and pointed with iron or fire-hardened tip.

Gilmar Fernandes
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a steel tipped spear


Explanation:
a steel tipped spear

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Depends on the reader and level of knowledge - but spear is generic and easily understood by most everyone :-)

Nick Taylor
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steel hunting spear


Explanation:
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=hunting spear&um=1&client...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-05-09 21:38:29 GMT)
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Steel hunting ficou estranho. Parece que o sujeito vai caçar aço. Talvez steel-coated hunting spear ou steel-made hunting spear

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 16:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 38
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