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colorau

English translation: paprika

15:15 Mar 5, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Food & Drink
Portuguese term or phrase: colorau
Could you please tell me what is colorau?
Thank you.
Jenny Albram
English translation:paprika
Explanation:
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-03-05 15:18:13 GMT)
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http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/generic_frame.ht...
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Sónia Tavares
Germany
Local time: 03:33
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2paprika
Sónia Tavares
5 +2annatto/ achiote/ urucum powder
Claudio Mazotti
5 +1Bell pepper, Pod pepper, Sweet pepper
AlphaMike


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
paprika


Explanation:
SC

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-03-05 15:18:13 GMT)
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http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/generic_frame.ht...

Sónia Tavares
Germany
Local time: 03:33
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mariana Moreira
0 min
  -> Obrigada Mariana!
agree  Isabel Vidigal
1 hr
disagree  Claudio Mazotti: desculpe-me, mas são condimentos diferentes. A páprica é extraída das sementes do pimentão vermelho, enqto o colorau é do urucum.
2 hrs
agree  António Ribeiro
6 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
annatto/ achiote/ urucum powder


Explanation:
It is a product extracted from the seeds of a plant called "urucum". It is widely used in Central and South America as a spice and for medicinal purposes. Indians also use it to color their bodies. You can see the plant, its fruit and seeds int the sites below:

http://www.plantaservas.hpg.ig.com.br/arquivos/ervas/Urucum....

Annatto. Medicinal Properties. Annatto -Urucum - Achiote. Bixa orellana. ... Producto
Origin, Bolivia. Product presentation, Organic Annato Seeds, Organic Anatto Powder ...
www.geocities.com/quinua2002/achiote2E.html

... The powder is also used in Brazilian regional cooking and has industrial applications
in tanning lotions and as a ... The urucum grows practically all over Brazil. ...
www.maria-brazil.org/trees.htm

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AlphaMike: Annatto is a colored pigment extracted from the Central and South American plant Bixa orellana. The color comes from the resinous outer covering of the seeds of the plant, and is composed of the carotenoid pigments bixin and norbixin, and their esters.
8 hrs
  -> You better check it carefully through the sites I have proposed... The pictures show the evidence! Moreover, I make constant use of it...
agree  T o b i a s: Claudio is not wrong. It depends where you buy your colorau: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorau
911 days
  -> tks a lot!!!
agree  yasmin1: Claudio it's 100% correct. I'm a Chef and use paprica for my beef goulash, never for brazilian moqueca! Good job Claudio.I'm Brazilian by the way!
1819 days
  -> tks a lot!
agree  Fabio Teixeira: Yes, it's definitely annatto
2404 days
  -> tks a lot!
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Bell pepper, Pod pepper, Sweet pepper


Explanation:
go here for colorau in many languages:
http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/generic_frame.ht...

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Note added at 11 hrs 19 mins (2005-03-06 02:34:45 GMT)
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sweet pepper /noun [countable]
a green, red, or yellow vegetable that is hollow with many seeds; bell pepper AmE

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AlphaMike
Local time: 02:33
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ahartje
4 hrs
  -> obrigada!
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