movimentar o solo

English translation: turn over/till the soil

23:13 Mar 19, 2017
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Agriculture / -
Portuguese term or phrase: movimentar o solo
Parte das atividades agrícolas: "colher, plantar, aplicar, monitorar, fazer a manutenção das máquinas, movimentar o solo"
Adriano Gomes
English translation:turn over/till the soil
Explanation:
I think this is what they mean.



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Note added at 51 mins (2017-03-20 00:04:23 GMT)
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Examples:

Autumn digging: **time to turn over the soil ** - Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk › Gardening › Gardening Advice
Oct 28, 2009 - Autumn digging: time to turn over the soil. Dig over the soil before winter to aerate the earth, and help bring pests to the surface ...

4 Ways to Prepare Soil for a Garden - wikiHow
www.wikihow.com › ... › Gardening › Compost Mulch and Soil Preparation
**Turn over the soil using a shovel or motor driven rotary tiller.** For new plots, you'll want to turn the soil over about 12-18 inches deep. You may want to dig that ...

https://www.kidsgardening.org/gardening-basics-preparing-the... your garden is established, **it is not necessary to till or turn over the soil each spring. Tilling can actually be detrimental to the soil, disrupting the ecosystem ...**
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 21:40
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4turn over/till the soil
Muriel Vasconcellos
3soil moving
Matheus Chaud


  

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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
turn over/till the soil


Explanation:
I think this is what they mean.



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Note added at 51 mins (2017-03-20 00:04:23 GMT)
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Examples:

Autumn digging: **time to turn over the soil ** - Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk › Gardening › Gardening Advice
Oct 28, 2009 - Autumn digging: time to turn over the soil. Dig over the soil before winter to aerate the earth, and help bring pests to the surface ...

4 Ways to Prepare Soil for a Garden - wikiHow
www.wikihow.com › ... › Gardening › Compost Mulch and Soil Preparation
**Turn over the soil using a shovel or motor driven rotary tiller.** For new plots, you'll want to turn the soil over about 12-18 inches deep. You may want to dig that ...

https://www.kidsgardening.org/gardening-basics-preparing-the... your garden is established, **it is not necessary to till or turn over the soil each spring. Tilling can actually be detrimental to the soil, disrupting the ecosystem ...**

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 21:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 76
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
movimentar o solo
soil moving


Explanation:
U.S. Government
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 7, Agriculture, Pt. 300-399
National Archives and Records Administration, Office of the Federal Register
https://books.google.com.br/books?id=7xUJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA106&l...
Soil-moving equipment
Equipment used for moving or transporting soil


Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 01:40
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24
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