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chassi elevado (do chão)

English translation: rewrite - with large wheels which kept the chassis well clear of the ground

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Portuguese term or phrase: chassi elevado (do chão)
English translation:rewrite - with large wheels which kept the chassis well clear of the ground
Entered by: Nick Taylor

01:45 Jul 15, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / planejamento urbano
Portuguese term or phrase: chassi elevado (do chão)
Os carros eram um Motobloc francês e um Sizaire et Naudin, veículos de rodas altas que deixavam o chassi elevado do chão.

Could it simply be "raised chassis"?
Maria Cristina Vasconcelos
Brazil
Local time: 19:26
rewrite - with large wheels which kept the chassis well clear of the ground
Explanation:
with large wheels which kept the chassis well clear of the ground

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Note added at 6 hrs (2014-07-15 08:44:00 GMT)
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Rodas altas - large diameter wheels, not high wheels.
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 23:26
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4rewrite - with large wheels which kept the chassis well clear of the ground
Nick Taylor
4raised chassis
António Ribeiro


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
raised chassis


Explanation:
Correcto.


    Reference: http://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2010/title-40/chapter-8/...
António Ribeiro
Local time: 08:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 51

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mario Freitas:
1 hr
disagree  Richard Purdom: sorry, 'elevado' is in respect of 'chão', not the chassis, so comes after
8 hrs
  -> Você está certo. Só li "chassi elevado" e foi a primeira coisa que me veio à cabeça.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
rewrite - with large wheels which kept the chassis well clear of the ground


Explanation:
with large wheels which kept the chassis well clear of the ground

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Note added at 6 hrs (2014-07-15 08:44:00 GMT)
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Rodas altas - large diameter wheels, not high wheels.

Nick Taylor
Local time: 23:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 172
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Purdom: miles better
1 hr
  -> thanks Richard
agree  Mario Freitas: Yes. In this context, we're not talking about a raised chassis.
3 hrs
  -> thanks Mário
agree  António Ribeiro
18 hrs
  -> thanks António
agree  Margarida Ataide
4 days
  -> thanks it
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