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porca meia lua

English translation: half-moon nut

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Portuguese term or phrase:porca meia lua
English translation:half-moon nut
Entered by: R. Alex Jenkins

13:10 May 31, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Furniture / Household Appliances / porca meia lua
Portuguese term or phrase: porca meia lua
é uma porca com formato de meia lua. só tenho isso a dizer. já vi "chave meia lua" , que é "bent wrench". nada mais!!
simonete
half-moon nut
Explanation:
It's a difficult term to be sure about and find in English, but I think this is the nearest expression.

There's a good discussion about it on the Wordreference forum. Someone thinks it could be a 'Woodruff nut', but although there IS a woodruff key, it doesn't appear to be that.
http://forum.wordreference.com/archive/index.php/t-272611.ht...

See also this picture of "Cassin anodised half moon nuts" from:
http://www.walkhigh.co.uk/acatalog/Passive_Protection.html
Scroll about a page down to see a picture.

All the best,
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R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 16:47
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1have moon screw
Susy Ordaz
3 +2half-moon nut
R. Alex Jenkins


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
have moon screw


Explanation:
have moon screw


    Reference: http://www.kitchensource.com/lazy-susan/ha-5-10.htm
Susy Ordaz
Local time: 20:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks!!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Denise Miranda: "half"!
25 mins
  -> Sorry of course Denise: half.
neutral  R. Alex Jenkins: I don't think it's a 'screw', hence my different opinion
40 mins
  -> Thanks Richard.
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
half-moon nut


Explanation:
It's a difficult term to be sure about and find in English, but I think this is the nearest expression.

There's a good discussion about it on the Wordreference forum. Someone thinks it could be a 'Woodruff nut', but although there IS a woodruff key, it doesn't appear to be that.
http://forum.wordreference.com/archive/index.php/t-272611.ht...

See also this picture of "Cassin anodised half moon nuts" from:
http://www.walkhigh.co.uk/acatalog/Passive_Protection.html
Scroll about a page down to see a picture.

All the best,


R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 16:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks!! I think it´s the only option. I´ve tried to find a picutre in other language, but I can´t. I think this expression exists only in Portuguese.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
48 mins
  -> Thanks Sir!
agree  lexical: I think we've had this before in this forum, and quite recently.
1 hr
  -> Thanks David!
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