sandfly

Portuguese translation: mosquito-palha

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English term or phrase:sandfly
Portuguese translation:mosquito-palha
Entered by: Mario Freitas

17:28 Feb 22, 2018
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture
English term or phrase: sandfly
They have to stay 21 days on a Panamanian island, plagued with sand flies and threatened by snakes.
Luana Fernandes
Brazil
Local time: 09:56
mosquito-palha
Explanation:
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito-palha
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=mosquito palha&um=1&clien...
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=sandfly&um=1&client=firef...
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 09:56
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4 +4mosquito-palha
Mario Freitas
4mosca-da-areia
Matheus Chaud
4flebótomos
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida


  

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mosca-da-areia


Explanation:
Conforme link abaixo.

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Note added at 3 mins (2018-02-22 17:31:39 GMT)
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https://www.google.com.br/search?q="sandfly""mosca-da-areia"...

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 09:56
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
flebótomos


Explanation:
Diria assim em PT(pt), ver:

Os flebótomos são insectos de pequeno tamanho, com 2 a 4 mm com a aparência de um pequeno mosquito. Estes insectos são prejudiciais quer para os animais como para os seres humanos, sendo vectores de Leishmaniose em muitas áreas do Mundo com um clima mediterrânico, subtropical e tropical, incluindo Portugal.
http://www.frontline.pt/Insectosvoadores/Pages/Flebotomos.as...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 12:56
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
mosquito-palha


Explanation:
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito-palha
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=mosquito palha&um=1&clien...
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=sandfly&um=1&client=firef...


Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 09:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 139
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sueli Astrini
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  -> Obrigado, Sueli!

agree  Claudio Mazotti
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  -> Obrigado, Cláudio!

agree  Paulinho Fonseca
4 hrs
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agree  Paulo Gasques
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