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Fio de lamego

English translation: hemp thread

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Portuguese term or phrase:Fio de lamego
English translation:hemp thread
Entered by: Maria Clarisse Amorim Brandão Silva

01:04 Nov 10, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Portuguese term or phrase: Fio de lamego
The context is:

Aves de fio de lamego
Material: fios de lamego, cartao (para confeccao do molde), tesoura, papel colorido para ornamentacao.

1. Faz-se o molde de cartao (molde circular com um orificio ao centro). Constroi-se a bola de lamego (com o apoio do molde> enrolando a linha de lamego a volta do molde e passando sempre pelo orifico central.
Maria Clarisse Amorim Brandão Silva
Portugal
Local time: 14:02
hemp thread
Explanation:
O fio de lamego é mais conhecido por fio norte. É muito utilizado nas embalagens, é vendido em rolos de cerca de 6 cm de diâmetro, o fio tem uma espessura de cerca de 1 mm e é de cor acinzentada. Pode ser comprado em qualquer casa de ferragens ou drogaria. Penso que é fio de cânhamo, as não estou certa, por isso a minha sugestão de hemp thread.

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Note added at 10 horas (2010-11-10 11:04:33 GMT)
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Pode ver os novelos desse fio, que pode ter várias espessuras, em http://www.olmar.pt/ins_product_family_detail.aspx?mc1=3542&...
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riafontes
Spain
Local time: 14:02
Grading comment
Thank you for all the suggestions, especially this one.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2hemp thread
riafontes
4twine
Marlene Curtis


  

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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
hemp thread


Explanation:
O fio de lamego é mais conhecido por fio norte. É muito utilizado nas embalagens, é vendido em rolos de cerca de 6 cm de diâmetro, o fio tem uma espessura de cerca de 1 mm e é de cor acinzentada. Pode ser comprado em qualquer casa de ferragens ou drogaria. Penso que é fio de cânhamo, as não estou certa, por isso a minha sugestão de hemp thread.

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Note added at 10 horas (2010-11-10 11:04:33 GMT)
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Pode ver os novelos desse fio, que pode ter várias espessuras, em http://www.olmar.pt/ins_product_family_detail.aspx?mc1=3542&...

riafontes
Spain
Local time: 14:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14
Grading comment
Thank you for all the suggestions, especially this one.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you for your contribution. May I ask how did you find out the translation? Because in Google there is no "fio de lamego". Therefore, I'm curious to know. Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Taylor: I couldnt find this anywhere, is the term confined to a small area, or is widely known? I am close to Lisbon.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Nick. Widely known. It is also called fio do norte, fio vela or fio de sapateiro. The old shoemakers used it to manually sew the shoes. See the web site indicated above or search google with fio norte. You will get a lot of hits.
agree  Evans (X): I'd only come across fio do norte before, but this seems to be the equivalent.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Gilla
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
twine


Explanation:

[DOC] Dicionário de inglês
File Format: Microsoft Word
twine -- fio (de sapateiro, de retroz). gavinha,. twine -- torcer-se, enroscar-se. ...... yarn -- fio de lã. yawn -- bocejo, bocejar. year -- ano. ...
www.ebooksevangelicos.com/.../Miguel Arantes - Dicionario I...


twine -- fio (de sapateiro, de retroz). gavinha,


http://books.google.com/books?id=tUdDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA686&lpg=P...

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=p...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 09:02
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 135
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