rescaldo

English translation: mop up

20:15 Feb 16, 2021
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber
Portuguese term or phrase: rescaldo
This is in a text about forest fires. The meaning is no. 3 in Aulete: https://www.aulete.com.br/rescaldo.
The text talks about the "técnica de rescaldo" and uses "rescaldo" in various places (sometimes on its own) as a noun.
Am at a loss to think of a single-word equivalent in English.
Colin Bowles
Brazil
Local time: 14:19
English translation:mop up
Explanation:
Encontrei este termo em um glossário de termos florestais https://gfmc.online/wp-content/uploads/Forest-Fire-Terms-Han...

E esta definição: The act of extinguishing a fire after it has been brought under control. Mop up involves carrying out all necessary actions to prevent re-ignition.
aqui https://www.mefistoforestfires.eu/term/mop
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Luciana Alves
Brazil
Local time: 14:19
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3 +2mop up
Luciana Alves
4wake
Gonçalo Gonçalves
3prevention (techniques)
Barbara Cochran, MFA


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prevention (techniques)


Explanation:
Measures taken to keep the fires from flaring up again.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 13:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
wake


Explanation:
'Wake of fire' é a expressão que se costuma usar.


    https://www.sgvtribune.com/2016/08/31/bodies-found-in-wake-of-san-gabriel-complex-fires-identified-as-missing-cousins/
    https://www.denverpost.com/2007/10/25/4-charred-bodies-found-in-fires-wake/
Gonçalo Gonçalves
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
mop up


Explanation:
Encontrei este termo em um glossário de termos florestais https://gfmc.online/wp-content/uploads/Forest-Fire-Terms-Han...

E esta definição: The act of extinguishing a fire after it has been brought under control. Mop up involves carrying out all necessary actions to prevent re-ignition.
aqui https://www.mefistoforestfires.eu/term/mop

Luciana Alves
Brazil
Local time: 14:19
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Yes. I checked your reference and this is the translation given for "rescaldo".
9 hrs

agree  Charles R. Castleberry: https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wildfire/fire-terms...
12 hrs
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