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Portuguese term or phrase:
Maço
English translation:
bunch
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Flavia Martins dos Santos
Mar 21, 2007 17:42
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Portuguese term
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Maço
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Fui ao supermercado comprar um maço de couve e outro de salsinha.
Proposed translations
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| 4 | bunch |
Marcel F
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| 4 +1 | a OR some / bunch |
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
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| 5 | head of cabbage |
Rosene Zaros
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bunch
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Paula Vaz-Carreiro
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a OR some / bunch
As far as I know, in English we would never apply the word "maçao", which basically means a bunch to cabbage, you can, however, apply it to parsley.
So this is how I would translate it:
I went to the supermarket to by some/a cabbage and a bunch of parley.
HTH
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-03-21 18:02:36 GMT)
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sorry - above I meant "maço"
The reason we wouldn't say a bunch of cabbage, is because you never see just cabbage leaves tied in a bunch, neither in supermarkets nor in markets, not really. What is for sale is always a whole cabbage.
So this is how I would translate it:
I went to the supermarket to by some/a cabbage and a bunch of parley.
HTH
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-03-21 18:02:36 GMT)
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sorry - above I meant "maço"
The reason we wouldn't say a bunch of cabbage, is because you never see just cabbage leaves tied in a bunch, neither in supermarkets nor in markets, not really. What is for sale is always a whole cabbage.
Note from asker:
| Me desculpe mas aqui no Brasil quando vmos fazer feijoada compramos sim couve manteiga em maço. Thnaks for the suggestion |
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Fernando Domeniconi
: You are right, Paula, but cabbage is repolho, couve is kale / I think cabbage can be couve too. And to be honest, I believe couve manteiga is collard, not kale. Bit confusing :)
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I see what you mean, but I have always been used, since I was a child, to call repolhos couves...
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Marcel F
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Thanks a lot Marcel
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Rosene Zaros
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head of cabbage
In the United States, we say we are buying a "head" of cabbage.
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