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40 braças de largo

English translation: it is 40 fathoms long (or 240 feet long)

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Portuguese term or phrase: 40 braças de largo
English translation:it is 40 fathoms long (or 240 feet long)
Entered by: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

19:49 Jul 23, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Portuguese term or phrase: 40 braças de largo
Tem a barra 40 braças de largo, e 20 palmos, com pouca diferença de fundo na baixa-mar.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 04:40
it is 40 fathoms long (or 240 feet long)
Explanation:
sabella.mba.ac.uk/.../Notes_on_the_herring,_lon... - Traduzir esta página
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de WJU Roach
aud 44 fathoms to the rope, that is, 132 fathoms long, with buoy- lines 1 fathom deep. Those used in the Sound vary with the size of the boat. The smaller boats ...
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 09:40
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4 +1it is 40 fathoms long (or 240 feet long)
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
440 fathoms wide
Kevin Freyburg


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
it is 40 fathoms long (or 240 feet long)


Explanation:
sabella.mba.ac.uk/.../Notes_on_the_herring,_lon... - Traduzir esta página
Formato do arquivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
de WJU Roach
aud 44 fathoms to the rope, that is, 132 fathoms long, with buoy- lines 1 fathom deep. Those used in the Sound vary with the size of the boat. The smaller boats ...

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 09:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32

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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
40 fathoms wide


Explanation:
No contexto de "barra" normalmente estará se referindo a largura da entrada estreita do porto, freqüentemente obstruída por material aluvional que neste caso tem 20 palmos de profundidade.

largo = wide





    Reference: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barra
    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/pten/largo
Kevin Freyburg
Local time: 04:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 46
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