Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
seca e estiagem
English translation:
drought and dry spell
Added to glossary by
Marsel de Souza
Aug 3, 2002 23:47
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seca X estiagem
Portuguese to English
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A Região Nordeste é caracterizada pelos prolongados períodos de SECA e ESTIAGENS, com registros históricos do século XVI, causando grandes prejuízos sociais e econômicos.
Não estou conseguindo ver a nuance (se é que existe) entre os dois termos.
Tks in advance!
Não estou conseguindo ver a nuance (se é que existe) entre os dois termos.
Tks in advance!
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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drought x dry spell
"... long periods of drought and dry spells, ..."
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Robert INGLEDEW
Argentina
Argentina
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Argentina
OIL, GAS, ENERGY, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT...
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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dry season & low water
Seca = dry (season)
Estiagen = low water (Routledge and Oxford dictionaries)
Hope this helps.
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Note added at 2002-08-04 13:47:20 (GMT)
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Regarding airmailrpl´s disagree, I am sorry I do not have Portuguese electronic dictionaries, so I have to paste the meanings from my Spanish ones. Estiagen in portuguese is estiaje in Spanish.
estiaje m
ENERG RENOV, HIDROL en ríos o lagos low water (Routledge)
estiaje m (disminución de caudal) low water level; (período)
ebb tide, low water (Oxford)
Drought (proposed as equivalent of estiaje) means sequía in Spanish, which is not the same as estiaje.
drought / draUt / n [c u] sequía f (Oxford SuperLex)
drought resistance n
AGRIC resistencia a sequía f (Routledge)
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Note added at 2002-08-04 13:49:08 (GMT)
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IN OTHER WORDS:
ALTHOUGH THE CONCEPTS ARE SIMILAR, THE ESTIAJE (LOW WATER) IS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE DROUGHT, BUT IS NOT THE DROUGHT ITSELF.
Estiagen = low water (Routledge and Oxford dictionaries)
Hope this helps.
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Note added at 2002-08-04 13:47:20 (GMT)
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Regarding airmailrpl´s disagree, I am sorry I do not have Portuguese electronic dictionaries, so I have to paste the meanings from my Spanish ones. Estiagen in portuguese is estiaje in Spanish.
estiaje m
ENERG RENOV, HIDROL en ríos o lagos low water (Routledge)
estiaje m (disminución de caudal) low water level; (período)
ebb tide, low water (Oxford)
Drought (proposed as equivalent of estiaje) means sequía in Spanish, which is not the same as estiaje.
drought / draUt / n [c u] sequía f (Oxford SuperLex)
drought resistance n
AGRIC resistencia a sequía f (Routledge)
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Note added at 2002-08-04 13:49:08 (GMT)
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IN OTHER WORDS:
ALTHOUGH THE CONCEPTS ARE SIMILAR, THE ESTIAJE (LOW WATER) IS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE DROUGHT, BUT IS NOT THE DROUGHT ITSELF.
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Carlos Ferreira
: Certo. Lembro que estiagem quer dizer ausência de chuva na região.
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Gracias, Carlos.
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airmailrpl
: Estiagen = drought
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Estiaje and sequía are completely different words in Spanish. Please check the dictionary. I did.
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Emilia Carneiro
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
The word is yours!
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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8
drought xdry season
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Sylvio Kauffmann
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Rafa Lombardino
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Steve Smith
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Clauwolf
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airmailrpl
: estiagem = drought.. dry season = seca
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Drought
De acordo com o dicionário técnico e científico da Verbo as duas palavras significam "drought". Eu optaria por traduzir apenas por drought.
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António Ribeiro
: Correcto. Seca é o mesmo que estiagem = "drought" .
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Obrigada!
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airmailrpl
: as duas palavras significam "drought"
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Obrigada!
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Dick House
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Obrigada!
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drought x dry spell
"... long periods of drought and dry spells, ..."
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Drought and aridity
They are not quite the same thing: drought = lack of rain, aridity = dry conditions for other reasons e.g. topographical, position of mountains, watersheds, etc. Hope this helps.
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