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ballasted trailer

Portuguese translation: reboque com lastro

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English term or phrase:ballasted trailer
Portuguese translation:reboque com lastro
Entered by: Sónia Tavares

01:31 Nov 23, 2006
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / Português Europeu
English term or phrase: ballasted trailer
With regard to the test itself we used the same 15 and a half-ton ballasted trailer behind each tractor to keep it as constant as possible.

Agradeço a ajuda!
Sónia Tavares
Germany
Local time: 21:56
reboque com lastro
Explanation:
tratando-se de um teste, se lastreia o reboque para simular carga real
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Mauro Lando
Brazil
Local time: 16:56
Grading comment
Obrigada!
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Summary of answers provided
5reboque carregado com lastro
airmailrpl
5reboque atrelado
Rildo Oliveira
4reboque com lastro
Mauro Lando


  

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reboque carregado com lastro


Explanation:
Definitions of ballast on the Web:

* any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
Definitions of ballast on the Web:
* make steady with a ballast
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

bal·last Pronunciation (blst)
n.
1. Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship or the gondola of a balloon to enhance stability.
3. Something that gives stability, especially in character.
tr.v. bal·last·ed, bal·last·ing, bal·lasts
1. To stabilize or provide with ballast.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ballast

airmailrpl
Brazil
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reboque com lastro


Explanation:
tratando-se de um teste, se lastreia o reboque para simular carga real

Mauro Lando
Brazil
Local time: 16:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 124
Grading comment
Obrigada!

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2 days 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
reboque atrelado


Explanation:
"[No teste / na realização do teste] (propriamente dito), usamos o mesmo reboque de 15,5 toneladas atrelado a cada trator, de maneira a mantê-lo tão estável quanto possível".

Bom Trabalho!

Rildo Oliveira
Brazil
Local time: 16:56
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