Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

xilogravador

English translation:

woodgraver

Added to glossary by Mariana Moreira
Nov 5, 2004 16:18
19 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

xilogravura e xilogravador

Portuguese to English Art/Literary Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Contexto:
Baseado em uma história de cordel de J. Borges, renomado artista popular e produzido inteiramente com ***xilogravuras*** originais do próprio autor, esse curta metragem em animação conta a história de um rapaz ....

Ele é considerado o maior ***xilogravador*** popular do Brasil.

Proposed translations

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woodengraving and woodgraver

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Peer comment(s):

agree Norbert Hermann : I think it should be 2 words
6 mins
Thanks, Hermann
agree Eduarda Ró-Ró (X) : woodengraving / wood engraver
11 mins
Obrigada, Eduarda
agree Sormane Gomes : 'wood engraver'
31 mins
Obrigada, Sormane
agree Cristina Santos
3 hrs
Obrigada, Cristina
agree Claudio Mazotti
12 hrs
Obrigada, klausinSP
agree James Cook
2 days 21 hrs
Obrigada, James
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Muito obrigada!"
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10 mins

wood engraving / wood engraver

Wood Engraver George Mackley Gresham Books Ltd Art Craft Wood Printing Engraving ... Author Name: George Mackley. Title: Wood Engraver. Binding: ... a master craftsman of wood engraving , and has restored and ... Keywords: Art Craft Wood Printing Engraving. Price = 95.00 ...
Peer comment(s):

agree Sormane Gomes
23 mins
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+3
4 hrs

xylograph / xylographer

xylography (noun):
1. Wood engraving, especially of an early period.
2. The art of printing texts or illustrations, sometimes with color, from woodblocks, as distinct from typography

xylographer = n. 1. One who practices xylography.

xylograph = An engraving on wood, or the impression from such an
engraving; a print by xylography

Referência: qualquer dicionário de inglês.
Peer comment(s):

agree marikadhillon
15 hrs
agree Henrique Magalhaes
2 days 22 hrs
agree David Warwick
3 days 14 hrs
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1 day 1 hr

woodcuts

1. xilogravura = woodcut: a block of wood carved with a picture or design from which prints are made; a print made by pressing a woodcut into a coloring substance and then onto paper

2. xilogravador =woodcutter n a maker of and printer from woodcuts
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