Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Gomos de batata
English translation:
(potato) wedges
Added to glossary by
Paula Pereira
May 22, 2011 15:52
13 yrs ago
Portuguese term
Portugal
Responsibility, Quality, Commitment
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese
Gomos de batata
Portuguese to English
Other
Cooking / Culinary
Menu
"Gomos de batatas panados com especiarias"
The potatoes are cut in four or more pieces resembling orange segments or sections. Then they are coated and deep-fried. But doesn't it sound strange to call these "Potato Sections"? Potatoes do no have sections! I am about to kill this Chef :-S
"Pieces", "Slices", "Segments"?
TiA
The potatoes are cut in four or more pieces resembling orange segments or sections. Then they are coated and deep-fried. But doesn't it sound strange to call these "Potato Sections"? Potatoes do no have sections! I am about to kill this Chef :-S
"Pieces", "Slices", "Segments"?
TiA
Proposed translations
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| 4 +10 | (potato) wedges |
Constance Mannshardt
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| 4 | Potato slits (along the length) |
Leonor Machado
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Change log
May 22, 2011 15:59: Paula Pereira changed "Language pair" from "English to Portuguese" to "Portuguese to English"
Proposed translations
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Constance Mannshardt
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
+ 20 years experience in technical trans
Native in: German 
, Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Portuguese to German, and 1 more.
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(potato) wedges
Só conheço assim.
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Note added at 5 mins (2011-05-22 15:57:43 GMT)
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O par de idiomas não está errado? Deveria ser Pt>En.
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Note added at 11 mins (2011-05-22 16:03:50 GMT)
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Ótimo, Paula, fico feliz por ter ajudado. Eu NUNCA traduzo para o inglês, mas qdo morei na Alemanha comia muito destes potato wedges com alecrim, deliciosos. Até lá são vendidos com esta denominação. :-)
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Note added at 5 mins (2011-05-22 15:57:43 GMT)
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O par de idiomas não está errado? Deveria ser Pt>En.
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Note added at 11 mins (2011-05-22 16:03:50 GMT)
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Ótimo, Paula, fico feliz por ter ajudado. Eu NUNCA traduzo para o inglês, mas qdo morei na Alemanha comia muito destes potato wedges com alecrim, deliciosos. Até lá são vendidos com esta denominação. :-)
Note from asker:
| Estava errado sim, Constance, mas já inverti. Eu não traduzo habitualmente para inglês. Já agora, obrigada pela rápida resposta. É que é exactamente isso que eu queria :)))) |
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Claudio Mazotti
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Obrigada! :-)
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Obrigada! :-)
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Verginia Ophof
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Obrigada:-)
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imatahan
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Obrigada! :-)
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Douglas Bissell
: Absolutely!
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Thank you! :-)
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Nick Taylor
: In solid geometry, a wedge is a polyhedron defined by two triangles and three trapezoid faces. A wedge has five faces, nine edges, and six vertices. A wedge is a subclass of the prismatoids with the base and opposite ridge in two parallel planes. A wedg
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Wedges in a kitchen :-): http://www.google.com/search?q=potato wedges&hl=en&prmd=ivns...
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Gilmar Fernandes
: Indeed. Take a look: http://www.google.com/search?q=potato wedges&hl=en&prmd=ivns...
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Exatamente :-D. Obrigada.
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Diana Coada (X)
4 hrs
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Obrigada! :-)
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Georgia Morg (X)
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Obrigada! :-)
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connie leite
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Obrigada! :-)
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T o b i a s
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Obrigada! :-)
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Rachel Fell
: cookery isn't always geometrically correct ;-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/potatowedgeswithrose_86029
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Thank God! :-D
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Comment: "Obrigada a todos :)"
3 hrs
Potato slits (along the length)
Sug
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