Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

escalar - in this context

English translation:

salt the fish

Added to glossary by airmailrpl
Nov 5, 2009 08:03
14 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

escalar - in this context

Portuguese to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Do you know any WORD/IDIOM in English that would have the same meaning as "escalar" in the following sentence?
Please not I am not looking for a translation of - salgar peixes.

many thanks in advance

http://www.jornalcanalaberto.com.br/index.php?pagina=materia...

Segundo Ruben Bianchi e Emiliano Bernardo, o Pingo, diretores do documentário, o trabalho enfocou as várias formas de pesca, a construção de uma moradia de pau-a-pique, o processo de “consertar” (eviscerar e descamar) e “escalar” (salgar) os peixes, o entralhamento (colocação de bóias e chumbo) de rede, e, ainda, a confecção de pequenas canoas-de-um-pau-só artesanais, uma das formas encontradas pela comunidade de obter alguma renda.
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Nov 17, 2009 03:23: airmailrpl Created KOG entry

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salt the fish

escalar - in this context..“escalar” (salgar) os peixes => alt the fish

How To Salt Fish - Autonopedia
HOW TO SALT FISH. By Daniel Casper. box of fish. I INTRODUCTION. A. Experience. Salting, one of the oldest methods of preserving food, is an art as well as ...
www.autonopedia.org.uk/food.../How_To_Salt_Fish.html -

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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-11-05 13:20:27 GMT)
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escalar - in this context..“escalar” (salgar) os peixes => Salt the fish
Peer comment(s):

agree Claudio Mazotti
19 mins
agradecido
agree Evans (X)
51 mins
agradecido
agree George C.
1 day 1 hr
agradecido
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clean out guts and salt (fish)

Do Aurélio:
escalar3
[De es- + calar2.]
V. t. d.
1. Estripar e salgar (peixe).

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-05 09:32:30 GMT)
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or: gut and salt (fish)
Peer comment(s):

agree Marlene Curtis
5 hrs
Marlene, thank you, regards
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