Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

sem rodapé

English translation:

without a baseboard

Added to glossary by Isabel Maria Almeida
May 8, 2010 14:27
14 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

sem rodapé

Portuguese to English Other Surveying educação física/pesqui
A estatura foi aferida por um antropômetro fixado em uma parede sem rodapé, descalço o avaliado se posicionou com o dorso na parede.
Change log

May 10, 2010 15:03: Isabel Maria Almeida changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/83285">Lilian Magalhães's</a> old entry - "sem rodapé"" to ""without a baseboard ""

Discussion

David Drysdale (X) May 9, 2010:
Right . . Floorboard is the floor in the car!

Proposed translations

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baseboard

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Peer comment(s):

agree Marlene Curtis : Yes, with no baseboard for the USA.
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agree T o b i a s : USA
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agree imatahan
4 hrs
agree Arthur Godinho
7 hrs
disagree coolbrowne : For US English it should be without a baseboard
16 hrs
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attached to a wall without a floorboard . . .

Possibility:

attached to a wall without a floorboard . . .
Peer comment(s):

disagree coolbrowne : It's not a floorboard but a baseboard (US) or skirtboard (UK, also skiting board)
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+5
10 mins

with no skirting board

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Note added at 13 mins (2010-05-08 14:41:16 GMT)
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... If you had perfectly straight walls or wooden plates on either side, with no skirting board, and ..
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Peer comment(s):

agree kashew : Certainly for GB English.
2 mins
Kashew, cheers. Antonio
agree T o b i a s : UK
37 mins
Tobias, cheers, Antonio
agree suesimons : Yes, UK, for sure.
2 hrs
Sue, cheers, Antonio
agree Edward Nelson : Definitely for UK
6 hrs
Edward Nelson, thank you. Antonio
agree coolbrowne : Or skirtboard, assuming UK is the target
16 hrs
Coolbrowne, thank you, Antonio
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