Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
contador
English translation:
"contador"/chest of drawers
Added to glossary by
Soraia Martins
Aug 27, 2009 12:09
14 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Portugal
Eager to show off the goods.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese
contador
Portuguese to English
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Furniture / Household Appliances
Furniture
«Na sua origem (conhecido desde o séc. XIV), o contador era um móvel de modestas dimensões, uma caixa com gavetas onde se guardavam moedas e objectos preciosos e que se colocava em cima de uma mesa. Não era considerado peça de luxo mas um móvel funcional. Mais tarde, embeleza-se e enriquece-se com o emprego de madeiras exóticas, com materiais de revestimento precioso ou com embutidos.»
Hope this helps. Thank you!
Hope this helps. Thank you!
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | "contador"/chest of drawers |
Marlene Curtis
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| 4 | contador |
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Proposed translations
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34 mins
Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
&
English
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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"contador"/chest of drawers
Não creio que haja uma tradução consagrada para o termo. A mais aproximada, a meu ver, seria "chest of drawers" pr "mini chest of drawers". Veja os links abaixo.
http://www.terra.com.br/istoe/comport/150816.htm
http://www.cohassetcolonials.com/catalog/view/woodenware/Min...
http://books.google.com/books?id=VvWuSsu3M8sC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA...
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Note added at 35 mins (2009-08-27 12:45:13 GMT)
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Correção
OR "mini chest of drawers".
http://www.terra.com.br/istoe/comport/150816.htm
http://www.cohassetcolonials.com/catalog/view/woodenware/Min...
http://books.google.com/books?id=VvWuSsu3M8sC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA...
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Note added at 35 mins (2009-08-27 12:45:13 GMT)
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Correção
OR "mini chest of drawers".
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Comment: "Thank you, Marlene :)"
37 mins
contador
encontra-se muitas vezes assim
algumas referências:
http://www.antiquehotspots.com/InvDetail.asp?id=4124&doFrame...
http://www.pastperfect.sg/indcol.aspx
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/134657/contador
uma sugestão...
algumas referências:
http://www.antiquehotspots.com/InvDetail.asp?id=4124&doFrame...
http://www.pastperfect.sg/indcol.aspx
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/134657/contador
uma sugestão...
Reference comments
1 hr
Carla Selyer
Native in Portuguese
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English
Portuguese, French & Spanish specialist
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English, and 2 more.
Reference:
Some references for 'miniature chest' or 'miniature chest of drawers'
There are loads of pictures of miniature chests of drawers as well on the internet - see the references below. Sometimes also looking at the picture can be helpful in deciding if this is what the text is referring to.
Regards
Carla
Miniature Chest Of Drawers | Woodenware | Cohasset ColonialsTiny chest of drawers have been made in America since the 17th century. Some were intended to hold small trinkets others were children's toys.
www.cohassetcolonials.com/.../Miniature-Chest-Of.../42K51
Lot Description
A VICTORIAN GLASS MINIATURE CHEST OF DRAWERS
MID 19TH CENTURY
Decorated with coloured glass mounts with floral slip ware decorated sides
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjec...
Miniature Chest of Drawers - Art & Antiques Online - CINOAMiniature Chest of Drawers at Adams Antiques, in Nantwich, England.
www.cinoa.org/exhibits/55010
Herman Miller Nelson Miniature Chest 9 Vertical Drawers with Base ...The Herman Miller Nelson Miniature Chest represents everything we love in good design; it is beautiful, functional and the quality is truly unsurpassed. ...
stardust.com/NC5517-p-GEORGENELSON.html
Regards
Carla
Miniature Chest Of Drawers | Woodenware | Cohasset ColonialsTiny chest of drawers have been made in America since the 17th century. Some were intended to hold small trinkets others were children's toys.
www.cohassetcolonials.com/.../Miniature-Chest-Of.../42K51
Lot Description
A VICTORIAN GLASS MINIATURE CHEST OF DRAWERS
MID 19TH CENTURY
Decorated with coloured glass mounts with floral slip ware decorated sides
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjec...
Miniature Chest of Drawers - Art & Antiques Online - CINOAMiniature Chest of Drawers at Adams Antiques, in Nantwich, England.
www.cinoa.org/exhibits/55010
Herman Miller Nelson Miniature Chest 9 Vertical Drawers with Base ...The Herman Miller Nelson Miniature Chest represents everything we love in good design; it is beautiful, functional and the quality is truly unsurpassed. ...
stardust.com/NC5517-p-GEORGENELSON.html
1 hr
Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
Marketing, technical, scientific, Ph.D.
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Reference:
cabinet
The term "cabinet" is used sometimes to describe a "contador".
It is not always "mini"... some are quite big.
Very rare, late 17C Indo Portuguese Contador. Probably fom Gujarat, these decorative luxury cabinets were produced in India for Portuguese merchants in the 17C.
However you will also find large and rather cumbersome cabinets of a type known in Portugal as contador, the inlay ornament being either geometrical or semi-abstract.
http://www.pastperfect.sg/indcol.aspx
Cabinet on Stand, So-called "Contador" ·
www.vannieantiquairs.com/en/antiek/m2/p2/
It is not always "mini"... some are quite big.
Very rare, late 17C Indo Portuguese Contador. Probably fom Gujarat, these decorative luxury cabinets were produced in India for Portuguese merchants in the 17C.
However you will also find large and rather cumbersome cabinets of a type known in Portugal as contador, the inlay ornament being either geometrical or semi-abstract.
http://www.pastperfect.sg/indcol.aspx
Cabinet on Stand, So-called "Contador" ·
www.vannieantiquairs.com/en/antiek/m2/p2/
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