Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
biscoitos
English translation:
"biscoitos" (+ explicação)
Added to glossary by
rhandler
Oct 21, 2008 23:28
15 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Portugal
Formal Education in EN, informal in PT
Native in: English 
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Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, English
biscoitos
Portuguese to English
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Geology
geography, vulcanology
From Wikipedia (PT) the best explanation of the meaning in Azorean Portuguese.
Nos Açores o termo biscoito designa os terrenos de brecha vulcânica e os campos de lava recente, dando nome à freguesia dos Biscoitos, na ilha Terceira, e a numerosos topônimos em quase todas as ilhas daquele arquipélago.
I'm considering using the original term and defining it much the same as it is above. As follows:
"the terrain from Praia to Folga, known as "biscoitos" because it is from recent lava flows and has volcanic gaps"
Nos Açores o termo biscoito designa os terrenos de brecha vulcânica e os campos de lava recente, dando nome à freguesia dos Biscoitos, na ilha Terceira, e a numerosos topônimos em quase todas as ilhas daquele arquipélago.
I'm considering using the original term and defining it much the same as it is above. As follows:
"the terrain from Praia to Folga, known as "biscoitos" because it is from recent lava flows and has volcanic gaps"
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | "biscoitos" |
rhandler
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References
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Oct 26, 2008 12:20: rhandler Created KOG entry
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"biscoitos"
Sua solução me parece a melhor: usar o termo original e defini-lo.
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Carla Selyer
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Alexandra Gouveia
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Fernanda Rocha
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Obrigado, Maria José!
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Reference:
Biscoitos...
Biscoitos is a lovely peaceful small town in the northeast of the amazing Terceira Island, on the greenish Azores Archipelago.
This is a place of great natural beauty with a picturesque traditional architecture and a rich wine heritage. In fact the toponym of the village might come from the black basalt stones (the earth originated by the dry lava of the volcanoes) that in the archipelago is name as “biscoito” (biscuit) as an analogy to the bread that was used for the maritime journeys back in the Discoveries Era.
http://www2.guiadacidade.com/portugal/index.php?lg=en&G=monu...
This is a place of great natural beauty with a picturesque traditional architecture and a rich wine heritage. In fact the toponym of the village might come from the black basalt stones (the earth originated by the dry lava of the volcanoes) that in the archipelago is name as “biscoito” (biscuit) as an analogy to the bread that was used for the maritime journeys back in the Discoveries Era.
http://www2.guiadacidade.com/portugal/index.php?lg=en&G=monu...
Note from asker:
| You are right, be here on Terceira we also refer to certain pastures as biscoitos because of their terrain and that is what the text is about. Thanks. |
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