elastic band - What is the Portuguese translation? Portuguese translators help Portuguese translators with the translation of elastic band

Conges terminology question

210 months ago

Gisele (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > Portuguese
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	elastic band
Context:	I used an elastic band to keep the sticks together
Keywords:	poderia traduzir somente como elástico?

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210 months ago

Isabel Freitas wrote:

Ligadura elástica

My comment:

Pelo facto do contexto ser de medicina a designação correcta será ligadura elástica apesar das várias denominações que possamos encontrar nos vários dicionários e bases terminológicas.

Fico ao dispor

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210 months ago

gabrielnogueira wrote:

elástico

My comment:

Segundo o Aurélio, um elástico pode ser:

Substantivo masculino.

6. Tira de borracha, ordinariamente circular, usada para cintar objetos que se deseja manter unidos.
7. Cordão de borracha envolvido em fio de linha, usado no vestuário.
8. Tecido, galão ou fita, tramado com fio de borracha e algodão, seda ou fibra sintética, usado na fabricação de suspensórios, ligas, cintas, etc.
9. Bras. Fut. Drible (1) em que o jogador descreve um S com a bola junto ao pé.

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210 months ago

EG-Keith wrote:

atilho de borracha

My comment:

Hi, I am a native speaker of Brazilian Portuguese (and I also have a degree as a Portuguese teacher), so I think I can help you with this question.

If you are referring to rubber bands (i.e. those elastic bands that we find among office supplies), you should call them "atilho de borracha" (singular) or "atilhos de borracha" (plural). If you are referring to another kind of elastic band (like a larger elastic band such as the elastic band on your pant's waist, or the one you use on your hair for a pony tail), then you could call it only "elastico" (with the accent, which I don't have in this keyboard).

Examples:

"My blue skirt needs a new elastic band."
"Minha saia azul precisa de um elastico novo."

In the office, for example:

"I need a rubber band."
"Preciso de um atilho de borracha."

I would need to see the sentence inside the context to be sure, but it seems that it refers more to a rubber band than to a larger elastic band (and in this case, it should be "atilho de borracha").

Hope this helps.

Good luck!