snow showers - What is the Portuguese translation? Portuguese translators help technical Portuguese translators with the translation of snow showers

Conges terminology question

146 months ago

Luiza Bauer asked this question:

Language pair:	English > Portuguese
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	snow showers
Context:	weather

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146 months ago

HRP wrote:

"curtos períodos de queda de neve"

My comment:

The word 'shower' is the key, as it may refer either to a short period of snow or rain.

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146 months ago

Maria de Fátima Bizarro wrote:

Nevões

My comment:

Em português de Portugal.

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146 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

Since we rarely get snow in Brasil - we really don't have terminology for it

146 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

nevasca rala intermittente..neviscar..nevisco..

My comment:

nevasca rala intermittente

neviscar
À queda desta neve rarefeita chamamos nevisco

Outro nome para essa neve mais rala é
farinhota

N.º 29 — Primavera de 2009 - Europa
www.ec.europa.eu/.../folha29_pt.pdf‎
European Commission
uma tempestade de neve, de um nevão ou de uma nevasca. ... Outro nome para essa neve mais rala é farinhota, cuja etimologia facilmente se ...... intermittent.

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www.ec.europa.eu/.../folha29_pt.pdf‎

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146 months ago

Maria de Fátima Bizarro wrote:

Nevasca é uma palavra composta de neve + borrasca. Daí se referir a uma queda de neve com tempestade.

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