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Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

borboleta-penugem

English translation:

furry butterfly

Added to glossary by Henrique Serra
Jul 10, 2006 12:41
17 yrs ago
Portuguese term

borboleta-penugem

Portuguese to English Science Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) Entymology
This is a term in an indigenous word in a linguistics text I am translating. The gloss is given simply as "butterfly". Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 shaggy butterfly
3 +2 butterfly fuzz

Discussion

zabrowa (asker) Jul 10, 2006:
Sorry Henrique - This is article does not deal with biology at all. You can think of this like a term in a glossary in the sense that there is no context. I'd like an English version that is not scientific, a relatively common simple name if possible. Thanks!
Henrique Serra Jul 10, 2006:
Could you please add some more context to your question, a small piece of the original text maybe? If the name of the species is available, that would be wonderful. AFAIK, borboleta-penugem is not a well-established popular name, at least in Brazilian Portuguese.

Cheers,

Henrique

Proposed translations

+1
35 mins
Selected

shaggy butterfly

Not a particular species, just a common name reflecting what it suggests in Portuguese. You might want to check whether the text is in European Portuguese, in which case a more appropriate translation would be simply MOTH, not BUTTERFLY.

Brazilian Portuguese - borboleta = butterfly, mariposa = moth
European Portuguese - borboleta = either butterfly OR moth
Peer comment(s):
agree Rachel Fell : a furry moth, maybe? http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&safe=off&client=fire... (can't really use shaggy here)
2 hrs
furry sounds perfect; thanks for the agree
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks! I'm going with "furry butterfly". "
+2
5 hrs

butterfly fuzz

I'm wondering if the head noun might be the fuzz and not the butterly. Have a look at the examples below:

**close up butterfly fuzz**. This photo is public © This photo is public. Uploaded on Jun 25, 2006 · 0 comments. close up butterfly veins of the wing ...
www.flickr.com/photos/42037390@N00/

.. met Charlie (DeNiro's split personality) – he’s got a smashed butterfly in his hand and we realize that the gray stuff he wiped off was **butterfly fuzz**. ...
www.themoviespoiler.com/Spoilers/hideandseek.html

**The scales are visible as the "fuzz" along the edges of the wing**. ... The Butterfly WebSite contains information and links for butterfly aficionados of all ...
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/lepidoptera.html



Peer comment(s):
agree Rachel Fell : could be - not quite sure what Matt's asking:-)
1 hr
Thanks for your even-handed approach!
agree Henrique Magalhaes
13 hrs
Thanks, Henrique!
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