Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
desmanche (de carros)
English translation:
car breakers
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Paula Borges
Feb 12, 2011 01:51
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Portuguese term
desmanche (de carros)
Portuguese to English
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"unidade especializada na repressão dos desmanches ilegais"
desmanche (PT-BR) - local onde são desmontados os carros. Neste contexto, local onde carros roubados são desmontados para que sejam vendidas as peças.
Obrigada!
desmanche (PT-BR) - local onde são desmontados os carros. Neste contexto, local onde carros roubados são desmontados para que sejam vendidas as peças.
Obrigada!
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car breakers
just like ship breakers. Dismantelers is aslo used but is not so common
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cutting of cars, car's cutting
place where cars are cut
place for cutting cars
place for cutting cars
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scrapyard/junkyard
O link abaixo oferece vários nomes para "desmanche". Pode escolher!
"A scrapyard (British English) or junkyard (American English) (also called wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap), is the location of a dismantling business..."
"A scrapyard (British English) or junkyard (American English) (also called wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap), is the location of a dismantling business..."
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Claudio Mazotti
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Obrigado!
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Juliet Attwater
1 day 16 hrs
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Thank you!
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7 hrs
car (or vehicle) disassembler
Veja link.
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Marlene Curtis
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Prof. Tony Gee
: but I would refer to that as "car (or vehicle) disassembling. But yeah... that's just about right!!! :)
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chop shop (US)
Note definition below.
A chop shop is a slang phrase for an illegal location or business which disassembles stolen automobiles for the purpose of selling them as parts. ...
Difficulties stealing certain cars - Operation - Example statistics - References
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chop_shop
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Note added at 21 hrs (2011-02-12 23:26:06 GMT)
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It's a big industry in my area, a few minutes from the US-Mexico border. See the references below to legal, high-end chop shops.
chop shop n. Slang A place where stolen cars are disassembled for parts that are then sold.
www.answers.com › ... › Literature & Language › Dictionary
Christopher Dean Watt (in orange) appeared in court Friday on charges of operating a chop shop and receiving stolen goods. His Greenwood lawyer, C. Rauch ...
Anderson Independent Mail
Man arrested on suspicion of operating chop shop
Bakersfield Californian (blog)
The ORIGINAL Chop-Shop Customs for cars. Our facility handles metal fabrication, classic /exotic auto body & quality paint and is located in Woburn MA.
www.chop-shopcustoms.com/
Legal Chop Shop provides all kinds of auto parts to Fort Wayne, IN. Call 260-471-4733 And we buy cars.
www.legalchopshop.com/
Welcome to Eastside Chop Shop. We are a full service repair facility that specializes in Harley Davidson and Custom Motorcycles. ...
www.eastsidechopshop.com/
Police suspect bicycle chop shop in North Seattle storage locker
Mar 23, 2010 ... Seattle police are investigating a man suspected of collecting of stolen bicycles in a Lake City storage facility and selling them on ...
www.seattlepi.com/local/417175_bike22.html
Marty's Chop Shop is a high-end custom car builder. Located in the Finger Lakes in New York State here you can have a one of a kind custom built street rod, ...
www.martyschopshop.com/
A chop shop is a slang phrase for an illegal location or business which disassembles stolen automobiles for the purpose of selling them as parts. ...
Difficulties stealing certain cars - Operation - Example statistics - References
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chop_shop
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Note added at 21 hrs (2011-02-12 23:26:06 GMT)
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It's a big industry in my area, a few minutes from the US-Mexico border. See the references below to legal, high-end chop shops.
chop shop n. Slang A place where stolen cars are disassembled for parts that are then sold.
www.answers.com › ... › Literature & Language › Dictionary
Christopher Dean Watt (in orange) appeared in court Friday on charges of operating a chop shop and receiving stolen goods. His Greenwood lawyer, C. Rauch ...
Anderson Independent Mail
Man arrested on suspicion of operating chop shop
Bakersfield Californian (blog)
The ORIGINAL Chop-Shop Customs for cars. Our facility handles metal fabrication, classic /exotic auto body & quality paint and is located in Woburn MA.
www.chop-shopcustoms.com/
Legal Chop Shop provides all kinds of auto parts to Fort Wayne, IN. Call 260-471-4733 And we buy cars.
www.legalchopshop.com/
Welcome to Eastside Chop Shop. We are a full service repair facility that specializes in Harley Davidson and Custom Motorcycles. ...
www.eastsidechopshop.com/
Police suspect bicycle chop shop in North Seattle storage locker
Mar 23, 2010 ... Seattle police are investigating a man suspected of collecting of stolen bicycles in a Lake City storage facility and selling them on ...
www.seattlepi.com/local/417175_bike22.html
Marty's Chop Shop is a high-end custom car builder. Located in the Finger Lakes in New York State here you can have a one of a kind custom built street rod, ...
www.martyschopshop.com/
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Donna Sandin
: definitely agree, for US use. "car breakers" sounds British, I have never heard it
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Thanks, Dopnna! Nice to hear from you. I had never heard of 'car breakers' either.
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Beatriz Souza
: apesar do atraso, "na mosca", Muriel! beatriz souza
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Hi Beatriz! Thanks.
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