esbelta

English translation: spelt wheat

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Portuguese term or phrase:espelta
English translation:spelt wheat
Entered by: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

16:47 Mar 19, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink / ingredients
Portuguese term or phrase: esbelta
This is listed as an ingredient in a food product. All I can find is "lean/slim/thin," which obviously doesn't work as an ingredient. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Jeffrey DeLange
Local time: 11:12
spelt wheat
Explanation:
I believe it's a typo...
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 17:12
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6spelt wheat
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4 +1spelt or hulled wheat
Douglas Bissell


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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
espelta
spelt wheat


Explanation:
I believe it's a typo...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 17:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Vozone
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Ana!

agree  Vitor Pinteus
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Vítor!

agree  Nick Taylor
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Nick!

agree  gninolps (X)
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Gabriel!

agree  Claudio Mazotti
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agree  patricia maltez
23 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Patrícia!
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
spelt or hulled wheat


Explanation:
In a list of cereals this is the only possibility


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelt
Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 17:12
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 23

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agree  Nick Taylor
1 hr
  -> thanks Nick
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