cubidor

English translation: lumber surveyor

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Portuguese term or phrase:	cubidor
English translation:	lumber surveyor
Entered by:	Martin Riordan

22:42 Jul 7, 2013

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber / concession to fell timber in Mozambique

Portuguese term or phrase: cubidor

A coordenacao formal das actividades das pessoas pertenecentes a empresa seria composta por un gerente da sociedade, motorista ou motoristas, um cubidor ....

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lumber surveyor

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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 02:50

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lumber surveyor

Martin Riordan

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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

Brazil

21:10 Jul 11, 2013

Eu não tenho nada com isso, mas cubar não daria cubador? Cubidor só poderia vir de cuber ou cubir, ambos inexistentes.

Maria do Rosário Quadros

Portugal

10:22 Jul 10, 2013

I've been searching for the term "cubicador" in PT/PT, and PT/BR and I only could find it related to a "thing/equipment", not to a "person". (vd. http://www.aimmp.pt/index.php?option=com_content&view=articl... I think guess it is a misspelled word/adaptation. For the term "cubidor", the result of the search is even smaller. Due to the context, I agree with Martin' suggestion.

Martin Riordan

Brazil

Thanks...

09:53 Jul 10, 2013

Thank you, everyone! When we used to receive truck-loads of sand, we would invite the driver "Vamos cubar a areia?", i.e. measure length, width and average height (always disupted!) to calculate the number of cubic meters of sand. I have been inspired to post an answer...

Sebastian Haywood-Ward

United Kingdom

ASKER

09:24 Jul 10, 2013

I also think Martin's suggestion is a very good one.

Christina Paiva

Brazil

Cubicar / Cubing

09:20 Jul 10, 2013

Martin, good guess:

Houaiss: Cubicar: mesmo que cubar (medir) OR Cubar: medir, avaliar em unidades cúbicas (volume de um sólido ou jazida mineral, capacidade de um reservatório ou recipiente, quantidade de ar adequada ou que pode caber em um recinto); cubicar

EN. Cube/cubing: to measure the cubic contents of.

Martin Riordan

Brazil

cubidor

01:55 Jul 8, 2013

From the context that you give, I would guess that this is the person whose job is to calculate cubic meters of timber. It sounds like an invented term. In English, it might be something like "timber volume calculator", though I don't believe that this term exists in English.

Maria do Rosário Quadros

Portugal

00:31 Jul 8, 2013

Well, Mozambique's Portuguese is definitely closer to the European than Brazilian - unfortunately I couldn't find the term, perhaps a Mozambican colleague can help you.

Sebastian Haywood-Ward

United Kingdom

ASKER

23:38 Jul 7, 2013

The text is from Mozambique and I think their Portuguese is closer to the European form than Brazilian. But I am sure they have some terms of their own, too.

Maria do Rosário Quadros

Portugal

23:17 Jul 7, 2013

Well, I've been trying to find it (I'm really curious about it) and I can't, neither in PT/PT or PT/BR dictionaries. Perhaps someone from Brazil can help you.

Sebastian Haywood-Ward

United Kingdom

ASKER

23:06 Jul 7, 2013

It appears twice written in that way, so I am assuming it is not a mistake.

Maria do Rosário Quadros

Portugal

23:04 Jul 7, 2013

Are you sure the term is "cubidor", or could it be a mistake? I don´t know the word and I didn´t find it in the Portuguese Dictionaries.

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lumber surveyor

Explanation:
A suggestion.

Example sentence(s):

Public servants given responsibility as surveyors of lumber and measurers of wood and bark were important in the 17th century...

Reference: http://www.wickedlocal.com/wayland/topstories/x680544537/Way...

Martin Riordan
Brazil
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