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Portuguese to English Dictionary - Portuguese to English Translation

Wing nut

Castle nut

Square nut

Brake horse power, BHP

Term, time, period, delay

Preformed

Accurate, precise, exact, correct

To prefix, to determine

Fold, pleat

To fasten, to nail, to fix

Cable socket for steel cables

Bearing pressure

Foresight, prediction, forecast

Floodlight

Extension

Link-link type extension

Clevis-clevis type extension

Clevis-eye type extension

Tender, bid on, proposal

Crowbar protection circuit

(Sharp) edge, (sharp) corner

Tail

Cooling fin

Radio-interference, radio-influence

(Single) (double) racket

(Overhead) (underground) network

Multi-flector optical system

Stopcock, faucet, draining valve, valve

Gate valve

(Dynamic) (static) regulation

Photoelectric control

Resistance, electrical resistance

Strength

Compressive strength

Cantilever strength, bending strength, flexural strength

Forward slope resistance

On-state slope resistance

Critical resistance

Contact resistance

Build-up resistance

Insulation resistance

Earth resistance

Longitudinal strength

Variable resistance, adjustable resistance

Exsiccation, desiccation

Straight-line

Distance-velocity lag

Galvanizing, zinc coating

Breakdown, rupture, breakage, fracture

Breakdown

Avalanche breakdown

Shed, skirt, shell

Pulling out of synchronism

Disconnecting switch, isolator, disconnector

To isolate

Overcurrent discrimination

Counterclockwise, anti-clockwise

Non-conducting direction

Clockwise

(Circular) saw

Heavy duty

Trap (Mec.), siphon (Instr.)

Silicon

Feedback signal

Signaling

Polling telecontrol system

Hold-down shackle, hold-down weight hanger, tie-down shackle

Tachometer

Ratchet

Spider

Lid, cover, cap, plug

End shield

Plug, stopper, cover

Manhole cover, surface box

Break-time, total clearing time

Critical impulse flashover voltage

Distribution- type transformer

Booster transformer

Underground-type transformer

Dry-type transformers

Enhancement-type field-effect transistor

Start-stop (telecontrol) transmission

To surpass, to exceed, to overtake

To machine, to tool, to mil

Actual value, effective value

Root mean square (RMS) value

Actual value

Just value

Average value, mean value

Root mean square (RMS) value

Rated value

(Butterfly) (plug) valve

(Mercury) (sodium) vapor

Steam

Metal halide

Natural cowhide, vaqueta leather

Glaze, glazed, glassy

(Kinematic) viscosity

Electroplating galvanizing

Administrative Council for Economic Defense

aim (n) (v)

application; investment

arrears interest; interest on arrears

assessment; taxation

asset-based lending; collateralized lending; guaranteed lending

assignment of export notes

autonomous; freelance worker

average; mean

Bank of the Northeast of Brazil - BNB bank rating

basis; ground

batch; lot; plot of land

black cash, unrecorded funds

boycott (n) (v)

Brasilian Telecommunications Company -

EMBRATEL

Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets - IBMEC

Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics - IBGE

bribe (n) (v)

calculate; figure out

cash outflow; disbursement; outgoing

cash; cashier

check (USA); cheque (UK)

check credit loans; overdraft

Christmas bonus

citizen; citizenship

comfort letter

Committee for Capital Market Dissemination

Committee for Fiscal Incentives and Special

Export Programs - BEFIEX

comprehensive general liability insurance; civil liability insurance

compulsory income tax on certain earnings -personal

consequence; outcome

contract (n) (v)

contractual default; breach of contract

Coordinator of the Tax Collection System copyright

cost-benefit; value for money

Cultural and Artistic Investment Funds

debtor (n); receivable (adj)

Declaration of Income Tax at Source

declining balance method (of depreciation),

diminishing balance method (of depreciation)

demand draft; sight draft

dependable; depend, entrust (v)

deposit account

deposit; depot

detail (n) (v); itemize (v)

dictation (n); dictate (v)

dispatch note; manifest

downstream merger

duty (n); owe (v)

earning power; profit capacity

effectiveness; effective

efffeciency; efficient

eligibility; eligible

eligibility; good standing

engineer; operate

Environmental Normalization Support Group

exhaust (v); exhaustion (n)

expense; charge to profit and loss

export (n) (v)

Export and Import Bank of the United States -

EXIMBANK

extension of credit; underwriting

fairly present; give a true and fair view (UK)

Federal Data Processing Service

fiduciary

fine (n) (v)

flat fee (Fin); fixed rate (Seg)

follow-up; attendance

foot, add, cast (n) (v)

foreign currency translation (of financial

statements)

Forward Spread Agreement - FSA

Fund for Technical Assistance, Educational and

Social Aid

fundament, element; ground, basis

General Agreement on Trade and Services -GATS (UNO)

Government Agency for Machinery and

Equipment Financing - FINAME

gross up

guarantee; warrant

half-time; part-time

head office, home office, main office; headquarters; matrix

heading, title; note, security

herewith

highlight (n) (v); detach (v)

house accounts

idle time; down time

income; results; outcome

independent auditing; independent public accounting (USA)

indirect expenses; overheads

Industrial Association of the State of São Paulo

initial (n) (v)

inplacement

Institute of Economic Research Foundation

Institute of Work Organization

Instruciton Manual for Corporate Income Tax -MAJUR

insurable value; amount

insurer; holder

Integrated Foreign Trade System

Interamerican Development Bank - IDB

International Monetary Fund - IMF interoffice

jot down; draft

jurisdiction; district

Latin American Association for Integration

leave; license; franchise

lien, pledge, pawn (n); pledge, pawn, execute (v)

limited liability company; limited partnership

line up (in a row); place in rows

loans; borrowings

Macapa and Santana Free Trade Zone

mala fide; bad faith

managed out of the x office

Manual of Rules and Instructions for Financial

Institutions

measurement; quantification

mediate (n) (v)

microfilm (n) (v)

middleman, intermediary; intermediate

mock-up; draft

mortgage (n) (v)

movable asset; chattel

National Agency for Telecommunications -ANATEL

National Association of Economic Research

National Bank for Economic and Social

Development; Brazilian Development Bank - BNDES

National Council of Fiscal Policy

National Housing System - SFH national income

National Institute of Industrial Property - INPI

National Superintendency of Supply and Prices -SUNAB

National Superintendency of the Mercantile

Marine - SUNAMAM

neglect (n) (v)

net equity; owners’ equity; stockholders’ equity (USA), shareholders’ equity (UK); net worth

notional principal

offering memorandum, offering circular, offering

prospectus

offset (by; against)

offset; balance

opinion of independente accountant, report of independent public accountants; auditor’s opinion

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries -

OPEC

ostracism; limbo

owner lessor; landlord

ownership percentage; percentage holding

package (v) (n)

paper money; greenback (USA)

part of the audit performed by other

independent auditors

policybearer; policyowner

policyholders; policyowners

present value table

product; proceeds

production; output

profit margin; spread

profit participation in retrocession accounts and

pooled business

profit sharing; profit participation

Program for Export Financing

Program for Financing and Participation of Basic

Consumption Materials

Program for the Strengthening of the National

Financial System - PROER

program; schedule

project; design (n) (v)

property, plant and equipment; fixed assets

proposal; tender; quote

protest (n) (v)

provision for loss; loss accrual

Consent of the Engineer

Reinforcing bars; steel reinforcement; rebars

Water resource management

Aeration

Aerator

Clear opening between bars

Outcrop

Right (left) bank tributary

Percolation water; seepage water

Pore water

Wastewater

Sudden shower

Underground water; subsurface water

California switch

Torsional adjustment

Crown cantilever adjustment

Radial adjustment

Tangential adjustment

Straight (section between meanders)

Smoothing tool

Floating

Core

Buttress web; buttress stem

Site huts; site accomodation; lodgings

Cost escalation

Alternative site

Altimetry

Altimeter; height gauge

Height above ground level

Velocity head; kinetic head

Critical head

Height above lowest foundation of dam; maximum height of dam

Pan evaporation loss

Depth of precipitation

Piezometric height

Alluvium; fluvial deposit

Embedded stone pitching

Dry stone pitching; dry laid masonry (Am.)

Stone pitching with filled joints

Batching

Softening (of materials)

Reservoir flood routing

Graphical derivation (of results from data); review of graphs

Analysis of results (evaluation of errors)

Particle size analysis; size analysis (Am.)

Response spectra analysis

Shell analysis

Anchorage obtained by bent bar

Rock bolting; rock anchor

Scaffolding; falsework

Preservation of the environment

Hydrodynamic pressure

Hydrostatic pressure

Pore pressure; neutral pressure

Total pressure

Accident prevention

Flood forecast

First filling (impounding) of the reservoir

Flood probability

Output (GWh)

Mass output (GWh); cumulative output (GWh)

Depth of focus; focal depth

Construction programme

Reservoir impounding plan

Inspection schedule

Scheme; project

Design

Project designed for staged development

Final design

Computer aided design (CAD); computer aided design and drafting (CADD)

To call for tenders

River flood routing

Tender; bid (Am.)

Lowest tender; lowest bid (Am.)

Owner

Extension of time

Protection (against deterioration)

Scour protection

Flood protection

Slope protection; revetment

Prestressing reinforcement

Provisional sum

Financial provision for renewal

Optical plumb; vertical collimator

Terminal board; terminal box

Nominal net head (for a machine)

Weighted net head

Fishery matters

Crest radius

Hydraulic radius; hydraulic mean depth

Discharge leg of siphon

Aeration ramp

Groove; slot

Aeration slot (groove or step)

Grout groove

Rehabilitation; refurbishment (applied to electro-mechanical equipment)

Alkali-aggregate reaction AAR

Staged development of a project

Bucket wheel excavator

Gradually varied flow

Subcritical flow; tranquil flow (Am.)

Underground flow

Supercritical flow; rapid flow (Am.)

Non uniform flow; varied flow

Propping (of a horizontal surface) (action)

To timber a tunnel

Blast furnace slag

Sliding

Slope failure (natural ground)

Slope failure (embankment or cutting)

Reinforcing bar spacing (centre to centre)

Bar spacing (centre to centre)

Hot pouring

Spreader

Specification

Standard specification

Detailed technical specifications

Spectrum

Response spectrum

Thickness of dam (generally for gravity or arch dams)

Thickness of buttress

Base thickness (generally for gravity or arch dams)

Top thickness (generally for gravity or arch dams)

Bund; groyne; rock spur

Detonator cap

Time cap

Instantaneous cap

Stability of regulation

Stability of foundations

Stability of reservoir slopes

Stability of abutments

Central recording station

Reservoir watertightness

Project cost estimate

Estimated cost

Priced bill of quantities

Fuse

Access road; access bridge

Service road; site road; haul road; haul route

Roadway of dam

Scenic route

Bedding

Thermal stratification

Skimming wall; scum board

Analysis of tenders; bid evaluation (Am.)

Comprehensive study

Feasibility study

Environmental impact assessment

Small scale model study

Design, provision, erection and commissioning of

Preliminary studies; draft design (for a structure)

Implementation (of a project, a stage)

Extensometer; strain gauge; strain meter (Am.)

No stress strain gauge; isolated strain gauge

Long-base extensometer

Sliding extensometer

Multiple rod extensometer

Extrados

Split ring; extractor

Heavy equipment manufacturer

Water-cement ratio (W/C)

Plant load factor

System load factor (for a certain period of time)

Environmental factors

Wildlife; fauna

To place an order with X

Trip mechanism (for self-closing valve)

River closure

Crown (of arch, of arch dam)

Bundled bars

Tools; cutters

Additional bar

Bar hooked at both ends

Angle of internal friction

Angle of convergence

Angle of divergence

Angle of repose; angle of rest

Anhydrite

Year of completion

Year of average rainfall

Consolidometer; oedometer

Survey instruments

Evaluation of the bids

Graphical presentation of results

Project approval

Development; project (under construction)

High head scheme

Low head scheme

Medium head scheme

Hydroelectric development

Pumped storage scheme

Aquifer (stratum)

Data acquisition

Arc (line)

Articulated arch; hinged arch

Active arch

Circular arc

Variable curvature arch

Erection area; erection and dismantling bay; assembly area

Water surface area; lake area

Reservoir area

Recreation area; leisure área

Submerged area; flooded area

Swelling clay; expanding clay

Varved clay (lacustrine)

Finely stratified clay (marine or lacustrine)

Mottled clay; variegated clay

Argillite

No English equivalent (includes dowel bars and nominal reinforcement)

Distribution reinforcement

Starter bars; dowel bars

Crack control reinforcement

Secondary reinforcement (prestressed concrete)

Reinforcement

High bond reinforcing bars; deformed bars

Hot rolled deformed bars (ribbed)

Hot rolled deformed bars (twisted and ribbed)

Plain reinforcing bars; hot rolled steel bars (plain)

Longitudinal reinforcement

Main reinforcement

Distribution reinforcement

Transverse reinforcement

Snow storage

Retention of nutrients by reservoirs; entrapment of nutrients by reservoirs (Am.)

Extraction (of piles)

Landscaping (action)

Articulation; hinge

Fault tree

Asphalt (mixture of asphaltic cement and mineral matter, or a naturally occurring

Pipe laying machine; pipe-layer

Signing of the contract

Assistant of project manager; assistant of engineer’s representative

Aggradation; sedimentation; siltation; silting

Accretion of sand

Siltation; silting; filling with mud

Withdrawal (from a reservoir)

Governmental control authority

Economic evaluation of a project

Breakdown

Slotted bucket basin

Bucket basin with sill

Plunge basin; plunge pool; stilling or dissipation basin

Settling lagoon; settling basin; desilting basin

Decant pond; sedimentation pond

Impact basin with baffle blocks

Solid bucket basin; roller bucket basin; bucket basin

Hydraulic jump basin

Hydraulic jump basin with impact blocks

Flip bucket; deflector bucket (Am.)

River basin

Catchment area; drainage basin; watershed; hydrographic basin

To draw down

Weighbridge

Balanced cut and fill

Rainfall-evaporation balance

Buckets

Beacon (any structure to make a point observable from a distance for surveying or navigation)

Raft; ferry

Pole; ranging rod; rod; post (e.g. fence post)

Constant angle arch dam

Single curvature arch dam

Double curvature arch dam

Constant thickness arch dam

Variable thickness arch dam

Logarithmic spiral arch dam

Constant radius arch dam

Variable radius arch dam

Multi-centred arch dam

Embankment dam; fill dam

Afterbay dam; re-regulating dam

Concrete dam

Roller compacted concrete dam; RCC Dam

Buttress dam

Solid head buttress dam

Round head buttress dam

Diamond head buttress dam

Tee head buttress dam

Flat slab dam; Ambursen dam; deck dam (Am.)

Arch buttress dam; curved buttress dam

Diversion dam; diversion weir

Precast dam (concrete)

Rockfill dam

Concrete - face rockfill dam; CFR dam; CFRD

Rockfill dam with vertical (or inclined) clay core

Rockfill dam with asphaltic concrete core wall

Tailings dam

Gabion dam

Gravity dam

Hollow gravity dam; cellular gravity dam

Concrete gravity dam with masonry facing

Curved gravity dam

Cantilever buttress dam

Estuary dam

Upstream membrane dam

Earth dam; earthfill dam

Reinforced earth dam

Homogeneous earthfill dam

Zoned earthfill dam

Inflatable dam

Composite dam

Barrage; gate-structure dam (Am.)

Non-overflow dam; non-spill dam

Dam for water supply (generally in English the purpose of the reservoir is described rather than the purpose of the dam)

Flood control dam

Multipurpose reservoir

Hydroelectric dam; power dam (Am.)

Check dam (Am.); debris dam (Am.)

Prestressed dam

Overflow dam; overtoppable dam; spill dam

Dam

Chairs (to support layers of reinforcement)

Pile driver; pile driving rig

Horizontal axis mixer

Inclined axis mixer

Bitumen (general term)

Armouring; steel lining

Anchor block; thrust block

To pump against a head of...

Bit; cutting edge

Freeboard

Spoil dump; waste disposal area

Rotary crusher; cone crusher

Cutwater; upstream fairing (of pier)

Cutting head

Swivel; injection nozzle

Headwaters

Gate control house

Blondin; cable crane; cableway (Am.)

Cable; rope; wire rope

Lifting rope

Supporting rope; running cable

Operating rope; winding cable

Set of rollers (for roller gate)

Rafter

Junction box

Spiral case; scroll case

Caisson

Limestone

Reinforcing bar spacer

Two-dimensional analysis

Computer calculation

Economic impact evaluation (of environmental factors)

Dam break analysis

Dynamic analysis

Elasto-plastic analysis

Transient calculation; time-history analysis (Am.)

Static analysis

Pseudo-static analysis

Three-dimensional analysis

Visco-elastic analysis

Wedge analysis

Global calculation

Grout; grout mix (Am.)

Supporting layer; sub-base

Concrete lift; placement lift (Am.)

Bedding layer

Ice cover; consolidated ice cover

Seal coat

Binding layer

Snow cover; snow pack

Levelling course

Drainage layer

Boundary layer

Laminar boundary layer

Gate chamber; valve chamber

Forebay; head pond

Decompression chamber

Transit mixer; truck mixer

Channel; canal; flume

Karstic channel; solution channel

Open channel; free flow channel

Standing wave flume

Headrace canal; headrace

Aqueduct

Power station supply canal; power channel

Ice escape channel; ice pass

Tailrace canal; tailrace; tailbay

Flushing channel; flushing canal

Floodable construction site

Construction site; jobsite; construction yard

Pressure cell; pressure meter (Am.)

Depth of water; hydraulic head; head

Load car; cableway car

Isohyetal map

Outdoor power station (no roof over units)

Indoor power station

Power station incorporated in or adjacent to a dam

Shaft power station

Semi-outdoor powerplant (Am.)

Underground power station

Power station; station; powerhouse; powerplant (Am.); plant (Am.)

Gravel pit

Gravel

Emergency

Downstream fairing (of pier)

Concrete plant (small capacity); concrete batching plant (large capacity)

Asphaltic concrete batching plant

Screening plant

Semi-base load power station

Surge chamber; surge tank (above ground)

Shear key; keyway (Am.)

Project director; project manager

Annual flood

One hundred-year flood (100-year flood)

Design flood

Ten thousand-year flood (10,000-year flood)

Ten-year flood (10-year flood)

Flash flood

One thousand-year flood (1,000-year flood)

Flood

Assumed flood during construction

Rock bolt; anchor bolt; rock dowel; rock anchor

Fixing (means of fixing things to concrete)

Hydrological cycle

Cyclone (hydrocyclone)

High early strength cement

Rapid hardening cement

Expanding cement

Low alkali cement

High alumina cement

Water repellent cement

Portland cement

Portland pozzolana cement

Pozzolanic cement

Sulphate resisting cement

Supersulphated cement

Fly ash; pulverised fuel ash (PFA)

Clinometer; flexure meter

Safety code

Consolidation coefficient

Steel-concrete bond coefficient

Partial load factor

Compressibility coefficient

Pan factor

Thermal expansion coefficient

Bulking factor

Runoff coefficient

Stress intensity factor

Fracture toughness (critical stress intensity factor)

Permeability coefficient; hydraulic conductivity

Poisson’s ratio

Cost/benefit ratio

Safety factor against shear failure

Safety factor against sliding

Factor of safety

Utilization factor of runoff

Apparent cohesion

Effective cohesion

Resin adhesive

Mattress for protection

Selective withdrawal (from selected depth in reservoir)

Plugging; clogging, sealing with fines; siltation

Placing of the facing

Dial gauge; comparator

Adjustment (of errors)

Outlet gate; outlet valve

Lock gate

Valve at turbine inlet; emergency gate

Bottom gate; bottom valve

Lifting gate

Vertical lift gate

Ring-follower gate; ring-seal gate; paradox gate (Am.)

Regulating gate; regulating valve

Drum gate; sector gate

Radial gate; tainter gate

Crest gate

Roller drum gate; rolling gate

Intake gate; intake valve

Spillway gate; flood gate

Head gate; wash-out gate; scour gate; sluice gate

Bottom sluice gate; ground sluice gate

Stoplog; bulkhead gate

Balanced gate

Caterpillar gate

Double leaf vertical lift gate

Main control gate (for a barrage)

Roller gate; Stoney gate

Roof gate; roof weir; bear trap gate (Am.)

Fixed wheel gate; fixed roller gate; fixed axle gate (Am.)

Behaviour of dams

Mitre gates

Composition of forces

Concrete composition; concrete mix

Compression

Crest length

Lap length

Deflector hood; flip bucket

Tender; bid

Design competition

Tenderer; bidder (Am.)

Cold weather concreting

To concrete; to cast concrete; to pour concrete

To pour (an arch, beam, floor, wall, column, etc.)

Concrete

Dental concrete

Vacuum concrete

Stripped surface of concrete (without any finishing treatment)

Reinforced concrete

Steel fibre reinforced concrete

Glass fibre reinforced concrete

Fibre (fiber) reinforced concrete

Pervious asphaltic concrete

Asphalt concrete; asphaltic concrete; bituminous concrete

Spun concrete

Cyclopean concrete

Roller compacted concrete (RCC); rollcrete; rolled concrete

Dry tamped concrete

First stage concrete

Second stage concrete

Concrete for finishing

Make-up concrete; fill concrete (Am.)

Bedding concrete; levelling concrete

Dry batched concrete; dry mixed concrete

Transit-mixed concrete; truck-mixed concrete

Shotcrete; sprayed concrete

Unreinforced concrete

Conditions of contract

Construction management

Shaping the foundation

Junction; confluence

Set of record as built drawings

Preservation (e.g. of wood)

Conservation of the environment

Cantilever; cantilever element

Joint venture, consortium

Statement of original conditions

Construction in the dry

Cofferdam construction

Sheet piling

Staged construction

Provision, delivery and erection of ...

Manufacturer

Plant consumption (GWh)

Container

Disputes

Reservoir shoreline; bankline (Am.); reservoir rim

Buttress

Lump sum contract

Competitive contract

Cost reimbursement contract

Turnkey contract

Negotiated contract

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