Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
abajour
English translation:
(Portugal) lampshade; (Brasil) lamp, table lamp, beside lamp
Added to glossary by
Claudio Mazotti
Jun 4, 2011 21:25
12 yrs ago
Portuguese term
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
abajour
Portuguese to English
Other
Furniture / Household Appliances
Portugal
é uma relação de bens móveis e equipamento / FF&E
Proposed translations
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| 3 +9 | lampshade |
Claudio Mazotti
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| 4 +5 | lamp |
Sean Williams
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Change log
Jun 7, 2011 12:53: Claudio Mazotti changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/52429">Michael Powers (PhD)'s</a> old entry - "abajour"" to ""(Portugal) lampshade; (Brasil) lamp, table lamp, beside lamp""
Proposed translations
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9 mins
Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
my motto:professionalism and dedication.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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lampshade
It should be abajur in PT.
"lampshade" - tradução em português. Mostrar filtros de busca. Resultados: 1-2 de 2. lampshade { s. } (também: bedside lamp, table lamp). abajur { m. } ...
pt.bab.la › Dicionário › Inglês-Português
Turkish, abajur (lampshade, globe, diffuser, fixture, lamp shade), karpuz (watermelon, water melon, globe, globe-shaped glass lampshade, shade). ...
www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/lampshade
"lampshade" - tradução em português. Mostrar filtros de busca. Resultados: 1-2 de 2. lampshade { s. } (também: bedside lamp, table lamp). abajur { m. } ...
pt.bab.la › Dicionário › Inglês-Português
Turkish, abajur (lampshade, globe, diffuser, fixture, lamp shade), karpuz (watermelon, water melon, globe, globe-shaped glass lampshade, shade). ...
www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/lampshade
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Douglas Bissell
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Jennifer Levey
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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connie leite
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Nicole L. R.
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tks a lot!
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António Ribeiro
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Evans (X)
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tks a lot!
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Nick Taylor
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tks a lot!
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Amy Duncan (X)
: It's "lamp" in Brazil. "Lampshade" is "cúpula."
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Verginia Ophof
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, Claudio and Sean - Mike "
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Sean Williams
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
Works in field
Brazil
Fast, accurate British translator
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English
lamp
I think it is a mistake - should be abajur....
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Note added at 5 mins (2011-06-04 21:30:30 GMT)
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Is it Iberian Portuguese? Apparently it can sometimes be spelled "abajour" but in PT Portuguese refers to the lampshade in particular...
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Note added at 5 mins (2011-06-04 21:30:30 GMT)
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Is it Iberian Portuguese? Apparently it can sometimes be spelled "abajour" but in PT Portuguese refers to the lampshade in particular...
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Gilmar Fernandes
: lampshade
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Thanks Gilmar
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David Drysdale (X)
: That's it . . Right there next to me couch - abajur! (It may be a word of Arab descent, like "juros" (interest at the bank)
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Thanks David
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Mark Robertson
: It's a French word abat-jour, lampshade. Juros is from the Latin jure (by right).
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Thanks Mark
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kashew
: Lamp is too vague, surely. Bedside, standard, bicycle, miner's etc. // Who knows ;-)
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It's not likely to be a bicycle or a miner's lamp in this context though is it?
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Amy Duncan (X)
: "Lampshade" is "cúpula."
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Thanks Amy
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judith ryan
: actually a table lamp or bedside lamp
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Reference comments
1 day 21 hrs
Gilmar Fernandes
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
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English
United States
25 + yrs. Business experience PORT- ENG
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
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Reference:
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abajur
Em Portugal, abajur (ou abajour) não se refere à luminária (ou candeeiro), mas sim a este material cônico, que resguarda a luz e que lhe atenua a intensidade.
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