Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
breaking down
Portuguese translation:
separar
Added to glossary by
Cintia Galbo
Feb 17, 2014 14:11
10 yrs ago
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English term
breaking down
English to Portuguese
Other
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
Medicine
Hereditary carbonic anhydrase deficiency inhibits acid secretion in both the proximal and distal nephron. This occurs because the enzyme carbonic anhydrase is critical for generating and breaking down carbonic acid from water and carbon dioxide, and for making bicarbonate from carbon dioxide and hydroxyl ions.
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 2 +2 | separar |
Jessica Guimaraes
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| 4 | separando |
Marlene Curtis
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| 4 | decompor |
Paulo Marcon
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Proposed translations
+2
13 mins
Jessica Guimaraes
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
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4
Selected
separar
Sugestão.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "obrigada!"
13 mins
Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Portuguese
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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448
separando
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Textual Support, English. DEF – The breakdown of a material (by heat, chemical reaction, electrolysis, decay, or other processes) into parts, elements, or simple
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Textual Support, English. DEF – The breakdown of a material (by heat, chemical reaction, electrolysis, decay, or other processes) into parts, elements, or simple
8 hrs
decompor
Crítica para decompor o ácido carbônico em água e dióxido de carbono. Acho que o original "comeu" uma preposição necessária para entender a frase: deveria ser "generating and breaking down carbonic acid from/INTO water and carbon dioxide", isto é, "generating carbonic acid FROM water and CO2 and [or, conversely,] decomposing [it] INTO water and CO2".
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