Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
compensado de madeira
English translation:
Engineered wood
Portuguese term
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compensado de madeira
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Oct 21, 2010 08:36: P Forgas changed "Language pair" from "English to Portuguese" to "Portuguese to English"
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Proposed translations
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Engineered wood
Engineered wood,also called composite wood, man-made wood, or manufactured board; includes a range of derivative wood products which are manufactured by binding together the strands, particles, fibers, or veneers of wood, together with adhesives, to form composite materials.
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The answer is ENGINEERED WOOD not PLYWOOD which is contraplacado, a specific type of engineered wood. In this case the differentiation between COMPENSADO DE MADEIRA, and MADEIRA NOBRE is very clear, it could be any derivative of wood.
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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-10-21 08:06:47 GMT)
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If anyone wants to check Google - Cerca de 1.320.000 resultados
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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-10-21 08:09:08 GMT)
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http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-engineered-wood.htm
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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-10-21 08:11:58 GMT)
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It depends on the translation quality of course. For some translations plywood is neither here nor there. For a "throw-away" translation anything goes.
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plywood
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Ivan Rocha, CT
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Airton J Souza
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Nick Taylor
: The answer is ENGINEERED WOOD not PLYWOOD which is contraplacado
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According to Wikipedia, compensado de madeira and contraplacado are the same thing.
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airmailrpl
: "plywood" About 15,400,000 results
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Carlos Quandt
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