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PRONUNCIATION OF SISAL IN PORTUGUESE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SISAL

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Sisal is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SISAL MEAN IN PORTUGUESE?

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sisal

Sisal

Sisal

Sisal (Agave sisalana), family Agavaceae) is a plant used for commercial purposes. A. sisalana is cultivated in semiarid regions. In Brazil, the main producers are the states of Paraíba and Bahia, in the latter, especially in the sisaleira region, where the largest sisal producer and industrial pole is located, the cities of Valente, Retirolândia, Santa Luz, São Domingos and Conceição do Coite, in the state of Bahia. In Valente, one of the largest sisal textile industries in the world, APAEB. producing carpets, rugs, mats and yarns. Of sisal, the fiber of the leaves is used mainly that, after the beneficiation, it is destined mainly to the industry of cordiality (ropes, twines, threads, carpets, etc.). Sisal is a plant native to Mexico. The first bulbs of Agave sisalana were introduced in Bahia in 1903 by Comandador Horácio Urpia Júnior in the municipalities of Madre de Deus and Maragogipe, probably brought from Florida through a US firm, was initially distributed in the state of Paraíba and only at the end of the 1930s in Bahia. O sisal (Agave sisalana), família Agavaceae) é uma planta utilizada para fins comerciais. O A. sisalana é cultivado em regiões semiáridas. No Brasil, os principais produtores são os estados da Paraíba e da Bahia, neste último, especialmente na região sisaleira, onde está localizado o maior polo produtor e industrial do sisal do mundo, as cidades de Valente, Retirolândia, Santa Luz, São Domingos e Conceição do Coité, no estado da Bahia. Em Valente, encontra-se uma das maiores indústrias têxteis de sisal do mundo, a APAEB. produzindo carpetes, tapetes, capachos e fios. Do sisal, utiliza-se principalmente a fibra das folhas que, após o beneficiamento, é destinada majoritariamente à indústria de cordoaria (cordas, cordéis, fios, tapetes etc.). O sisal é uma planta originária do México. Os primeiros bulbilhos da Agave sisalana foram introduzidos na Bahia, em 1903, pelo Comendador Horácio Urpia Júnior nos municípios de Madre de Deus e Maragogipe, trazidos provavelmente da Flórida, através de uma firma americana, foi difundido inicialmente no estado da Paraíba e somente no final da década de 30 na Bahia.

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PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SISAL


anisal
a·ni·sal
basal
ba·sal
casal
ca·sal
causal
cau·sal
colossal
co·los·sal
cornisal
cor·ni·sal
dorsal
dor·sal
futsal
fut·sal
mensal
men·sal
missal
mis·sal
nasal
na·sal
reversal
re·ver·sal
rosal
ro·sal
sal
sal
sem-sal
sem·sal
sucursal
su·cur·sal
tarsal
tar·sal
transversal
trans·ver·sal
universal
u·ni·ver·sal
versal
ver·sal

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SISAL

sisa
sisalana
sisamina
sisar
sisarra
sisão
sisbordo
siseiro
sisgo
sisgola
sisifino
sisifismo
sisífio
sisímbrio
sismal
sismar
sismicidade
sismo
sismocartograma
sismocronógrafo

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT END LIKE SISAL

abissal
alinasal
bimensal
centrodorsal
comensal
esponsal
frasal
frontonasal
mediodorsal
metatarsal
morsal
musal
oclusal
paranasal
passal
persal
processal
pré-sal
sinusal
unicursal

Synonyms and antonyms of sisal in the Portuguese dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SISAL» IN PORTUGUESE

The following Portuguese words have a similar or identical meaning as «sisal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Portuguese synonyms of sisal

Translation of «sisal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SISAL

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Translator Portuguese - Chinese

剑麻
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Spanish

Sisal
570 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - English

sisal
510 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Hindi

एक प्रकार का पौधा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Portuguese - Arabic

السيزال
280 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Russian

сизаль
278 millions of speakers

Portuguese

sisal
270 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Bengali

সিসল গাছ
260 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - French

sisal
220 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Malay

sisal
190 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - German

Sisal
180 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Japanese

サイザル麻
130 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Korean

사이 잘삼
85 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Javanese

Sisal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Portuguese - Vietnamese

sisal
80 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Tamil

sisal
75 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Marathi

या गवताचा धागा
75 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Turkish

sisal
70 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Italian

sisal
65 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Polish

sizal
50 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Ukrainian

сизаль
40 millions of speakers

Translator Portuguese - Romanian

sisal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator Portuguese - Greek

σιζάλ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator Portuguese - Afrikaans

sisal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator Portuguese - Swedish

sisal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Portuguese - Norwegian

sisal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sisal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SISAL»

The term «sisal» is very widely used and occupies the 15.315 position in our list of most widely used terms in the Portuguese dictionary.
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Examples of use in the Portuguese literature, quotes and news about sisal

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10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «SISAL»

Discover the use of sisal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sisal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Portuguese literature.
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O sisal
Botania; melhoramento do sisal; clima e solo; preparo da terra; meios de propagacao; instalacao da cultura; tratos culturais; culturas intercalares; colheita das folhas; controle cultural; extracao das fibras;escovagem das fibra ...
Medina Cardoza Medina, 1954
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Popular Science
CULTIVATION OF SISAL IN THE BAHAMAS. BY JOHN I. NORTIIKOP, OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 6 6 A RE you interested in sisal ? What do you think of it ? " -£JL These were the questions addressed to the writer almost before he had landed ...
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Handbook of Technical Textiles
The knitted structure is formed from a flax yarn (tex = 400) encapsulating high strength sisal yarns (tex = 6700). Knitted flax and inlay sisal yarns can be substituted by other natural fibres yarns. The knitted flax/sisal inlay number 1 (Fig.
A. Richard Horrocks, Subhash Anand, S. Anand, 2000
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Soil Fertility Decline in the Tropics: With Case Studies on ...
Tanzania produced 234,000 Mg of sisal fibre. In 1963 and 1964, sisal export earnings exceeded US$60 million, or one-third of the total agricultural export earnings of Tanzania. In those years, agricultural export earnings were more than 80% ...
Alfred E. Hartemink, 2003
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New York Magazine
The Artful Lodger/Joan Kron SPLENDOR OF THE GRASS: STBAW RUGS ". . . Sisal and coir, the two popular naturals, are turning up on the best floors. We're in the middle of a coup de grass..." A Grass-Shopper's Guide Maize: These pale ...
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Poisonous Plants and Animals of Florida and the Caribbean
Sisal p. 6 Agave sisalana Agavaceae Toxic properties The sap from agave leaves produces an irritant contact dermatitis. Calcium oxalate needles in the sap are thought to be the cause of irritation and swelling of the tissues of the mouth and ...
David W. Nellis, 1997
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A Modern History of Tanganyika
Between the wars sisal became Tanganyika's chief export crop. Exports rose between 1912 and 1938 from 17,057 to 103,428 tonnes.1 Sisal was only one of several hard fibres, although the highest in quality. Its chief competitors, Mexican  ...
‎1979
8
New Scientist
(Tropical Science Series), xvii + 355 pp., 60s. about 500,000 tons of sisal (Agave sisalana Perrine) fibre, the "White Gold" of Africa, are produced in the world each year and of this total, Tanganyika, Kenya and Uganda together produce roughly ...
9
Historical Geography of Crop Plants: A Select Roster
Henequen was peculiarly adapted to the thin, stony limestone soils of Yucatan. Although grown on a small scale in many countries, henequen proved much less successful away from home than sisal. Also, sisal is generally preferred because  ...
Jonathan D. Sauer, 1993
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
farming. We have taught our young men to look for white-collar jobs, yet jobs are available within the agricultural sector. The sisal industry could be one of the sectors that will employ many of our people. There are very many by-products of  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SISAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sisal is used in the context of the following news items.
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GSHOW - Projeto Som do Sisal foi destaque no Programa Como …
Na edição do dia 6, o semanal mostrou uma orquestra que trabalha com instrumentos feitos de sisal, em Conceição do Coité. A matéria foi veiculada pelo ... «Globo.com, Jun 15»
2
Bahia incentiva pesquisa para uso do sisal pela indústria automotiva
O governador destacou ainda a articulação de pesquisa para agregar valor a produtos da agricultura familiar como o sisal aplicado à indústria automotiva, ... «Tribuna da Bahia, May 15»
3
GSHOW - Sisal é usado para criar instrumentos e estimular música …
O município baiano de Conceição do Coité tem seu desenvolvimento estreitamente ligado com a produção de sisal. O beneficiamento da fibra sempre foi a ... «Globo.com, Apr 15»
4
Motor de sisal da década de 40 resiste na BA; mutilados passam de …
Edson Oliveira, trabalhador rural de 26 anos, perdeu a parte superior de um dos dedos da mão esquerda quando operava uma máquina desfibradora de sisal. «Globo.com, Dec 14»
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Italian Gambling Group Sisal Pulls IPO as Markets Weaken
MILAN—Gambling company Sisal Group became the second Italian firm to pull its planned stock-market listing in the space of two days, citing adverse market ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 14»
6
Permira, Apax's Sisal Said to Seek $2 Billion Value in Italy IPO
Sisal Group SpA, an Italian gaming and payment services provider, is seeking a valuation of as much as 1.5 billion euros ($2 billion) in its initial public offering, ... «Bloomberg, Jun 14»
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Sisal e tinta dão cara nova aos velhos vasos de cerâmica; veja dicas
A dica de hoje é para quem está cansado dos bons e velhos vasinhos de barro. A ideia é usar sisal para dar um up no visual dessas peças e reaproveitá-las ... «Bondenews, Mar 14»
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Estiagem destrói plantações de sisal e reduz bastante a produção …
A chuva dos últimos dias no norte da Bahia ainda não foi suficiente para melhorar a situação dos produtores de sisal. Em Campo Formoso, o longo período de ... «Globo.com, Dec 13»
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reyes rios+larrain completes casa sisal
mexican practice reyes rios+larrain studio has just shared with us their newest award winning project, 'casa sisal', named after the agave plants that were ... «Designboom, Nov 13»
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Diversified Sisal Uses Boost Demand, Prices
THE diversified use of sisal products and by-products domestically and abroad seems to have soothed the pains of struggling small-scale producers of the cash ... «AllAfrica.com, Oct 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Sisal [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-pt/sisal>. May 2024 ».
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