backhoe in Portuguese
backhoe in Portuguese is retroescavadeira, retroescavadora — backhoe means a piece of excavating machinery with a digging bucket on a hinged arm, mounted on a tractor.
backhoe in Portuguese
retroescavadeira
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Ellipsis of backhoe loader: A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader (component) and an excavator/digger (component).
retroescavadora
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Ellipsis of backhoe loader: A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader (component) and an excavator/digger (component).
What does "backhoe" mean?
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noun A piece of excavating machinery with a digging bucket on a hinged arm, mounted on a tractor.
"A backhoe dug the trench for the new water line."
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verb To dig using a backhoe.
"They backhoed the foundation over the weekend."
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backhoe in a sentence
- A backhoe dug the trench for the new water line.
- They backhoed the foundation over the weekend.
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What is "backhoe" in Portuguese?
"backhoe" in Portuguese is retroescavadeira, retroescavadora. backhoe means: A piece of excavating machinery with a digging bucket on a hinged arm, mounted on a tractor.
How do you use "backhoe" in a sentence?
Example: "A backhoe dug the trench for the new water line." In Portuguese, "backhoe" is retroescavadeira, retroescavadora.
Are there other ways to say "backhoe" in Portuguese?
Yes — Portuguese has 2 translations listed for "backhoe": retroescavadeira, retroescavadora.
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