🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

produção em pequena escala

Pronunciation / Transliteration: produçãu ẽ peqenə eskələ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Small-scale production/ˌsmɔːl.skeɪl prəˈdʌk.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Eles mantêm uma produção em pequena escala de mel orgânico."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The creation or manufacture of goods in relatively small quantities, typically using minimal machinery, manual labor, or localized resources.

    "The local bakery specializes in small-scale production of artisanal sourdough bread."
  2. 2

    An economic model emphasizing localized, low-volume output as opposed to mass industrial manufacturing.

    "Many consumers prefer supporting small-scale production because of its lower environmental impact."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound noun phrase combining 'small-scale' (derived from 'small' from Old English smæl and 'scale' from Latin scala, meaning ladder or graduated series) and 'production' (derived from Latin productio, meaning 'bringing forth' or 'exhibiting'). It emerged prominently in modern economic and industrial discourse to describe decentralized manufacturing, artisanal output, and localized cottage industries.

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🇫🇷French → English

production à petite échelle

Transliteration: production a petit eshel

"Cette entreprise se consacre à la production à petite échelle de céramiques."

🇩🇪German → English

Kleinserienproduktion

Transliteration: klain-zee-ree-en-pro-duk-tsee-on

"Die Werkstatt ist auf die Kleinserienproduktion von Möbeln spezialisiert."

🇮🇹Italian → English

produzione su scala ridotta

Transliteration: produzione su scala ridotta

"Il vino è il risultato di una produzione su scala ridotta."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

producción a pequeña escala

Transliteration: produccion a pequeña escala

"La cooperativa fomenta la producción a pequeña escala de textiles."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

produção em pequena escala

Transliteration: produçãu ẽ peqenə eskələ

"Eles mantêm uma produção em pequena escala de mel orgânico."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

लघु स्तरीय उत्पादन

Transliteration: laghu stariya utpadan

"यह गांव हस्तशिल्प के लघु स्तरीय उत्पादन के लिए जाना जाता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

小规模生产

Transliteration: xiǎo guīmó shēngchǎn

"这家工厂专注于有机食品的小规模生产。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

소규모 생산

Transliteration: sogumo saengsan

"우리 공장은 수제 가구의 소규모 생산을 고집합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

小規模生産

Transliteration: shōkibo seisan

"その工房は陶器の小規模生産を行っています。"

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