Portuguese help needed

[mgrohan]

ração

Not 100% on the translation.
Is it:
1. Pet feed?
2. Animal feed (in general)?
3. Fodder?

Also is this term only used in Brazil? Most of the search results are for Brazilian sites.

Thanks.

[jose]

Yes, animal food, for big animals, not pets. When I was young I used to steal that and give it (pure, without straw) to my favorite horses and cows at my Grandfather's farm. They loved me.

[mgrohan]

Thanks Jose

[DomainDialect]

I don't know, guys. I keep coming up with "ration" for [i]ração[/i]. As to ration or divide up a portion of something. Can someone else confirm this, please?

[mgrohan]

Jose speaks portuguese, along with google results confirming, i am confident that it is feed related.

What i was unsure was if it referred to
'dry manufactured animal feeds' or fodder (hay/grass/straw grown for animal feed)
or both?

for big animals, not pets.

Bit confused here as the first page of google, is nearly all for pet feeds. Also http://www.racao.com/ is all about pet feeds

[jose]

We call cat food and dog food, but I guess you could use it for all animal food, as long as it's packed on big bags. Images should speak for itself.

You can also use it on the army, lol. I know I did when I was on the army.

A part of something is porção and not ração.

[DomainDialect]

[quote=jose]We call cat food and dog food, but I guess you could use it for all animal food, as long as it's packed on big bags. Images should speak for itself.

You can also use it on the army, lol. I know I did when I was on the army.

[b]A part of something is porção and not ração[/b].[/quote]
Thanks for clarifying, jose. I was thinking [i]porção[/i] was [b]portion[/b] and [i]ração[/i] was [b]ration[/b].

[blastfromthepast]

Originally Posted by jose

When I was young I used to steal that and give it (pure, without straw) to my favorite horses and cows at my Grandfather's farm. They loved me.

Are there any goats on the family farm José?

[jose]

[quote=blastfromthepast]Are there any goats on the family farm José?[/quote]

Besides you?! LOL