This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. English to Spanish
  3. Finance (general)

zip code/postal code

Spanish translation: código postal

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:zip code/postal code
Spanish translation:código postal
Entered by: Elisabete Coutinho

00:52 Feb 20, 2008
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
English term or phrase: zip code/postal code
Hola, necesito ayuda para traducir estos términos que me salen juntos, ¿se traducen ambos como código postal?
María Brega
Local time: 23:17
código postal
Explanation:
zip code
s. código postal

postal code = código postal
Ex: This, incidentally, is one area where North American software does not travel well: UK postal codes will not fit into fields designed for US zip codes.

(Both found in Babylon)
Selected response from:

Elisabete Coutinho
Spain
Local time: 04:17
Grading comment
Thanks a lot.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +16código postal
Elisabete Coutinho


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +16
código postal


Explanation:
zip code
s. código postal

postal code = código postal
Ex: This, incidentally, is one area where North American software does not travel well: UK postal codes will not fit into fields designed for US zip codes.

(Both found in Babylon)

Elisabete Coutinho
Spain
Local time: 04:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Hola Elisabete, tal vez mi pregunta no fue clara. Quiero saber si existe alguna diferencia entre zip code y postal code o si ambos se traducen como código postal.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yaotl Altan
1 min
agree  Graciela Vicente
1 min
agree  Aldona Parra
1 min
agree  Ines R.: si
12 mins
agree  Margaret Schroeder: EliB, en cualquier caso específico, aplica o uno o el otro, porque el zip es el término usado en los EEUU y el postal code en los demás países. De todos modos los dos significan código postal.
16 mins
agree  Carlos Vergara
19 mins
agree  Henry Hinds: Código postal nada más.
1 hr
agree  Anne Smith Campbell: Coincido, y por si puede servir para esclarecer: http://luther.ca/~dave7cnv/postalzipcode.html
1 hr
agree  alizestarfir (X): this should be a non-pro question. :)
2 hrs
agree  Victoria Frazier
5 hrs
agree  Teri Szucs
8 hrs
agree  María Florencia Otero
8 hrs
agree  Stefan Boxhorn
8 hrs
agree  Alejandro García
12 hrs
agree  Gabriela Rodriguez: :)
1 day 2 hrs
agree  Tradjur
5 days
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search