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be down

Spanish translation: no querrán...


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23:03 Nov 3, 2009
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / apuestas deportivas
English term or phrase: be down
So the bookies will be down purely on Arbitrage bets
Roxana Kohon
Argentina
Local time: 01:01
Spanish translation:no querrán...
Explanation:
... los corredores de apuestas no querrán apostadores que sólamente realicen apuestas seguras/apuestas de arbitraje.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-11-04 10:26:17 GMT)
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"To be down on" no es lo mismo que "to be down (something)"
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Juan Pagola
Argentina
Local time: 01:01
Grading comment
Gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4no querrán...
Juan Pagola
3registrarían pérdidaspatinba
Summary of reference entries provided
be down
Leonardo Lamarche

  

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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
registrarían pérdidas


Explanation:
a falta de más contexto, sería así. "I am down 20 pesos" = Perdí 20$

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 01:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MonicaSLS
4 hrs
  -> Gracias, Mónica!
disagree  Juan Pagola: Se refiere a "to be down on" no a "to be down". Respondiendo a tu pregunta, la fórmula sigue siendo "to be down", ya que "on a year earlier" se refiere al contexto temporal.
10 hrs
  -> Cómo traducirías "Sales were down on a year earlier"?
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
no querrán...


Explanation:
... los corredores de apuestas no querrán apostadores que sólamente realicen apuestas seguras/apuestas de arbitraje.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-11-04 10:26:17 GMT)
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"To be down on" no es lo mismo que "to be down (something)"

Juan Pagola
Argentina
Local time: 01:01
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Gracias!
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Reference comments


28 mins
Reference: be down

Reference information:
Por favor más contexto.

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Note added at 49 mins (2009-11-03 23:52:45 GMT)
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I cannot do anything post if I have not done anything previous.
Please explain.

Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  patinba: This sort of comment should go in the Post Discussion entry
12 mins
  -> Please tell me why so. I used the reference comments.
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