to staunch - ¿detener, frenar?

Spanish translation: restringir, frenar, limitar

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English term or phrase:	to staunch
Spanish translation:	restringir, frenar, limitar
Entered by:	René Cofré Baeza

08:33 Jul 22, 2005

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Journalism / opinion articles

English term or phrase: to staunch - ¿detener, frenar?

Developing countries, where smoking rates are on the rise and expected to overtake rich-country levels over the next few years, have not yet introduced measures to change behaviour or to staunch the supply of cigarettes flowing in.

Paula Sáenz KudoZ activity Questions: 1 (none open) Answers: 48 Spain
Local time: 17:23

retringir, frenar, limitar

Explanation:
El sentido va por el lado de restringir, pero son todos sinónimos y no alteran mucho la idea del texto. Suerte

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Note added at 6 mins (2005-07-22 08:40:14 GMT)
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perdon quise decir \"restringir\"

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René Cofré Baeza
Germany
Local time: 17:23

Grading comment

Los tres son posibles en este contexto. Muchas gracias, René.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

detener

Anabel Martínez

4 +1

detener, frenar, acabar con

Cabinet Huertos

suprimir, contener

Susan Andrew

retringir, frenar, limitar

René Cofré Baeza

parar, interrumpir

cameliaim

Answers

3 mins confidence:

to staunch - ¿detener, frenar? detener

Explanation:
estás en lo cierto, por el contexto queda claro, el verbo es una variante de stanch

staunch 2 (stônch, stänch)
v.
Variant of stanch1. See Usage Note at staunch1.

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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb 1. staunch - stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them the tide"
stanch, stem, halt
check - arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve"

Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/staunch

Anabel Martínez
Spain
Local time: 17:23
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to staunch - ¿detener, frenar? detener, frenar, acabar con

Explanation:
En mi opinión se podrían utilizar estos tres términos, la elección depende más bien del tipo de estilo que le quieras dar, pienso yo. Si estuviese en tu lugar utilizaría "acabar con", ya que me parece más apropiado, pero se trata tan sólo de una cuestión de gusto.
Buena suerte!

Cabinet Huertos
France
Local time: 17:23
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