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skins

Spanish translation: pieles (de animales)

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English term or phrase:skins
Spanish translation:pieles (de animales)
Entered by: Sandra Cifuentes Dowling

20:01 Jun 15, 2015
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems
English term or phrase: skins
Like other metals, but unlike **skins**, precious stones, and most other commodities, gold has the quality of divisibility without loss.

El texto corresponde a un libro sobre la historia del oro y el patrón oro escrito a mediados del siglo XX.

Agradezco su ayuda.
Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
Chile
Local time: 15:16
pieles
Explanation:
En mi opinión se refiere a pieles (de animal), pues cuanto más grandes en una sola pieza, más valiosas. En pedazos pierden valor.
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Tess Roseng Carbonell Klempt
Local time: 15:16
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Muchas gracias a todos
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +4pieles
Tess Roseng Carbonell Klempt
4las capas más externas de un diamante / piedra preciosa
Beatriz Otero


  

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
pieles


Explanation:
En mi opinión se refiere a pieles (de animal), pues cuanto más grandes en una sola pieza, más valiosas. En pedazos pierden valor.

Tess Roseng Carbonell Klempt
Local time: 15:16
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Muchas gracias a todos

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henry Hinds: Lo más lógico.
1 hr
agree  Jennifer Levey
3 hrs
agree  JohnMcDove
6 hrs
agree  Mariana Reinoso
21 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
las capas más externas de un diamante / piedra preciosa


Explanation:
Para seguir en la misma línea del contexto;
skin "jewelry" se refiere a; the outermost layer of a pearl and or diamond

Beatriz Otero
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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