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swath

Spanish translation: sector

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English term or phrase:swath
Spanish translation:sector
Entered by: Gabriela De Francesco

13:56 Nov 2, 2006
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English term or phrase: swath
It appears in an article on people who choose to be childless. It says: "In Greece, as in much of the world, having kids is no longer a given among a growing swath of the population..."
I don't really need a translation for swath, but an explanation of what it's meant by it in this context. Thanks!
Gabriela De Francesco
Argentina
Local time: 15:15
sector
Explanation:
entiendo que se refiere al sector creciente de la sociedad que decide no tener hijos, como tendencia. No sé si es esto lo que buscas. Suerte
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Jessie Leon
Local time: 20:15
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gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +4sector
Jessie Leon
5a strip or long and relatively narrow extent of anything. In this case a group of people.
Rolando Julio Arciniega


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
sector


Explanation:
entiendo que se refiere al sector creciente de la sociedad que decide no tener hijos, como tendencia. No sé si es esto lo que buscas. Suerte

Jessie Leon
Local time: 20:15
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
gracias!

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agree  Olga Alex
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agree  cameliaim
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a strip or long and relatively narrow extent of anything. In this case a group of people.


Explanation:
Of course I'm right

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Note added at 9 minutos (2006-11-02 14:05:55 GMT)
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That's the dictionary's daffy-nition of swath

Rolando Julio Arciniega
Local time: 12:15
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16
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