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English term or phrase:	sniper
Spanish translation:	francotirador

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20:38 Oct 21, 2002

English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: sniper

shooting

julian

francotirador

Explanation:
Hola Julián,
Según el Simon & Schuster's.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

Selected response from:

xxxOso
United States

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
5 +17	francotirador	xxxOso
5 +2	francotirador / tirador emboscado	Refugio
4 +3	francotirador	Angel Biojo

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +17

francotirador

Explanation:
Hola Julián,
Según el Simon & Schuster's.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

xxxOso
United States
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 9863

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Lila del Cerro: Sí, sin dudas.

0 min

-> Hola Lila, ¡muchas gracias! ¶:^)

agree

Eugenia Corbo

1 min

-> Mil gracias Eugenia ¶:^)

agree

Maria Luisa Duarte

2 mins

-> Muchas gracias Maria Luisa ¶:^)

agree

Sery: Desgraciadamente, muy de moda el término.

8 mins

-> Así es Sery...muchas gracias ¶:^)

agree

Rafa Lombardino: Si, como el que ataca alrededor de Maryland, ¿no?

8 mins

-> Exactamente Rafa... gracias mil ¶:^)

agree

Pro Lingua

20 mins

-> Muchas gracias Pro Lingua ¶:^)

agree

Francisco Herrerias: as always...

24 mins

-> Muchas gracias Francisco ¶:^)

agree

Jairo Contreras-López: Otra vez...Correcto, estimado Plantígrado!!!!

26 mins

-> 1000 gracias MD's ¶:^) ¶:^)

agree

Hans Gärtner

45 mins

-> Gracias mil Hans ¶:^)

agree

LoreAC

1 hr

-> Mil gracias Lore ¶:^)

agree

Mijangos: palabra muy comun en los noticieros ultimamente

1 hr

-> ¿Verdad que si? Gracias Mijangos ¶:^)

agree

Henry Hinds

1 hr

-> Mil gracias compa ¶:^)

agree

Natalia Foce: :^{{{{{

1 hr

-> I know... ¶:^C

agree

RosaT

2 hrs

-> Gracias mil RTR ¶:^)

agree

Andres Pacheco

3 hrs

-> Muchas gracias Andrés ¶:^)

agree

elenali

4 hrs

-> 1000 gracias elenali ¶:^)

agree

Keila

4 hrs

-> Gracias mil Keila ¶:^)

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

francotirador

Explanation:
Saludos

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Note added at 2002-10-21 20:41:42 (GMT)
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Oso, that was fast. You came up first.

Angel Biojo
Ecuador
Local time: 02:20
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 41

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

francotirador / tirador emboscado

Explanation:
That's it.

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Note added at 2002-10-21 20:43:01 (GMT)
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How about francotirador emboscado, to distinguish him from a rooftop sniper picking people off?

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Note added at 2002-10-21 20:45:59 (GMT)
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I assume that you are talking about the sniper who has been operating a few miles from where my mother and sister live, and has killed at the gas station across the street from where my niece and her husband work.

Refugio
United States
Local time: 00:20
Native speaker of: