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Spanish term or phrase:
Comensal
English translation:
table companion
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I have a problem with the following text as the translation I'm thinking of would not work in English...pls see below (UK English) anyone have any suggestions for this? The only thing I could think of is "diner" and problem is this is also for teenagers...so no complicated vocabulary... Thanks!
Llamamos comensal a la persona que se sienta en una mesa a comer.
El origen de esta palabra tiene cientos de años, del latín cum, que significa “con” y mensa, que significa “mesa”.
Llamamos comensal a la persona que se sienta en una mesa a comer.
El origen de esta palabra tiene cientos de años, del latín cum, que significa “con” y mensa, que significa “mesa”.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | table companion |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 3 +4 | fellow diner (guest) |
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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table companion
At least you can keep the "mesa". 13 Oct 2010 ... table companion Sustantivo. Plural: table companions · compañero de mesa, comensal, convidado a la mesa; Sinónimos: fellow diner, diner, ...
www.wordmagicsoft.com/.../en-es/table companion.php - En caché
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-04-28 07:38:53 GMT)
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The term "table" is derived from a merger of French table and Old English tabele, ultimately from the Latin word tabula, "a board, plank, flat top piece". In Late Latin, tabula took over the meaning previously reserved to mensa (preserved in Spanish and Portuguese mesa "table").http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_(furniture); - So maybe you could say "A table companion is a person that you sit down at a table to eat with." Examples: When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you, ... a person of honour, dignity, and authority; and to sit at table with such ...
bible.cc/proverbs/23-1.htm - En caché - Similares; do you sit down at a table to eat a meal or do you eat elsewhere, or do you eat standing up? ... We will never reveal your name to the person you ask. ...
www.formspring.me/almondsandhoney/q/187688046093691643; Something leads her to sit down for a snack in a crowded cafeteria where ... victim is depicted as significantly younger than his table companion. ...
www.snopes.com/crime/safety/cookies.asp - Similares;
www.wordmagicsoft.com/.../en-es/table companion.php - En caché
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-04-28 07:38:53 GMT)
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The term "table" is derived from a merger of French table and Old English tabele, ultimately from the Latin word tabula, "a board, plank, flat top piece". In Late Latin, tabula took over the meaning previously reserved to mensa (preserved in Spanish and Portuguese mesa "table").http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_(furniture); - So maybe you could say "A table companion is a person that you sit down at a table to eat with." Examples: When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you, ... a person of honour, dignity, and authority; and to sit at table with such ...
bible.cc/proverbs/23-1.htm - En caché - Similares; do you sit down at a table to eat a meal or do you eat elsewhere, or do you eat standing up? ... We will never reveal your name to the person you ask. ...
www.formspring.me/almondsandhoney/q/187688046093691643; Something leads her to sit down for a snack in a crowded cafeteria where ... victim is depicted as significantly younger than his table companion. ...
www.snopes.com/crime/safety/cookies.asp - Similares;
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fellow diner (guest)
In the original sentence the word for comensal is stated as a person who sits at the table to eat. The second sentence also explains the origin of the word, Latin "cum" meaning "con" (with) and Latin mensa, meaning "mesa" (table).
According to what you thought as "diner" is not completely off-the-track, and I would translate this word as fellow diner or a fellow guest, a person or persons with whom you would sit together at the same table to eat.
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/comensal
According to what you thought as "diner" is not completely off-the-track, and I would translate this word as fellow diner or a fellow guest, a person or persons with whom you would sit together at the same table to eat.
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/comensal
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Evans (X)
: this sounds more natural in English
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Thank you!
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Rafael Molina Pulgar
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eski
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Gracias Eski y saludos!
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