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Tech/Engineering - Agriculture / agriculture | | Spanish term or phrase: ahoyadora de ballena | | machine used for working land |
| | | drilling machine | Explanation:
might not be very specific, but everyone will know what it is. Another word is AUGER, but I would use Drilling Machine.
A tiller does not dig holes; it opens trenches. Y yo me olvidaria de la ballena..rule of thumb here, at least for me, when in doubt, better to undertranslate than to err by trying to be too specific. Good luck!!
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Note added at 2002-07-19 14:21:54 (GMT)
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I would not use EXCAVATOR either, because those dig big wide holes, not narrow vertical holes (hoyos)
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I would not use EXCAVATOR either, because those dig big wide holes, not narrow vertical holes (hoyos)
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Note added at 2002-07-19 14:32:15 (GMT)
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and whatever you do,, DO NOT use HARPOON!! |
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 George Rabel
Local time: 21:45
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21 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 drilling machine
Explanation:
might not be very specific, but everyone will know what it is. Another word is AUGER, but I would use Drilling Machine.
A tiller does not dig holes; it opens trenches. Y yo me olvidaria de la ballena..rule of thumb here, at least for me, when in doubt, better to undertranslate than to err by trying to be too specific. Good luck!!
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Note added at 2002-07-19 14:21:54 (GMT)
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I would not use EXCAVATOR either, because those dig big wide holes, not narrow vertical holes (hoyos)
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Note added at 2002-07-19 14:22:57 (GMT)
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I would not use EXCAVATOR either, because those dig big wide holes, not narrow vertical holes (hoyos)
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Note added at 2002-07-19 14:32:15 (GMT)
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and whatever you do,, DO NOT use HARPOON!!
| George Rabel
Local time: 21:45
Native speaker of:  Spanish
PRO pts in category: 10
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