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agropecuario

English translation: Farming/stockbreeding


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Spanish term or phrase:agropecuario
English translation:Farming/stockbreeding
Entered by: Gad Kohenov
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13:35 May 15, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture
Spanish term or phrase: agropecuario
Betty Jo Singletary
Farming/stockbreeding
Explanation:
agropecuario
adj. farming; stockbreeding

Not much context, is it?
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Gad Kohenov
Local time: 04:47
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4Farming/stockbreeding
Gad Kohenov
4 +3agriculture/agricultural
Kathryn Litherland


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Farming/stockbreeding


Explanation:
agropecuario
adj. farming; stockbreeding

Not much context, is it?

Gad Kohenov
Local time: 04:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Constantinos Faridis: la Pecuaria que es sinónimo de ganadería que es la crianza de animales con fines de producción alimenticia.
7 mins
  -> Muy bien! Muchas gracias!
agree  Richard Boulter: You really need to include both terms to cover the field, but in your context you may be able to select the appropriate single term. This is also said in the U.S. by saying 'agricultural'/'ranch' (issues), to reverse the common-vs.-technical expressions.
45 mins
  -> Muchas gracais!
agree  Laura Rodriguez
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracais!
agree  Rafael Molina Pulgar
2 hrs
  -> Muchas gracais!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
agriculture/agricultural


Explanation:
The English term "agriculture" includes both crop farming and livestock raising.

Kathryn Litherland
United States
Local time: 21:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Absolutely! I struggle hard to get this across. Unless the context requires a specific reference to livestock, 'agricultural' is sufficient.
6 hrs
agree  Cecilia Franetovich
1 day23 hrs
agree  B J Singletary: Best I have seen.
7 days
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Changes made by editors
May 29, 2010 - Changes made by Gad Kohenov:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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