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apotreramiento

English translation: paddock


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Spanish term or phrase:apotreramiento
English translation:paddock
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09:39 Apr 21, 2003
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Science - Agriculture / Agriculture
Spanish term or phrase: apotreramiento
under the heading of improvements for stock farming - the others listed were gates, cattle grids, fences, roads and drains. this is part of description of an agricultural subject at uni - rural improvements
enna
Division of pasture plots or pasture ground
Explanation:
Division of pasture plots or pasture ground

apotrerar - to divide into pasture plots (Simon & Schuster)


potrero - pasture ground (Simon & Schuster)

mejoras
... Apotreramiento: El Campo esta dividido en 51 potreros, con superficies que varían
entre piquetes de 10 has y lotes que deben ser subdivididos como los 21 de ...
furst.com.ar/losclaros/espanol/pag4.html - 10k - En caché - Páginas similares



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Note added at 2003-04-21 10:02:51 (GMT)
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Definition of paddock:

pad·dock ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pdk)
n.
A fenced area, usually near a stable, used chiefly for grazing horses.
Sports.
An enclosure at a racetrack where the horses are assembled, saddled, and paraded before each race.
An area of an automobile racetrack where cars are prepared before a race.
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Katherine Matles
Spain
Local time: 03:47
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3PaddockStephen Carlin
3 +1Division of pasture plots or pasture ground
Katherine Matles


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Division of pasture plots or pasture ground


Explanation:
Division of pasture plots or pasture ground

apotrerar - to divide into pasture plots (Simon & Schuster)


potrero - pasture ground (Simon & Schuster)

mejoras
... Apotreramiento: El Campo esta dividido en 51 potreros, con superficies que varían
entre piquetes de 10 has y lotes que deben ser subdivididos como los 21 de ...
furst.com.ar/losclaros/espanol/pag4.html - 10k - En caché - Páginas similares



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Note added at 2003-04-21 10:02:51 (GMT)
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Definition of paddock:

pad·dock ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pdk)
n.
A fenced area, usually near a stable, used chiefly for grazing horses.
Sports.
An enclosure at a racetrack where the horses are assembled, saddled, and paraded before each race.
An area of an automobile racetrack where cars are prepared before a race.


Katherine Matles
Spain
Local time: 03:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you very much for your help - it is greatly appreciated!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gordana Podvezanec
2 mins

neutral  Henrique Serra: chiefly for horses is not to say "exclusively for horses".
2 hrs
  -> O.K. But I still think pasture ground or plots is better being that its more generic. If you look up paddock in google, its associated with horses 9 times out of 10. :-)
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Paddock


Explanation:
paddock = cercado de potrero = apotreramiento

Stephen Carlin
Local time: 04:47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Katherine Matles: If referring exclusively to horses, yes!
3 mins

agree  Henrique Serra: well, not exclusively for horses, no. It is usual to refer to paddocks in beef cattle raising as well: see http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/beef/bcc0200.html and many more examples on the web.
1 hr

agree  johnclaude: sounds right
2 hrs
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