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Spanish: anchos

English translation: wide (adj., plural)







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Spanish term or phrase:anchos
English translation:wide (adj., plural)
Entered by:Walter Landesman
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Art/Literary - Archaeology
Spanish term or phrase: anchos
A type of jewellery worn by the South American Indians.
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Clarification request(s) and response
Sandra Cifuentes Dowling: 4:23pm Jan 7, 2005: Please provide full sentence. Which country is this from? Are you sure it is not an adjective? -
María Roberto: 3:14am Jan 10, 2005: La única referencia que encontré fue: "A propósito del juego de los “anchosâ€
http://www.fundacionkonex.com.ar/premios/curriculum.asp?ID=1...
Pero no pude encontrar el ensayo del autor, el antropólogo Armando Vivante. -

wrong question*
Explanation:
"anchos" is an adjetive, plural. It is not a noun, and it is not jewelry. You might have seen "anchas pulseras" (wide braceletes) por example.
But, definitively, the question is wrong.

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Note added at 441 days (2006-03-25 14:03:56 GMT)
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r¡to the colleagues: I am sorry to place this explanation here and not above ("aske the asker"). But the asker is not a member, has not replied previous messages and who knows if and when he/she might return to the site.
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Walter Landesman
Uruguay
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2wrong question*
Walter Landesman
4wide
Joao Andre Madeira


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
wide

Explanation:
see glossay below


    Reference: http://www.geography.lancs.ac.uk/Matienzo/dices.htm
Joao Andre Madeira
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral Michele Fauble: Yes, as an adjective 'ancho' is wide, as can be verified by consulting any Spanish-English dictionary. The asker has specified an entirely different context.
4 hrs

neutral María Roberto: Estoy de acuerdo con Michel. Es un sustantivo. Y un enigma. Creo que pertenece a las culturas pre-incaicas.
2 days12 hrs

neutral Yaotl Altan: Same reason as above
445 days
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441 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
wrong question*

Explanation:
"anchos" is an adjetive, plural. It is not a noun, and it is not jewelry. You might have seen "anchas pulseras" (wide braceletes) por example.
But, definitively, the question is wrong.

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Note added at 441 days (2006-03-25 14:03:56 GMT)
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r¡to the colleagues: I am sorry to place this explanation here and not above ("aske the asker"). But the asker is not a member, has not replied previous messages and who knows if and when he/she might return to the site.

Walter Landesman
Uruguay
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 20
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Egmont
2 days1 hr
  -> ok

agree Marina56: de acuerdo. Mira que estoy siempre por aquí, sólo que contesto a algunas preguntas xq' estoy poco tiempo con esto, es más ya estuve en el forum tratando de cerrar las viejas. Un beso y gracias
14 days
  -> hola, Marina, gracias y welcome back!
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