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Spanish: aguas servidas

English translation: waste water



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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:aguas servidas
English translation:waste water
Entered by:Sergio Gaymer
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology
Spanish term or phrase: aguas servidas
How would this be said in English? Sewer, contaminated water, etc.?
Kimberlee Thorne-Waintraub
Argentina
Clarification request(s) and response
Deborah Lockett: 1:10pm Mar 11, 2008: it may be different in different contexts - what's the context please?
Kimberlee Thorne-Waintraub: 1:12pm Mar 11, 2008: context of text - This text is about a water treatment project that is being done in a Latin American region.

waste water
Explanation:
:)
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Sergio Gaymer
Chile
Note from asker to answerer
This is the one that most covers the term I'm looking for. Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4waste water
Sergio Gaymer
5 +2sewage
Patricia Drevniak
4sewage
Ximena Correa
4Blackwater (waste)Dolores Vázquez


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
waste water

Explanation:
:)

Sergio Gaymer
Chile
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 11
Note from asker to answerer
This is the one that most covers the term I'm looking for. Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree CherryPie
9 mins
  -> Mercy CherryPie

agree VeronikaNeuhold
11 mins
  -> Danke schön Veronika

agree Sheila Hardie
2 hrs
  -> thanks Sheia

agree Muriel Vasconcellos: One word.
17 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot Muriel
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sewage

Explanation:
sewage
s. aguas residuales, aguas negras; alcantarillado

Ximena Correa
Chile
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Blackwater (waste)

Explanation:
A las aguas negras también se les llama aguas servidas, aguas residuales, aguas fecales, o aguas cloacales


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_%28waste%29
    Reference: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguas_negras
Dolores Vázquez
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in GalicianGalician, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sewage

Explanation:
Según el diccionario Engineers' Dictionary de Louis Robb se dice sewage.
Lo mismo aparece en:
www.mercantil.com/rc/port_select_companies
ivaa.de/es/sewage/

Espero te sirva,
Patricia


    Reference: http://oldcchc.cchc.cl
    Reference: http://ivaa.de/es/sewage/
Patricia Drevniak
Argentina
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

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agree bbt-ruth
47 mins

agree xxxeloso
9 hrs
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