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horas hombre

English translation: man hours / man-hours


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Spanish term or phrase:horas hombre
English translation:man hours / man-hours
Entered by: Marcelo González
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01:52 Jul 27, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Finance (general)
Spanish term or phrase: horas hombre
el total del tiempo dedicado al proyecto medido en horas hombre
altita
man hours
Explanation:
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-07-27 01:55:39 GMT)
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It can also be spelt \"man-hours\" :-)

man-hour
An industrial unit of production equal to the work one person can produce in an hour.
http://www.answers.com/man-hours&r=67

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-07-27 01:57:25 GMT)
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The Code Project - How to estimate a software project in man-hours ...
Some thoughts on estimating before having a design in place.
www.codeproject.com/gen/ design/estimate-manhour-software.asp

Over 500,000 Google hits
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="man ...

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Note added at 13 mins (2005-07-27 02:06:13 GMT)
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It terms of grammar, the hyphen is not necessary (even when pluralized), as the following link (from the State of Kentucky) clearly suggests:

Select the following link to download the man hours estimate worksheet. It is aself extracting executable that contains an Excel worksheet, ...
www.kytc.state.ky.us/design/manhour/manhour.htm
Selected response from:

Marcelo González
North Mariana Isl.
Local time: 16:41
Grading comment
thanks and i agree about the gender neutral term!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +10man- hours
two2tango
5 +2man hours
Marcelo González
5 +1man-hours
Patricia Rosas
4man/hours
Maria Baquero
3hour-man
Nitza Ramos


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
man/hours


Explanation:
Man-hours/man-year any alternatives? Thor Kommedahl 05/23/2001 (0). Re:
Man-hours/man-year any alternatives? Thor Kommedahl 05/23/2001 (0) ...


Maria Baquero
United States
Local time: 02:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +10
man- hours


Explanation:
Number of man-hours worked 1 and actual working hours per week (LFS). ...
Employed persons total, 2 269, 2 278, 2 283, 2 262, 2 262, 2 289, 2 285, 2 275 ...
www.ssb.no/aku_en/arkiv/tab-2002-01-31-10-en.html - 25k - En caché - Páginas similares



    Reference: http://www.ssb.no/aku_en/arkiv
two2tango
Argentina
Local time: 03:41
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patricia Rosas: oh, I was too slow!
1 min

agree  Henry Hinds
10 mins

agree  Marcelo González: Obviosly I agree (given my similar answer), though I hasten to add that the hyphen is not necessary. Regards!
13 mins

agree  Marina Soldati
35 mins

agree  TranslateThis
1 hr

agree  Philippe Maillard
1 hr

agree  Michele Fauble
2 hrs

agree  Francisco Pavez: con -, sin-. No importa. Dudo que alguien pueda argumentar la existencia de woman-hours. jejeje. Güenas nossshes a tossshh, ZzzzzZZ
3 hrs

agree  Fanny_C
9 hrs

agree  Olga María Piaggio
12 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
hour-man


Explanation:
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Nitza Ramos
United States
Local time: 02:41
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
man-hours


Explanation:
usually hyphenated


    www.missouribusiness.net/ docs/calc_overhead_percentage.asp
    Reference: http://www.wendes.com/whoweare.html
Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 23:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 90

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Fauble
2 hrs
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
man hours


Explanation:
+

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-07-27 01:55:39 GMT)
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It can also be spelt \"man-hours\" :-)

man-hour
An industrial unit of production equal to the work one person can produce in an hour.
http://www.answers.com/man-hours&r=67

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-07-27 01:57:25 GMT)
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The Code Project - How to estimate a software project in man-hours ...
Some thoughts on estimating before having a design in place.
www.codeproject.com/gen/ design/estimate-manhour-software.asp

Over 500,000 Google hits
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="man ...

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Note added at 13 mins (2005-07-27 02:06:13 GMT)
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It terms of grammar, the hyphen is not necessary (even when pluralized), as the following link (from the State of Kentucky) clearly suggests:

Select the following link to download the man hours estimate worksheet. It is aself extracting executable that contains an Excel worksheet, ...
www.kytc.state.ky.us/design/manhour/manhour.htm

Marcelo González
North Mariana Isl.
Local time: 16:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
thanks and i agree about the gender neutral term!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simon Charass: "man-hours" OK
14 mins
  -> Though one may be preferred, both ways are fine, as the modifying function of "man" stays the same. I'd liken the use of this hyphen to that of other words whose spellings have changed over time (such as those of words with the prefix "re"). Thanks!

agree  Michele Fauble
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Michele!!
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