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Spanish: desconchar

English translation: to shell







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Spanish term or phrase:desconchar
English translation:to shell
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Forestry / Wood / Timber / sanitary requirements
Spanish term or phrase: desconchar
producto desconchado (moluscos bivalvos)
BOCHA
Chile
to shell
Explanation:
remove the shells.
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Sheilann
Spain
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6to shellSheilann
5to shuck
George Rabel


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
to shell

Explanation:
remove the shells.

Sheilann
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Marian Greenfield: well, shelled....
6 mins

agree Paul Lambert: yes - shelled.
8 mins

agree Maria Luisa Duarte
34 mins

agree MarĂ­a Eugenia Wachtendorff
38 mins

agree Suzanne Couture: shelled
40 mins

agree Parrot
46 mins
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to shuck

Explanation:
When it comes to shellfish, the standard Englsih term is "shuck"

"Shucked shellfish" means molluscan shellfish that have one or both shells removed.



    Reference: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/food/foodcode/shellfis...
George Rabel
United States
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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