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echar números

English translation: run the numbers


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Spanish term or phrase:echar números
English translation:run the numbers
Entered by: Comunican
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07:38 Aug 9, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
Spanish term or phrase: echar números
This is from a report about consumer behaviour in the face of the economic crisi

Cuando se habla directamente con los consumidores, las investigaciones cualitativas realizadas por [market research company] reflejan su clara inquietud ante la situación actual, que puede resumirse en la frase “hay que echar números".

I'm guessing from the context that it means "to budget" or more literally "to do one's sums"...?

Many thanks
Comunican
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:34
run the numbers
Explanation:
This is how I read it without more context. Examples: couplemoney.com/real-estate/buying-an-affordable-house/ - En caché7 Jun 2011 – If you're not willing to put in the legwork and run the numbers, ... If your debt to income ratio is higher than 36%, you could have a hard ...
[PDF] Have you run the numbers? -
www.iua.com.au/site/files/ul/data_text12/1250834.pdf; Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Vista rápida
Have you run the numbers? 26% of recovering businesses change brokers soon after (3). A closer look at business interruption insurance ...; banking.about.com/od/howtobank/a/Calculate-Interest.htm - En cachéRun The Numbers on Interest You Pay and Earn ... Things get more complicated ...
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Jenni Lukac
Local time: 07:34
Grading comment
thanks Jenni and everyone else
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3run the numbers
Jenni Lukac
4 +1do the math
neilmac
4 +1do their sumsOR reckon/weigh up the costsgallagy2
4do the calculationsLanna Rustage


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
run the numbers


Explanation:
This is how I read it without more context. Examples: couplemoney.com/real-estate/buying-an-affordable-house/ - En caché7 Jun 2011 – If you're not willing to put in the legwork and run the numbers, ... If your debt to income ratio is higher than 36%, you could have a hard ...
[PDF] Have you run the numbers? -
www.iua.com.au/site/files/ul/data_text12/1250834.pdf; Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Vista rápida
Have you run the numbers? 26% of recovering businesses change brokers soon after (3). A closer look at business interruption insurance ...; banking.about.com/od/howtobank/a/Calculate-Interest.htm - En cachéRun The Numbers on Interest You Pay and Earn ... Things get more complicated ...


Jenni Lukac
Local time: 07:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 143
Grading comment
thanks Jenni and everyone else

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ainhoa otaola: sí, es bastante informal....you do your calculations before making a decision
21 mins
  -> Thanks, Ainhoa. This is somewhat regional: run the numbers, do one's sums, do/make your calculations ...

agree  xxxFVS: Yes, I think that's it.
2 hrs
  -> Cheers and thanks, FVS.

agree  eski: Nice job, Jenni: eski :))
9 hrs
  -> Cheers, amigo. Thanks and greetings from the land of the maños.
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
do the calculations


Explanation:
I feel this is more "consumer-speak", whereas "run the numbers" is business-speak

Lanna Rustage
Local time: 07:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
do the math


Explanation:
This is the most common informal way of putting it that I know.
Googling "have to do the math" gets 12,300,000 results...

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-08-09 08:57:35 GMT)
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Also quite acceptable to use in an ad-world report, which are usually quite informal in tone and lexis.

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 07:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 126

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Reynaud
7 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
do their sumsOR reckon/weigh up the costs


Explanation:
fairly common for consumers

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-08-09 09:31:59 GMT)
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clicked too fast, space missing
Do their/the sums CAREFULLY
OR
reckon/weigh up the costs

OR

crunch the numbers

www.iav.com/en/index.php?we_objectID=13865&pid=407 - Cached
Consumers do their sums very carefully when they look at whether it is at all worth their while investing in an electric vehicle. Let's take the example of ...




www.walletpop.co.uk/.../arranging-mortgages-costs-consumers... - Cached
13 Apr 2011 – Research from uSwitch.com shows that consumers are facing a double ... people choose to pay these fees, they must do their sums carefully. ...



www.confused.com/.../weigh-up-the-costs-when-ch... - United Kingdom - Cached
26 Jan 2010 – When it comes to buying a new set of wheels, most of us will spend hours deliberating over the make and model before signing on the dotted ...


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www.pbgh.org/.../David_Lansky_on_Physician_Compare_in_Moder...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
14 Feb 2011 – Numbers to crunch. Better public data needed to help patients compare and choose physicians. Consumers deserve more and better ...




Crunching the Numbers Behind the Spectrum Crunch | FCC.gov


www.fcc.gov/.../crunching-numbers-behind-spectrum-... - United States - Cached
21 Oct 2010 – Crunching the Numbers Behind the Spectrum Crunch ... wireless networks is rapidly increasing as more consumers surf the web, check email, ...



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Note added at 1 hr (2011-08-09 09:35:10 GMT)
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"crunching the numbers" may be more US rather than UK

gallagy2
Ireland
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marian Vieyra
2 hrs
  -> many thanks Marian:-)
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