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Spanish: desague

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Spanish term or phrase:desague
English translation:drainage
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Spanish term or phrase: desague
toda la tubería de desague del area restringida
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Germany
drainage pipes
Explanation:
A standard translation, and can't do better without more context. Anyway the noun from 'to drain' is 'drainage' and not 'draining'.
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translatol
Spain
Note from asker to answerer
gracias colega
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5drainage pipestranslatol
5drainage
xxxChutzpahtic
5 waste pipe, drainpipe
Gaby-
5 -1draining tubes
Andrea Macarie


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
draining tubes

Explanation:
tal cual

Andrea Macarie
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in HungarianHungarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree Cindy Chadd: pipes, not tubes, in this context
2 days10 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
waste pipe, drainpipe

Explanation:

desagüe m
1 (cañería) waste pipe, drainpipe
2 (acción de desaguar) drainage


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Note added at 6 mins (2005-04-24 19:42:36 GMT)
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drain·pipe (drān\'pīp\') pronunciation
n.

A pipe for carrying off water or sewage.
The noun drainpipe has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a pipe through which liquid is carried away
Synonyms: drain, waste pipe.
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Gaby-
Argentina
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
drainage pipes

Explanation:
A standard translation, and can't do better without more context. Anyway the noun from 'to drain' is 'drainage' and not 'draining'.

translatol
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
gracias colega

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree xxxChutzpahtic: exactly.
1 min
  -> ¡Gracias!

agree Lorenia Rincon
39 mins
  -> ¡Gracias!

agree Ernesto de Lara
51 mins
  -> ¡Gracias!

agree Henry Hinds: Desagüe.
1 hr
  -> Exactly. Thank you.

agree bigedsenior: You got it.
8 hrs
  -> Thank you,
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
drainage

Explanation:
drainage pipes/drainage piping.

xxxChutzpahtic
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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