Spanish: ataca (in context)English translation: reaches 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Spanish term or phrase: | ataca (in context) | | English translation: | reaches | | Entered by: | sarahca |
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Tech/Engineering - Metallurgy / Casting | | Spanish term or phrase: ataca (in context) | This is the sentence and I can't understand the use of "ataca" here:
A ser la zona total de refrigeracion muy larga, al final de la misma el agua **ataca** la palanquilla estando esta en posicion oblicua, por lo que puede correr po su zona inferior.
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CloHoHo-Claudia
Dominican Republic
| Note from asker to answererIn the end I found that in this particular context it meant 'reach'. Thanks very much for your help Claudia and everyone else.
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| reaches to
Explanation:
...water reaches to...
| CloHoHo-Claudia
Dominican Republic
Native speaker of:  Spanish
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| Note from asker to answerer| In the end I found that in this particular context it meant 'reach'. Thanks very much for your help Claudia and everyone else. |
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| stems
Explanation:
Main Entry:
2stem
Function:
transitive verb
Inflected Form(s):
stemmed; stem·ming
Etymology:
Middle English (Scots) stemmen to keep a course, from 1stem (of a ship)
Date:
1593
1 : to make headway against (as an adverse tide, current, or wind) 2 : to check or go counter to (something adverse)
— stem·mer noun
Mike :)
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Note added at 25 mins (2008-01-02 03:50:03 GMT)
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"stems" as in the sense of "making headway against" and thus being corrosive
In García Díaz's Diccionario técnico por Editorial Limusa, of the three translations give for "atacar" in a technical sense, the one that is most logical is "stem".
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The translation workplace 
