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Spanish: agilidad mental

English translation: nimbleness



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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:agilidad mental
English translation:nimbleness
Entered by:Smartranslators
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1:31pm Mar 16, 2007Login or register (free) for more options.
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Petroleum Eng/Sci
Spanish term or phrase: agilidad mental
¿cual sería la mejor tradución al inglés de este termino?
Richard Ramirez
Venezuela
Clarification request(s) and response
Manuela Junghans: 1:33pm Mar 16, 2007: Is it really English TO Spanish? And where is the connection to petroleum engineering?

mental nimbleness
Explanation:
Suerte
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Smartranslators
Spain
Note from asker to answerer
Why not just nimbleness?
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
1 +2mental agility
Manuela Junghans
3 -1mental nimbleness
Smartranslators
1quick thinkingmediamatrix


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
mental agility

Explanation:
This would be my spontenous guess, Spanish to English of course...

Manuela Junghans
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree bigedsenior
14 hrs
  -> thanks bigedsenior
agree Arianna Aguilar
2 days7 hrs
  -> thanks ariannaj
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
quick thinking

Explanation:
Given zero context...

mediamatrix
Chile
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
mental nimbleness

Explanation:
Suerte

Smartranslators
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 40
Note from asker to answerer
Why not just nimbleness?

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree Arianna Aguilar: As a native speaker of English, I have never heard anyone say "mental nimbleness." Nimbleness refers to physical agility. The appropriate translation is "mental agility."
2 days7 hrs
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