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mortiños

English translation: blueberry

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Spanish term or phrase:mortiños
English translation:blueberry

02:52 May 10, 2010
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-05-13 16:54:09 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Spanish term or phrase: mortiños
mortiños y musgo para el pesebre.
Ricardo Posada Ortiz
United States
Local time: 06:51
blueberry
Explanation:
El mortiño es el blueberry (el arándano es cranberry), pero una variedad un poco más pequeña y hay que cocinarla para poder comerla.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-05-10 03:56:21 GMT)
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Mortiño es el nombre que se le da en Ecuador...
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NegraVera
Ecuador
Local time: 05:51
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2blueberry
NegraVera


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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
blueberry


Explanation:
El mortiño es el blueberry (el arándano es cranberry), pero una variedad un poco más pequeña y hay que cocinarla para poder comerla.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-05-10 03:56:21 GMT)
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Mortiño es el nombre que se le da en Ecuador...

NegraVera
Ecuador
Local time: 05:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  imatahan
2 hrs
agree  Jenni Lukac (X): The use of "arandano" for both cranberry and blueberry is problematic in translation, but M. Moliner gives arandano for mortiño and I am supposing that in Ecuador this would be a form of blueberry.
9 hrs
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