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Tech/Engineering | | Spanish term or phrase: manzanas y tareas | In an ESL (English as a Second Language) class for adults which takes place in the same building where I work, people of Spanish-speaking origin were talking about sizes of land (such as hectares, acres, etc.)
A Mexican man came to my office to tell me that the Guatemalans in the class were saying that when they purchase land they buy a certain amount of "manzanas" and that certain amounts of manzanas equal tareas.
I was wondering if anyone has heard of this. I'm Central American and have never heard "manzanas" used this way.
I've heard of La Gran Manzana = New York City
or
Voy a darle una vuelta a la manzana = I'm going around the block, but not as acres or anything similar.
Can anyone shed light as to what is a "manzana" and what the size might be? |
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| | manzana=0.7 hect. | Explanation:
Hola Hardy,
Según esta referencia una manzana de terreno equivale a 0.7 hectáreas.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
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Note added at 2003-03-25 22:00:44 (GMT)
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\"... quintales (***una manzana de tierra equivale a 0.7 hectáreas***) de maíz en media manzana me cuesta ... metemos el hombre para ayudarle y buscar una alternativa ... \"
www.maela-net.org/hoja_a_hoja/rev_7/ 8_productor_multirrubro.htm
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Note added at 2003-03-25 22:03:01 (GMT)
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Este otro documento, (pdf) que habla de poblaciones en Guatamala, lo confirma:
\"Una manzana igual a 0.7 hectáreas aproximadamente\"
www.depts.ttu.edu/aged/research/bakerpaulspanish.pdf
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Note added at 2003-03-25 22:10:48 (GMT)
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Por otra parte la \"Tarea\", (medida de superficie usada en Centroamérica) según la tabla de equivalencias en el enlace siguiente equivale exactamente a 69.03 m2.
http://www.smf.mx/boletin/Ene-98/articles/medidas.html
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6 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +7 manzana=0.7 hect.
Explanation:
Hola Hardy,
Según esta referencia una manzana de terreno equivale a 0.7 hectáreas.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
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Note added at 2003-03-25 22:00:44 (GMT)
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\"... quintales (***una manzana de tierra equivale a 0.7 hectáreas***) de maíz en media manzana me cuesta ... metemos el hombre para ayudarle y buscar una alternativa ... \"
www.maela-net.org/hoja_a_hoja/rev_7/ 8_productor_multirrubro.htm
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Note added at 2003-03-25 22:03:01 (GMT)
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Este otro documento, (pdf) que habla de poblaciones en Guatamala, lo confirma:
\"Una manzana igual a 0.7 hectáreas aproximadamente\"
www.depts.ttu.edu/aged/research/bakerpaulspanish.pdf
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Note added at 2003-03-25 22:10:48 (GMT)
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Por otra parte la \"Tarea\", (medida de superficie usada en Centroamérica) según la tabla de equivalencias en el enlace siguiente equivale exactamente a 69.03 m2.
http://www.smf.mx/boletin/Ene-98/articles/medidas.html
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