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ocupan una extensión

English translation: cover a space/area


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Spanish term or phrase:ocupan una extensión
English translation:cover a space/area
Entered by: Adam Burman
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14:32 Sep 14, 2006
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Spanish term or phrase: ocupan una extensión
Describing Masai villages:

Sus chozas tradicionales, construidas con barro mezclado con excrementos de vaca y techados con paja, ocupan una extensión que suele tener forma circular u ovoidal.
Adam Burman
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:51
cover a space/area
Explanation:
cover a space/area that is usually circular...
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Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:51
Grading comment
This works best - thanks Nikki!
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Summary of answers provided
5are usually built
Henry Hinds
5encompass an area
Reed D James
4Are usually built in a circular or an oval formation
Henry Barfoot-Saunt
4are distributed in a generally circular or oval area.Cinnamon Nolan
4cover a space/area
Nikki Graham
4occupy a space
neilmac
3are housed in an extension building/occupy the space of ..xxxcw010


  

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are housed in an extension building/occupy the space of ..


Explanation:
usually if you use the word extension you have to say to what the extension is. I.e an extension to the main house. Any more context would be helpful

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neutral  neilmac: In this case, in Spanish it just means "area/space"
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cover a space/area


Explanation:
cover a space/area that is usually circular...

Nikki Graham
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This works best - thanks Nikki!
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
occupy a space


Explanation:
simple as that - or "take up" if you don't like "occupy"...
Or how about "cover and area" ... ?

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an area


neilmac
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encompass an area


Explanation:
I feel that the verb "encompass" fits perfectly in this context.


    Reference: http://www.vivecuador.com/html2/eng/geography.htm
Reed D James
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are usually built


Explanation:
ocupan una extensión que suele tener forma circular u ovoidal = are usually built in a circular or oval shape

Let's have clear writing, that's all it says.

Henry Hinds
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are distributed in a generally circular or oval area.


Explanation:
Less literal, but perhaps more natural.

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Note added at 25 mins (2006-09-14 14:57:59 GMT)
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Or " are distributed in an area that's generally circular or oval/egg-shaped."

Cinnamon Nolan
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Are usually built in a circular or an oval formation


Explanation:
it makes refernce to the formation that "chozas" create when they are constructed

Henry Barfoot-Saunt
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