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cocotores

English translation: coconut trees

19:20 Oct 29, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Tourism & Travel / planning permission
Spanish term or phrase: cocotores
respetar la topologia de la duna costera, cubierta de cocotores, en su mayor parte en la actualidad.
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Local time: 12:22
English translation:coconut trees
Explanation:
Typo for cocoteros, methinks.

Good luck!

Álvaro

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Note added at 3 mins (2007-10-29 19:23:50 GMT)
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Though strictly speaking, maybe 'coconut palms' is better...is it now?
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moken
Local time: 12:22
Grading comment
Ah, I didn't spot it was a typo, but seeing as it refers to a caribbean island the evidence is overwhelming...
Many thanks,
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4 +15coconut trees
moken


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +15
coconut trees


Explanation:
Typo for cocoteros, methinks.

Good luck!

Álvaro

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Note added at 3 mins (2007-10-29 19:23:50 GMT)
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Though strictly speaking, maybe 'coconut palms' is better...is it now?

moken
Local time: 12:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 78
Grading comment
Ah, I didn't spot it was a typo, but seeing as it refers to a caribbean island the evidence is overwhelming...
Many thanks,

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: Moi aussi.
1 min
  -> Those commas in the sentence look as if they've just fallen out of the trees too! ;O) ;O)
agree  AZjuancarlos: Coconut Palms sounds more accurate, however most people I've hear (in the U.S.) do say "coconut tree"
6 mins
  -> Thanks Juan Carlos. I vaguely remember a documentary stating that palms are not actually trees, but related to (grasses?), though I think colloquially many of us say "trees". :O) :O)
agree  Ángel Domínguez: ¡corrocte! O;-)
8 mins
  -> THanks! :O) :O)
agree  Elizabeth Medina: Agree.
9 mins
  -> :O)
agree  Juan Jacob: Dificilísimo.
9 mins
  -> De las mías Juan...únete a mi voto de allí abajo. :O) :O)
agree  Patricia Rosas: ye thinks right!
12 mins
  -> :O)
agree  psicutrinius: me agree, not too, but seven
16 mins
  -> Haha, txs 'psicutreenius'. :O)
agree  eesegura: I'd go with "coconut palms."
34 mins
  -> Thanks ee. :O)
agree  Carol Gullidge: me too!//I thought you were watching the hawks, parrots, peacocks, and canaries twittering away to their hearts' content along the sundrenched sandy dunes of
1 hr
  -> Travel agents will make you believe anything - like 'there are golden sand beaches in Tenerife'. There are two, both artificial! This is ultra-volcanic: black sand (when lucky) and steep cliffs, longest beach about 400 yds... :O) :O)
agree  LiaBarros
2 hrs
  -> :O)
agree  Ana Boadla
2 hrs
  -> :O)
agree  Lory Lizama
2 hrs
  -> :O)
agree  Cesar Serrano: ...o como decimos en Ecuador - "cocoteros"...:)
6 hrs
  -> ¿Será solo cosa de Ecuador...? :O) :O) Gracias César.
agree  JEAN HUTCHINGS
12 hrs
  -> :O)
agree  Gacela20
19 hrs
  -> :O)
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