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buscar el mar

English translation: that run right down to the waters edge


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Spanish term or phrase:buscar el mar
English translation:that run right down to the waters edge
Entered by: bigedsenior
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09:41 Dec 18, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
Spanish term or phrase: buscar el mar
From a description of a coastal municipality in Andalucía:
"En las zonas más bajas del municipio...se cultivan cítricos y frutales, mientras que al oeste, y por unos terrenos QUE YA BUSCAN EL MAR, vuelven a verse algunos frutales y sobre todo grandes extensiones de cereal..."
Daniel Burns
Local time: 11:28
that run right down to the waters edge
Explanation:
buscar el mar=going to the beach/shore
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bigedsenior
Local time: 09:28
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5that run right down to the waters edgebigedsenior
3 +2meet the seaMichelle García
3near the sea shoreMcFly


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
that run right down to the waters edge


Explanation:
buscar el mar=going to the beach/shore

bigedsenior
Local time: 09:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 124

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cmwilliams
50 mins

agree  translatol
12 hrs

agree  Judith Kerman: good colloquial English
13 hrs

agree  Harmony
1 day10 hrs

agree  Shawn Keeney
3 days7 hrs
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
meet the sea


Explanation:
..another option.

Michelle García
Spain
Local time: 18:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jane!

agree  translatol
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, translatol!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
near the sea shore


Explanation:
another option.

McFly
Local time: 13:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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