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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

zanjar

English translation:

to skirt

Added to glossary by peterinmadrid
Feb 19, 2006 18:50
20 yrs ago
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Spanish term

zanjar

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Environment & Ecology Rural development project
Al igual que en el caso de las actividades de difusión, no pretendemos zanjar esta tarea, sino que pretendemos completar las carencias actuales
Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 to skirt
5 -1 clarify (this matter)
4 get around
Change log

Mar 12, 2006 15:26: Robert Forstag changed "Field" from "Other" to "Bus/Financial"

Proposed translations

+4
19 mins
Selected

to skirt

OR: to evade

This option would seem to fit nicely, in the present context.

Suerte.
Peer comment(s):

agree Miguel Falquez-Certain
5 mins
Gracias, Miguel.
agree franglish
10 mins
Thanks again, Fran. :)
agree uxia90 : Yep. It means "to settle", "to finish unclosed", "to evade and avoid", etc.
1 hr
agree Rachel Fell : to skirt round
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you Robert!"
-1
6 mins

clarify (this matter)

From the American Heritage Spanish English Dictionary:
"To clear up a matter"
Peer comment(s):

disagree Jennifer Levey : it seems to mean just the opposite!
1 hr
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7 mins

get around

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