Glossary entry

inglés term or phrase:

Clear

español translation:

borrar - limpiar

Added to glossary by Pablo Arig
Jun 6, 2007 15:45
17 yrs ago
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inglés term

Clear

inglés al español Otros Informática: Programas
Sentence: This action will clear all fields.
There are some values/entries in the fields. The action is going to clear the fields of all their contents. I want to translate the sentence without using any additional word like values/contents etc. Borrar or Eliminar doesn't seem to work because it appears as if the fields are being eliminated and not the contents.
Change log

Jun 9, 2007 02:48: Pablo Arig Created KOG entry

Discussion

Ashok Pipal (asker) Jun 7, 2007:
Thanks everybody!
Ashok Pipal (asker) Jun 6, 2007:
Yes, I am looking for something like vaciar or limpiar as suggested by David and Hugo, but something which should sound more professional and technical(if possible).

Proposed translations

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7 minutos
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borrar - limpiar

Antiguamente había un program de computación que se llamaba LOGO, y tenía una orden o sentencia que se abreviaba "cls" = clear screen que significa, limpiar pantalla.

En éste caso, clear fields, e limpiar o borrar lo que contengan los campos o fields

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-06 16:57:45 GMT)
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ATENCIÓN: Anteriormente yo escribí que clear fields, significa limpiar o borrar el contendio de los campos. ( el contenido o la data que contengan los campo). Eliminar los campos significaría, que dejan de existir y luego, ya no podría ingresar información en los mismos.
Example sentence:

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Peer comment(s):

agree Ernesto de Lara
36 minutos
Many thanks !
agree Walter Landesman
39 minutos
Many thanks !
agree Rafael Molina Pulgar
43 minutos
Many thanks !
agree Tradjur : YO creo que "borrar".
58 minutos
Many thanks !
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
5 minutos

limpiar

limpiar todos los campos

o: dejar en blanco los campos

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Note added at 8 mins (2007-06-06 15:53:54 GMT)
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Buenas Tardes, tengo un problema necesito en una forma limpiar unos campos de la forma pero no necesito limpiar todos los campos de un bloque como puedo ...
www.programacion.net/foros/34/msg/313999/ - 12k

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Note added at 9 mins (2007-06-06 15:54:49 GMT)
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Si desea limpiar los campos, presione “Limpiar”. Si desea abandonar la página sin agregar el Archivo Web, presione “Cancelar”. ...
adi.ing.uchile.cl/~jvillanu/manuales/VIEJO/todos - 52k

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Note added at 11 mins (2007-06-06 15:56:37 GMT)
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Hello Ashok, I think that "limpiar" is not unprofessional at all in this context and it renders the idea quite clearly
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+1
20 minutos

desmarcar/eliminar/borrar los campos

Suerte
Peer comment(s):

agree Veronica Colasanto : me parece más elegante
38 minutos
Muchísimas gracias Verónica
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3 minutos

vaciar

Una posibilidad.

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Note added at 21 mins (2007-06-06 16:06:55 GMT)
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For computer-related materials, the common term for this is borrar, which is also often used for erase, and you said you didn't want to use, and it ids what Microsoft uses most of the time:

Clear,a,Borrar,a,MNU,Windows,Office,XP

Vaciar is simply an alternative
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1 hora

"Dejar en blanco" Resetear - Reiniciar - Renovar

En muchos programas de computación, cuando hago click en el "Reset button", lo que hace es quitar o dejar en blanco los fields.

Saludos,

Pablo
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