Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
bread and butter
Spanish translation:
el pan de cada día
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Elena Sgarbo (X)
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English term
Elena Sgarbo (X)
bread and butter
English to Spanish
Art/Literary
These procedures constitute the bread and butter of the busy Electrophysiology Lab.
(Estoy un poco jet-lagged & out of ideas...... gracias!!)
Elena
(Estoy un poco jet-lagged & out of ideas...... gracias!!)
Elena
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el pan de cada día
Hola Elena,
Una sugerencia. Es la que da el S&S semper fidelis.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
bread-and-butter
Bread-and-butter ideas or problems are the basic things that directly relate to most people:
Health and education are the sort of bread-and-butter issues that people vote on.
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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bread and butter 2. (fam.) el pan de cada día, subsistencia
Simon & Schuster\'s Bilingual Dictionary©
Una sugerencia. Es la que da el S&S semper fidelis.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
bread-and-butter
Bread-and-butter ideas or problems are the basic things that directly relate to most people:
Health and education are the sort of bread-and-butter issues that people vote on.
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Note added at 2003-12-04 01:54:36 (GMT)
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bread and butter 2. (fam.) el pan de cada día, subsistencia
Simon & Schuster\'s Bilingual Dictionary©
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Oso, qué bueno que estés ahí. Your answer is what I had in mind, but I needed confirmation.
"Bread and butter" aquí se refiere como dice jipozzi a "procedimientos cotidianos", pero yo prefería mantener la forma metafórica.
Gracias a todos :-)
Elena
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Josefina Pozzi
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procedimientos cotidianos
puede ser?
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pan y mantequilla
y porque no?
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el abc
el abc... si es fácil
la base... si es lo indispensable
Un saludo
la base... si es lo indispensable
Un saludo
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la subsistencia, el sustento, el pan de cada día
Significa que el laboratorio "vive de eso". Por ejemplo, para nosotros, los traductores, esos clientes que nos dan trabajos pequeños pero en forma constante, o bien solamente trabajos grandes de vez en cuando, son nuestro sustento.
Suerte,
mew
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Puedes verificarlo en el Simon & Schuster
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Note added at 2 hrs 7 mins (2003-12-04 03:45:04 GMT)
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BREAD AND BUTTER: (1) slices of bread spread with butter; (2) (infml) (the way of earning) one\'s living: \"He\'s trying to get work as an actor, but he earns his bread and butter as a waiter.\" \"Jobs, pensions and housing are the bread-and-butter issues of politics (i.e. the basic ones)
SOURCE: OXFORD ADVANCED LEARNER\'S DICTIONARY
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Source: The American Heritage...
bread and butter
n. Means of support; livelihood.
The essential sustaining element or elements; the mainstay: “As ever, politics, vulgarity and sentimentality were the bread and butter of the Academy Awards” (David Ansen).
Source: Webster\'s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
bread and butter
n: the financial means whereby one lives; \"each child was expected to pay for their keep\"; \"he applied to the state for support\"; \"he could no longer earn his own livelihood\" [syn: support, keep, livelihood, living, sustenance]
Suerte,
mew
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Note added at 17 mins (2003-12-04 01:55:06 GMT)
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Puedes verificarlo en el Simon & Schuster
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Note added at 2 hrs 7 mins (2003-12-04 03:45:04 GMT)
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BREAD AND BUTTER: (1) slices of bread spread with butter; (2) (infml) (the way of earning) one\'s living: \"He\'s trying to get work as an actor, but he earns his bread and butter as a waiter.\" \"Jobs, pensions and housing are the bread-and-butter issues of politics (i.e. the basic ones)
SOURCE: OXFORD ADVANCED LEARNER\'S DICTIONARY
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Note added at 2 hrs 16 mins (2003-12-04 03:53:33 GMT)
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Source: The American Heritage...
bread and butter
n. Means of support; livelihood.
The essential sustaining element or elements; the mainstay: “As ever, politics, vulgarity and sentimentality were the bread and butter of the Academy Awards” (David Ansen).
Source: Webster\'s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
bread and butter
n: the financial means whereby one lives; \"each child was expected to pay for their keep\"; \"he applied to the state for support\"; \"he could no longer earn his own livelihood\" [syn: support, keep, livelihood, living, sustenance]
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PB Trans
: very well explained
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Thank you, Pina
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Manuel Cedeño Berrueta
: Curioso que en inglés viene con mantequilla y en español no...
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Esther Hermida
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