"run off"

Spanish translation: se han corrido fuera de...

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English term or phrase:"run off"
Spanish translation:se han corrido fuera de...
Entered by: jeff robson

09:04 Feb 15, 2006
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / molecular biology
English term or phrase: "run off"
I have a photo of an agarose gel in which the last two molecular size markers have "run off" the end of the gel because the migration was set for made for too long of a time. Could some translate this phrasal verb in this context. The usage derives from ink or paint that "runs off" or runs past the page or border.
jeff robson
se han corrido fuera de...
Explanation:
En español europeo creo que esto sería lo más inmediato, literal. Una mancha de pintura o tinta "se corre". Suerte.
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Miriam Garcia
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Local time: 22:29
Grading comment
asi me parece la mejor, gracias a todos
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1se escurrieron
hecdan (X)
4 +1... se extienden más allá que (el borde) ...
Jennifer Levey
4expandirse, se expande
Maria Rueda
4se han corrido fuera de...
Miriam Garcia


  

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run off
expandirse, se expande


Explanation:
If it is a gel then it is "expandirse" as the effect of water spreading

Maria Rueda
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se escurrieron


Explanation:
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hecdan (X)
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agree  Cecilia Paris
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... se extienden más allá que (el borde) ...


Explanation:
la idéa de 'más allá' es importante en esta frase

Jennifer Levey
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agree  LATAM Agent
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run off
se han corrido fuera de...


Explanation:
En español europeo creo que esto sería lo más inmediato, literal. Una mancha de pintura o tinta "se corre". Suerte.

Miriam Garcia
Spain
Local time: 22:29
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
asi me parece la mejor, gracias a todos
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