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Unused Medications

Spanish translation: medicamentos o fármacos sin utilizar/no utilizados

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English term or phrase:Unused Medications
Spanish translation:medicamentos o fármacos sin utilizar/no utilizados
Entered by: Egmont

19:35 Apr 1, 2008
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Medical: Health Care
English term or phrase: Unused Medications
I've been translating this phrase as "medicamentos que no han sido utilizados" but i feel that's too long and clunky. Is it possible to say "medicamentos sin utilizar" ?

Any ideas? i'm looking for something succinct.
antsosa
medicamentos o fármacos sin utilizar/no utilizados
Explanation:
Dic. Med. Interamericana / McGraHill
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Egmont
Spain
Local time: 03:29
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Summary of answers provided
5 +12medicamentos o fármacos sin utilizar/no utilizados
Egmont
5 +4medicamentos sin usar
Ana Castorena
4 +4medicamentos sin abrir/cerrados/sin usar
Florencia Di Bello
4 +2medicamentos sobrantes/no usados/
Cecilia Gowar


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
unused medications
medicamentos sin usar


Explanation:
o sin utilizar como tu sugieres

Que no han sido utilizados me parece extremadamente largo

Ana Castorena
Local time: 21:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  margaret caulfield
6 mins
  -> Gracias Margaret
agree  olv10siq
13 mins
  -> Gracias
agree  Miguel Garcia Lopez
1 hr
  -> Gracias Miguel
agree  tarroyo
19 hrs
  -> Gracias
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
unused medications
medicamentos sobrantes/no usados/


Explanation:
...dependiendo del contexto podrías decir "que no ha usado" u otras variantes.

Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  N Ivan Contreras, Ph.D.: Sobrantes
4 mins
  -> ¡Muchas gracias!
agree  margaret caulfield: no usados
6 mins
  -> ¡Muchas gracias!
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +12
unused medications
medicamentos o fármacos sin utilizar/no utilizados


Explanation:
Dic. Med. Interamericana / McGraHill

Egmont
Spain
Local time: 03:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 88
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Laura D: medicamentos no utilizados
3 mins
  -> Gracias por tu amabilidad y tu comentario :-))
agree  margaret caulfield: Agree with Laura.
7 mins
  -> Gracias por tu amabilidad y tu aportación :-))
agree  Terry Burgess: Definitivamente! También coincido con "no utilizados". Saludos:-)))
22 mins
  -> Gracias de nuevo por el apoyo :-))
agree  Victoria Frazier: De acuerdo con Laura.
33 mins
  -> Gracias de nuevo por tu amabilidad :-))))
agree  Ryan Becker
1 hr
  -> Gracias nuevamente :-))
agree  Marian Martin (X)
1 hr
  -> Gracias de nuevo :-)))
agree  MarinaM: usar y utilizar tienen diferentes usos
4 hrs
  -> Gracias! :-)))
agree  Ximena P. Aguilar
5 hrs
  -> Gracias :-)))
agree  Mariana Iacobucci: Coincido totalmente con "no utilizados". Saludos
5 hrs
  -> Gracias por el comentario :-))
agree  Rosina Peixoto
6 hrs
  -> Gracias de nuevo :-))
agree  Cecilia Lanzillotta
6 hrs
  -> Gracias por el apoyo :-)
agree  Ana L Fazio-Kroll
2 days 4 hrs
  -> Gracias de nuevo por el apoyo ¡y buen finde! :-))
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
unused medications
medicamentos sin abrir/cerrados/sin usar


Explanation:
algunas opciones...:)

Florencia Di Bello
Uruguay
Local time: 22:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  margaret caulfield: medicamentos sin usar
3 mins
  -> Thank you, Margaret!
agree  Carla_am
25 mins
  -> Thank you, Carla!
agree  Carolina Ruiz: también, medicamentos sin usar
4 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Carolina!
agree  Christine 2008: medicamentos que no se utilizan
6 days
  -> Thank you, Christine!
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