Antwerp

Spanish translation: Amberes

17:15 Dec 23, 2005
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / novel
English term or phrase: Antwerp
la ciudad, Antwerp
tere aguilar
Local time: 19:32
Spanish translation:Amberes
Explanation:
Es Amberes.

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-12-23 17:18:57 GMT)
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Te copio del Panhispánico:

Amberes. Forma tradicional española del nombre de esta ciudad belga. No deben usarse en español ni la forma inglesa Antwerp ni la neerlandesa Antwerpen ni la francesa Anvers.
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Fernando Muela Sopeña
Spain
Local time: 03:32
Grading comment
gracias
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +20
antwerp
Amberes


Explanation:
Es Amberes.

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-12-23 17:18:57 GMT)
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Te copio del Panhispánico:

Amberes. Forma tradicional española del nombre de esta ciudad belga. No deben usarse en español ni la forma inglesa Antwerp ni la neerlandesa Antwerpen ni la francesa Anvers.

Fernando Muela Sopeña
Spain
Local time: 03:32
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rosa Maria Duenas Rios (X): En camino para Amberes, me encontré siete mujeres...
0 min
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agree  Robert Forstag: Yep. One of those place names that have a significantly different name in Spanish and English.
1 min
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agree  Gabriela Mejías
3 mins
  -> Gracias, Gabriela

agree  Victoria Gil Talavera
6 mins
  -> Gracias, Victoria

agree  Palíndromo
8 mins
  -> Gracias

agree  Pilar Esteban
11 mins
  -> Gracias, Pilar

agree  alcarama
17 mins
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agree  Clare Macnamara
17 mins
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agree  Yvonne Becker
20 mins
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agree  Carmen Riadi
20 mins
  -> Gracias, Carmen

agree  Alicia Casal: Y...si.................
21 mins
  -> Gracias, Alicia

agree  Ernesto de Lara
28 mins
  -> Gracias, Ernesto

agree  Egmont: agradable ciudad
37 mins

agree  MPGS: :)
58 mins

agree  Loren
1 hr

agree  psilvau
1 hr

agree  Juan Jacob: Los franceses tienen la manía de no pronunciar la "s" final, os lo dice un nativo.
1 hr

agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal
2 hrs

agree  offset: Some of these place-names you just gotta learn by rote, along with their genders; I understand there's also a Spanish-English geographical dictionary; same would go for biographical names, I guess, some translations of which are obvious and others not.
5 hrs

agree  Marina56: OK, así figuran en los envíos de mercadería.
2 days 21 hrs
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