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chauchas

English translation: green bean

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Spanish term or phrase:chauchas
English translation:green bean
Entered by: mirta

19:50 Aug 17, 2003
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Nutrition / nutrition
Spanish term or phrase: chauchas
En especial en el caso de divertículos se debe comenzar con las verduras que contienen hemicelulosa, como remolachas cocidas, zapallitos sin piel ni semillas, zanahoria y calabaza, chauchas sin hilos ni porotos.
Maria Eugenia Roca Rodriguez
Argentina
Local time: 11:20
green bean
Explanation:
chaucha sustantivo femenino
1 (Río de la Plata) (= judía verde) green bean
(Collins Dictionary)

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mirta
Argentina
Local time: 11:20
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Summary of answers provided
5 +6green bean
mirta
4 +3string beans
Raquel Iglesias
5haricots
María Alejandra Funes
4green haricots without filaments and beans.
asun


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
green bean


Explanation:
chaucha sustantivo femenino
1 (Río de la Plata) (= judía verde) green bean
(Collins Dictionary)

Good luck!



mirta
Argentina
Local time: 11:20
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susana Galilea: localizado a tope :)
2 mins
agree  Valeria Verona: exactamente
8 mins
agree  roneill
38 mins
neutral  Hermeneutica: This IS what they are in Argentina; but "sin hilos ni porotos" makes me think that Maria Alejandra's answer is closer to the mark.
54 mins
agree  Sol: así se les dice en EE.UU.
1 hr
agree  Patricia Baldwin
1 hr
agree  Jorge Rubino
2 hrs
agree  Daniel Mencher
4 hrs
disagree  luceroscal: The dicctionary can say that, but when I eat green beans in USA they are not "chauchas". But I don' have an answer thoug. Sorry!
4 days
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
haricots


Explanation:
Simon & Schuster's Dictionary

María Alejandra Funes
Local time: 11:20
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hermeneutica: Or "haricot beans"
53 mins
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agree  Daniel Mencher: puede ser
4 hrs
disagree  asun: This refer to dry beans
11 hrs
disagree  luceroscal: and white not green. "Chauchas" are green.
4 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
string beans


Explanation:
si son sin hilos y porotos


    Reference: http://www.plantsofthesouthwest.com/cgi-bin/plantview.cgi?_c...
Raquel Iglesias
Spain
Local time: 16:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sol: podrían ser "string beans" deshiladas, o también "pea pods", pero me inclino más por "grean beans"
30 mins
agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
1 hr
agree  Daniel Mencher
3 hrs
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
green haricots without filaments and beans.


Explanation:
Como en Francés, haricots verts, para diferenciarlos de las judías secas (haricots, a secas)

asun
Spain
Local time: 16:20
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
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