abarcadura

English translation: time span/period

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Spanish term or phrase:abarcadura
English translation:time span/period
Entered by: Marie Wilson

14:30 Jan 22, 2019
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Social Sciences - Poetry & Literature / Luis Vidales
Spanish term or phrase: abarcadura
Asistimos a la época más grande que ha conocido la humanidad, no comparable ni siquiera válidamente a ningún otro momento culminante del hombre sobre la tierra. Si el contenido poético radica en la palpitación humana de cada abarcadura histórica, como parece estar suficientemente comprobado de Homero hasta nuestros días, no hay ni puede haber nunca en la historia retrospectiva un material poético de tal magnitud como el que se presenta en la época contemporánea en su inmarcesible grandeza
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time span/period
Explanation:
One meaning of "abarcar" is span.
Historical time span/period.
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3 +2time span/period
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Setting


Explanation:
I would be tempted to translate this as setting. It can mean 'surrounding' or 'embracing' but I think in this text it is referring to a 'surrounding' in a contextual sense therefore I think 'setting' would be appropriate here.

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Rachael Barton (X)
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time span/period


Explanation:
One meaning of "abarcar" is span.
Historical time span/period.

Example sentence(s):
  • The historical time span covered by the essays ranges from the period of the ancient Greeks through that of the ...
  • In every historical period, the religious groups that grow most rapidly are those that set believers at odds with the surrounding culture
Marie Wilson
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agree  neilmac: Period.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Neil!

agree  Chema Nieto Castañón: Period is fine as for the meaning. Maybe spell would convey the poetic intention of the original? "(...) every historical spell..."
5 days
  -> Thanks, Chema :-) I'm not really sure as for me, spell goes with dizzy spell, cold spell. I'm not used to seeing it in this context, but I might be wrong!//Sorry if I sent 2 messages but I'm having some IT issues.
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