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aroba

English translation: at

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Spanish term or phrase:aroba
English translation:at
Entered by: Bertha S. Deffenbaugh

12:18 Oct 9, 2001
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
Spanish term or phrase: aroba
aroba punto com
Vicente
at
Explanation:
Saludos,

BSD
Selected response from:

Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
United States
Local time: 08:25
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +8at
Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
4 +5@ [at]
Marian Greenfield
5Measure
Ian Ferguson
4 +1arroba punto com
TransOl (X)


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
at


Explanation:
Saludos,

BSD

Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
United States
Local time: 08:25
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 219
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lafuente: at, dot, com
5 mins
agree  AngelaMR: That's it! :)
9 mins
agree  Hugo Ferraguti (X)
28 mins
agree  mónica alfonso
1 hr
agree  Nikki Graham
1 hr
agree  Parrot: @ "arroba"
3 hrs
agree  Judith Barclay
23 hrs
agree  Consult Couture
1 day 11 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
@ [at]


Explanation:
it's the @ sign

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 11:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 14617

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  dmwray: @bsolutely @ccurate
59 mins
agree  mónica alfonso
1 hr
agree  Nikki Graham
1 hr
agree  Katherine Matles
2 hrs
agree  Consult Couture
1 day 11 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Measure


Explanation:
In the modern context, the other two answers are quite correct, but historically an aroba was a unit of liquid or dry measure, something like a bushel or a peck. It is still used, unofficially, among country people in Spain. The symbol was originally used to represent the unit (like "oz" for "ounce")
Just for information.

Ian Ferguson
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 83

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fernando Muela Sopeña: Buena explicación, pero en español se escribe "arroba"
16 mins
disagree  mónica alfonso: This was not the question.
52 mins
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
arroba punto com


Explanation:
I believe an 'r' is missing. It has to be the name of a web site, that usually takes the format
'@.com' or 'at-dot-com'. In Spanish: arroba punto com

arroba= 'at' or '@'
arroba= measure of weight


TransOl (X)
PRO pts in pair: 37

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Consult Couture: Yep, an "r" is missing. In this case it means "@" for sure. ¡Saludos! =)
13 hrs
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