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de modo orientativo

English translation: as an example/to give you an idea

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Spanish term or phrase:de modo orientativo
English translation:as an example/to give you an idea
Entered by: Oso (X)

15:01 Oct 16, 2001
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
Spanish term or phrase: de modo orientativo
Does this mean something like "we're saying we'd like to be able to handle all this stuff, but we're not promising anything"?

"Los residuos que podia recibir ( de modo orientativo):

o Pepel y cartón.
o Toners.
o Cartuchos de tinta de impresora.
o Fluorescentes.
o Bombillas.
o Vidrio.
o Bidones metálicos.
o Bidones metálicos de dimensiones no normalizadas.
o Bidones de plástico.
o Garrafas de plástico de volumen inferior a 100L
o Garrafas de plástico de dimensiones no normalizadas.
[etc. etc.]"
Jon Zuber (X)
as an example/to give you an idea
Explanation:
Hi again,
I understand "de modo orientativo" as "to give you an idea" or "as an example.

Good luck and greetings from Oso ¶:^)
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Oso (X)
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Gracias, Oso.
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4May be you're right,
mónica alfonso
3as an example/to give you an idea
Oso (X)


  

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as an example/to give you an idea


Explanation:
Hi again,
I understand "de modo orientativo" as "to give you an idea" or "as an example.

Good luck and greetings from Oso ¶:^)

Oso (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 3064
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Gracias, Oso.
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
May be you're right,


Explanation:
but it may also mean they are giving just some examples, not limiting the possibilities.

mónica alfonso
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 657
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