Autoservicio oriental

English translation: Asian market / Asian supermarket

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Spanish term or phrase:Autoservicio oriental
English translation:Asian market / Asian supermarket
Entered by: Suzanne Carey

07:34 Aug 31, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Spanish term or phrase: Autoservicio oriental
It is the term used in Buenos Aires for small supermakets run by Chinese or Corean people.
María Marta Semberoiz
Argentina
Local time: 22:15
Asian market / Asian supermarket
Explanation:
Hi Maria, Here in Ireland we tend to call them Asian markets. It's a bit of a catch-all for shops with stock from all over Asia. But it's another option!
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Suzanne Carey
Ireland
Local time: 02:15
Grading comment
Thank you, Suzanne! The wikipedia page you sent me even had a photo of an Asian market in Bs As!
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Summary of answers provided
4Oriental/Chinese/Korean grocery store/supermarket
Jane Ashford (X)
3 +1Asian market / Asian supermarket
Suzanne Carey


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Oriental/Chinese/Korean grocery store/supermarket


Explanation:
Hi Maria. If you are not referring to either Chinese or Korean specifically, you could say Oriental supermarket/Oriental grocery store. I have seen shops calling themselves that, and there are also lots of hits on google. I think this implies that they are autoservicio, so you don't need to worry about adding it in English.

Jane Ashford (X)
Local time: 02:15
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: English
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Asker: Thank you, Jane!!

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Asian market / Asian supermarket


Explanation:
Hi Maria, Here in Ireland we tend to call them Asian markets. It's a bit of a catch-all for shops with stock from all over Asia. But it's another option!


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_supermarket
Suzanne Carey
Ireland
Local time: 02:15
Does not meet criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you, Suzanne! The wikipedia page you sent me even had a photo of an Asian market in Bs As!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ronnie McKee: Asian market is also very common usage in california - oriental is not
1 hr
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