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refrescos

English translation: soft drinks

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Spanish term or phrase:refrescos
English translation:soft drinks
Entered by: María T. Vargas

08:30 Apr 22, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / menu
Spanish term or phrase: refrescos
Now it's time for drinks in "my" menu for the company's dinner party. I want to use the best British term for what I'd call "soft drinks" if for the US. Thanks in advance for your help.
María T. Vargas
Spain
Local time: 23:55
soft drinks
Explanation:
The UK English term is also 'soft drinks' : )
Selected response from:

Georgia Ford
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:55
Grading comment
Thanks Georgia, and to all the colleagues for their help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6soft drinks
Georgia Ford
4refreshments
CMJ_Trans (X)
4soft drinks
Gabrielle Marcellus-Temple
4beverages
Ximena Novoa
3fizzy drinks
Taylor Kirk


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
fizzy drinks


Explanation:
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Note added at 2 mins (2008-04-22 08:33:00 GMT)
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fizzies

Taylor Kirk
United States
Local time: 16:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
soft drinks


Explanation:
The UK English term is also 'soft drinks' : )

Georgia Ford
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks Georgia, and to all the colleagues for their help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sonia Clough: This is the term that is always used on UK menus
1 min
  -> Thank you!
agree  bcsantos: yes
38 mins
  -> Thanks : )
agree  kjmcguire
43 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Graciela Vicente: Some old people also use the word cordial, but soft drinks is the common trerm
47 mins
  -> Thank you : )
agree  Jesús Cordero-Salvado: Yes, and includes both fizzy and still beverages (juices, cordials/squash, caffeine-boost, etc)). Also the word the UK industry use in their UK websites when talking about their range of brands
50 mins
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley
1 hr
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
refreshments


Explanation:
but don't you have a dictionary?

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 23:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
soft drinks


Language variant: British English

Explanation:
I would say 'soft drinks' personally- this comes up with a lot of hits on google (UK pages only)- it's frequently used in the UK, although it is originally an Americanism.


    Reference: http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do
Gabrielle Marcellus-Temple
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
beverages


Explanation:
"beverage" is pretty neutral: it refers to alcoholic and alcohol-free drinks.


    Reference: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/beverag...
Ximena Novoa
Local time: 23:55
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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