descapitalizar

English translation: decapitalize

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Spanish term or phrase:descapitalizar
English translation:decapitalize
Entered by: Marcelo González

23:19 Feb 15, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Business decsription
Spanish term or phrase: descapitalizar
context: "el mercado no avanza según los planes de negocio marcados y la compañía se descapitaliza"
Comunican
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:49
decapitalize
Explanation:
[PPT] Recommendations to Board & Management of Sinapi Aba Trust
File Format: Microsoft Powerpoint 97 - View as HTML
They complain that SAT **is decapitalizing** their business with too high installments
and making them wait long periods to get new loans. SAT is of two minds: ...
www.ids.ac.uk/impact/publications/ partner_publications/SAT_RecommendationsFeb02.ppt

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Note added at 8 mins (2006-02-15 23:27:09 GMT)
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Apparently, the term can be used in the context of finance in English, as well.

Depending on the context, another option might be "divest."

divest (dî-vèst´, dì-) verb, transitive
divested, divesting, divests
1. To strip, as of clothes.
2. a. To deprive, as of rights or property; dispossess. See synonyms at strip1. b. To free of; rid: "Most secretive of men, let him at last divest himself of secrets, both his and ours" (Brendan Gill).
3. ***To sell off or otherwise dispose of (a subsidiary company or an investment).****

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992.
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decapitalize


Explanation:
[PPT] Recommendations to Board & Management of Sinapi Aba Trust
File Format: Microsoft Powerpoint 97 - View as HTML
They complain that SAT **is decapitalizing** their business with too high installments
and making them wait long periods to get new loans. SAT is of two minds: ...
www.ids.ac.uk/impact/publications/ partner_publications/SAT_RecommendationsFeb02.ppt

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Note added at 8 mins (2006-02-15 23:27:09 GMT)
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Apparently, the term can be used in the context of finance in English, as well.

Depending on the context, another option might be "divest."

divest (dî-vèst´, dì-) verb, transitive
divested, divesting, divests
1. To strip, as of clothes.
2. a. To deprive, as of rights or property; dispossess. See synonyms at strip1. b. To free of; rid: "Most secretive of men, let him at last divest himself of secrets, both his and ours" (Brendan Gill).
3. ***To sell off or otherwise dispose of (a subsidiary company or an investment).****

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992.

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 13:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fernando Tognis: i agree
3 mins
  -> Thank you, Fernando!

agree  Maria Police (X)
18 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Maria!

agree  Myriam S: decapitalize, that is lose value. Divest is to sell off, i.e. divest holdings
53 mins
  -> Exactly. They're not the same. :-) // Muchas gracias, Myriam!

agree  Matthew Smith
8 hrs
  -> Thank you, Matthew!

agree  tangotrans
12 hrs
  -> muchas gracias, tangotrans!
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