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Spanish translation: pasar el rotavator

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English term or phrase:rototill
Spanish translation:pasar el rotavator
Entered by: Sara Koopman

20:01 May 8, 2006
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Agriculture / gardening
English term or phrase: rototill
here's a doozy, eh?
"Dig or rototill in 1-3 inches of compost"
so rototiller is rotocultivador, or just rototiller given that it's a trademark - but this is for an outreach piece - really, will low literacy folks understand rotocultive? is there some other more understandable option that ocurrs to you? mezcle con ese aparatico que da vueltas .... !?
paz y jardines felices para tod@s : )
Sara Koopman
Local time: 00:16
pasar el rotavator
Explanation:
Es como se diría en España y lo entendería cualquiera que haya trabajado una huerta. ¡Me temo que no existe el verbo "rotavatear" ni nada por el estilo!! :-)
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Idoia Echenique
Spain
Local time: 09:16
Grading comment
gracias! a veces son las cosas obvias, como "pasar", que se me escapan.
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Summary of answers provided
5roturar/arar
Ariel Saloum
4mullir/ahuecar tierra
Monika Jakacka Márquez
4pasar el rotavator
Idoia Echenique


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mullir/ahuecar tierra


Explanation:
son verbos que se usa para hablar de remover ligeramente la tierra. Espero que te sirva.


mullir - Cavar la tierra alrededor de las cepas para ahuecarla.
Diccionario de la lengua española © 2005 Espasa-Calpe S.A.,
http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/mullir

mullir1.
2. tr. Agr. Cavar alrededor de las cepas, de las patatas, etc., ahuecando la tierra.
DRAE, www.rae.es


Monika Jakacka Márquez
Spain
Local time: 09:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
roturar/arar


Explanation:
If it's talking about a large portion of soil I would choose roturar, but if it's only talking about a small garden with some plants, then I would choose Monika's answer. Regards

Ariel Saloum
Argentina
Local time: 04:16
Native speaker of: Spanish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pasar el rotavator


Explanation:
Es como se diría en España y lo entendería cualquiera que haya trabajado una huerta. ¡Me temo que no existe el verbo "rotavatear" ni nada por el estilo!! :-)

Idoia Echenique
Spain
Local time: 09:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 31
Grading comment
gracias! a veces son las cosas obvias, como "pasar", que se me escapan.
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