Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

extensible

English translation:

extensive

Added to glossary by Paul Lambert
Jul 29, 2005 11:37
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term

extensible

Spanish to English Other Food & Drink
in a text on pig farming - i'm a bit hesitant to put 'extendible'

....los planteamientos basados en la recuperación de razas porcinas autóctonas criadas de forma extensible y sostenible....

Proposed translations

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extensive

probablemente quería decir 'extensiva' (como opuesto a 'intensiva? = estabulada)

:)

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Note added at 12 days (2005-08-11 09:23:28 GMT) Post-grading
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gracias a tod@s :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Kathryn Litherland : yes--extensive vs. intensive agriculture seems right
3 hrs
Thanks again drlith. Guessing is always risky :)
agree Lamberto Victorica
4 hrs
gracias Lamberto :)
agree Cecilia Della Croce
1 day 4 hrs
gracias Cecilia, buen finde :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "yes - extensive was referred to in a further section of the translation, so went for this one - thanks!"
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extensive

and sustainable
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... raised in increasing yet sustainable numbers.

One possibility. I think it means that more and more pigs are being raised but that this increase is sustainable.

Good luck.

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Note added at 23 mins (2005-07-29 12:00:32 GMT)
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\"Extensible\" expresses the idea that it is gradually becoming more widespread and not that it is already widespread, as \"extensive\" would imply.
Peer comment(s):

agree María Eugenia Wachtendorff
12 mins
Thank you!
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