Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
warn/advise
English translation:
alert [you] to
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Spanish term
warn/advise
I'm translating an informal email.
Could you help me translate the word: "avisar"
Estimado colegas,
This is to (warn or advise?) you about the last set of data we emailed....
Honestly I'm doubting which verb to use. I thought of "advise of" but it sounds a bit formal...
Thanks for your help
| 3 +4 | alert [you] to |
Hartley Moorhouse
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| 3 +3 | warn / call your attention to |
DLyons
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| 5 | I would like to let you know about |
Isabel Bancalari
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Non-PRO (2): philgoddard, Neil Ashby
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Proposed translations
Spain
Polished professionalism personified!
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English
alert [you] to
It might help to have the original Spanish.
| Escribo para avisarles que la ultima informacion enviada es totalmente incorrecta. Pido disculpas por este error... |
warn / call your attention to
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Charles Davis
: I think "warn" fits fine here.
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Thanks Charles.
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neilmac
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Thanks neilmac.
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AllegroTrans
: "warn you about..."
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Thanks AllegroTrans.
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Argentina
Experienced technical translator
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English
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