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q.b.

English translation: as required

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Italian term or phrase:q.b.
English translation:as required
Entered by: Jasmina Towers

11:09 Jan 7, 2021
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Fungicide
Italian term or phrase: q.b.
The context is an Italian licence document for a fungicide (a list of active ingredients, and such-like, in a table) and the sentence is "Coformulanti: /q.b./ a g. 100", which I take to mean 100 grammes of "q.b.".

Thanks for any help you can offer!
Charlotte Fleming
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:35
as required
Explanation:
in cooking q.b. is 'quanto basta' (as required / to taste), so this may be 'as required, up to 100g'
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Jasmina Towers
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:35
Grading comment
Thank you :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3as required
Jasmina Towers
4q.s.
Federica Di Stefano (X)
4 -1quanto basta
Tom in London


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
as required


Explanation:
in cooking q.b. is 'quanto basta' (as required / to taste), so this may be 'as required, up to 100g'

Jasmina Towers
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tom in London: "to taste" - for a fungicide?
4 mins
  -> No, I meant in cooking quanto basta means 'to taste', here it would be 'as required'.
agree  Kate Chaffer: Tom - try reading Jasmina's explanation
7 mins
  -> thanks Kate
agree  Claudia Sorcini
50 mins
  -> thanks Claudia
agree  martini
5 hrs
agree  philgoddard: I don't understand why Tom has disagreed with this and then posted the same answer, or why you've also disagreed with his.
8 hrs
  -> Phil, I disagreed with Tom's answer because he posted 'quanto basta / as required' which was exactly the same answer that I gave. He posted it after having read and commented on mine, which seems rather unfair.
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
quanto basta


Explanation:
"/q.b./ a g. 100" - as required to make up 100g.

Numerous ghits if you search for it.

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Jasmina Towers: This is the same answer as mine...
4 mins
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
q.s.


Explanation:
(quantum sufficit), as much as suffices (in italian we use the abbreviation: q.b. for this expression).

Federica Di Stefano (X)
Local time: 08:35
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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