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23:18 Apr 27, 2019 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Science - Geology / Mining | |||||||
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4 +5 | allocthonous |
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3 | salt mined with pickaxe |
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salt mined with pickaxe Explanation: Alcotana es un zapapico o piocha. Creo entonces para entender esto sería traducir la frase: cantidades alcotanas de sal; lo que interpreto: cantidades sacadas con zapapico, quizá en contraposición a las sacadas con maquinaria o herramientas otras. Y se refiere necesariamente a la sal de mina o roca/mined salt) y no de mar (salt harvest). https://www.ferreteriaonlinevtc.com/406-alcotanas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickaxe |
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allocthonous Explanation: It's a typo for alóctanas. 2. geol. [Material] que se origina en un lugar distinto al de su yacimiento primitivo y que ha sido transportado por algún agente geológico: se ha producido una acumulación de materiales alóctonos en el fondo del valle. 3. geol. [Suelo, roca o formación] geológica cuyos materiales proceden de otros yacimientos: rocas alóctonas. allocthonous. Adjective. Of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed. http://www.yourdictionary.com/allocthonous -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2019-04-28 02:32:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/alóctono -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2019-04-28 02:33:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Hence "Como resultado de estos movimientos". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 hrs (2019-04-28 13:21:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In Dutch, "allochtoon" is a fairly common word for "immigrant", ie "person from a different soil". |
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