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medio de transporte AÉREO, MARÍTIMO, FLUVIAL, LACUSTRE o TERRESTRE

English translation: air, sea, river, lake or land transport/ (freight)

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Spanish term or phrase:medio de transporte AÉREO, MARÍTIMO, FLUVIAL, LACUSTRE o TERRESTRE
English translation:air, sea, river, lake or land transport/ (freight)
Entered by: Сергей Лузан

22:52 Jan 8, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: medio de transporte AÉREO, MARÍTIMO, FLUVIAL, LACUSTRE o TERRESTRE
JUST THAT...
Accents
with air, sea, river, lake or land transport
Explanation:
Luck, Accents!
Selected response from:

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 08:30
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3means of transportation: aerial (air transport), maritime, fluvial, lacustrine or land ...
rhandler
4 +3with air, sea, river, lake or land transport
Сергей Лузан
5means of transport air,marine,fluvial,lacustrine or road
Maria Luisa Duarte
5air, sea, river, lake, or land freight
María Eugenia Wachtendorff
4(means of) transportation by air, sea, river, lake or land
Olaf Reibedanz


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
with air, sea, river, lake or land transport


Explanation:
Luck, Accents!

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 08:30
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 450
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters: Leave out the "with"
7 mins
  -> Thanx, danke & gracias for your remark, Trudy Peters! Surely, many variations are possible & this one as well.
agree  Katerina Kallitsi: without "with"
5 hrs
  -> Thanx & gracias for your remark, Katerina Kallitsi! Surely, many variations are possible & this one as well.
agree  Teresita Garcia Ruy Sanchez
7 hrs
  -> Thanx & gracias, Teresita García Ruy Sanchez!
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
means of transportation: aerial (air transport), maritime, fluvial, lacustrine or land ...


Explanation:
... transportation.



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Note added at 2004-01-08 23:57:06 (GMT)
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Here\'s Webster\'s definition for transportation (especially 2-a):

transportation (transper tasen, -por-)
n.
1 a transporting or being transported
2 a) a means or system of conveyance b) the work or business of conveying passengers or goods
3 fare or a ticket for being transported
4 banishment for crime, as to a penal colony; deportation
transportational
adj.

Etymology
[Fr < L transportatio]

(C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.


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Note added at 2004-01-09 00:01:50 (GMT)
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Here are some examples for \"means of transportation\":

PGG: Means Of Transportation For The Earth-Confined Hitchhiker
This is a article containing FACTUAL information. Means Of Transportation
For The Earth-Confined Hitchhiker. Compendium of Transportation Methods. ...
www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~vdmeulen/deeper/ Articles/Transportation.html

Customs Training Institute
Means of Transportation, [ JR Joban Line / Tobu Noda Line ] (1) Take Tobu Bus from bus terminal #2 at the West Exit of Kashiwa Station. ...
www.customs.go.jp/cti/009_e.htm

Hôtel Marbella - Biarritz - France
... taxi). Departure. PARIS. Means of Transportation. Air Inter Europe.
SNCF - TGV. Departure Point. Orly OUEST. Gare Montparnasse. Destination. ...
www.hotel-marbella.fr/hotel/anglais/ divers/transports.html


    Reference: http://www.babylon.com
    Webster's Electronic Dictionary
rhandler
Local time: 02:30
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 1170

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chaplin: of transport in English
37 mins
  -> Thank you, chaplin, but Webster's supports "transportation" in this context: look at the note above.
agree  ACCURATE77
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, ACCURATE77
agree  Teresita Garcia Ruy Sanchez: I would use "by air" instead of aerial
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, Teresita. Yes, many variations are possible.
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
medio de transporte AÉREO, MARÍTIMO, FLUVIAL, LACUSTRE o TERRESTRE
means of transport air,marine,fluvial,lacustrine or road


Explanation:
+

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Note added at 20 mins (2004-01-08 23:12:59 GMT)
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Air transportation
Marine transportation
Fluvial transportation
Road Transportation
Lake Transportation

Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Local time: 07:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 3168

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  María Eugenia Wachtendorff: Freight or means of transportation
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(means of) transportation by air, sea, river, lake or land


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 2004-01-09 00:29:11 (GMT)
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Depending on context, you might be able to take the first bit out and say:

\"transportation by air, sea, river, lake and land\"

Olaf Reibedanz
Colombia
Local time: 00:30
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 115
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
medio de transporte AÉREO, MARÍTIMO, FLUVIAL, LACUSTRE o TERRESTRE
air, sea, river, lake, or land freight


Explanation:
Freight is the usual term in trade parlance.

María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 01:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 3887
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