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Yacimiento

English translation: Quarry

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Spanish term or phrase:Yacimiento
English translation:Quarry
Entered by: broca

14:14 Nov 3, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
Spanish term or phrase: Yacimiento
"Yacimientos que abastecieron la obra (la construcción de un edificio)":
Is it beds, deposits, sites, fields?
broca
Local time: 02:57
Quarry
Explanation:
Yo creo que valdría para el caso...
Selected response from:

Marta Maslowska
Poland
Local time: 02:57
Grading comment
Thanks, Marta.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3Deposits
Sergio Gaymer
4 +4site
Jenni Lukac (X)
3 +2Quarry
Marta Maslowska
4site/field
evelyn beltrán


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Deposits


Explanation:
Hope it helps

Sergio Gaymer
Chile
Local time: 18:57
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: I think this is the right word for a source of naturally-occurring building materials.
41 mins
agree  Jaime Hyland: it can be used for archaological deposits too.
2 hrs
agree  Rosa Paredes: Absolutely!
1 day 8 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
site


Explanation:
My opinion. Let's see what others have to say.

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Note added at 6 mins (2011-11-03 14:20:18 GMT)
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It would depend on the materials, whether they were minerals or other raw or finished materials. One example (sites of raw materials): redalyc.uaemex.mx/redalyc/pdf/315/.../31502104_Abstract_2.pdf
Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Vista rápida
De metales, minerales y yacimientos. Contribución al estudio de la metalurgia ... location of sites where raw material processing was carried out. Keywords ...

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 02:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 92
Notes to answerer
Asker: The materials are variously given as stone, lime, plaster.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  traduaustral
13 mins
  -> Thanks very much, traduaustral.
agree  philgoddard
41 mins
  -> Thanks very much, Phil.
agree  Jaime Hyland: You're right about it depending on the context. With no context, I'm inclined to "deposits", but you'd never know.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jaime. As there was little context, I chose the most general term that applied.
agree  John Anderson: i have to agree with Jaime
12 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, John.
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Quarry


Explanation:
Yo creo que valdría para el caso...

Marta Maslowska
Poland
Local time: 02:57
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, Marta.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jaime Hyland: It might be this too. A bit more background would help. It depends on the sort of stone that was used to build the monastery. Was it stones from a riverbed for cut from bedrock, or something else?
1 hr
agree  Eileen Banks
8 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
site/field


Explanation:
yacimiento=site/field

evelyn beltrán
United States
Local time: 20:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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