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abrigos

English translation: shelters

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Spanish term or phrase:abrigos
English translation:shelters
Entered by: Claudia Luque Bedregal

06:33 Dec 22, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology / miner�a / impacto ambiental
Spanish term or phrase: abrigos
La mayoría de los sitios arqueológicos presentan entre pobre y regular estado de conservación. Son en su mayoría abrigos, cuevas o canteras, en las cuales se han encontrado evidencias arqueológicas limitadas.
Claudia Luque Bedregal
Italy
Local time: 07:30
shelters
Explanation:
Es una de las opciones que indica el Simon & Schuster como traducción de "abrigo".
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Mauricio López Langenbach
New Zealand
Local time: 17:30
Grading comment
gracias Mauricio!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8shelters
Mauricio López Langenbach
3 +1small caves/hollows
Susana Galilea


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
shelters


Explanation:
Es una de las opciones que indica el Simon & Schuster como traducción de "abrigo".

Mauricio López Langenbach
New Zealand
Local time: 17:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
gracias Mauricio!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chelin: sí
5 hrs
agree  amdsingh
5 hrs
agree  Carmen Riadi: Saludos, Mauricio!
6 hrs
agree  Roberto Rey
7 hrs
agree  Adam Burman: Shelter seems good in this context: haven is an alternative
7 hrs
agree  Judi O'Brien
7 hrs
agree  Ernesto de Lara
11 hrs
agree  Idoia Echenique
12 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
small caves/hollows


Explanation:
covacha.

1. f. Cueva pequeña.

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Note added at 18 mins (2005-12-22 06:51:42 GMT)
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... 5. cave dweller [n.], cavernícola [sf]. ***6. small cave or hollow [n.], covacha [sf]***.
7. small vault or cave [n.], bovedilla [sf]. 8. cave-in [n.], derrumbamiento ...
www.ultralingua.com/yd/?text=cave&service=es - 7k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages


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Note added at 19 mins (2005-12-22 06:52:50 GMT)
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abrigo.

6. m. Arqueol. Covacha natural poco profunda.

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Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 00:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Fauble
6 mins
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