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desconchar

English translation: to shell

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Spanish term or phrase:desconchar
English translation:to shell
Entered by: BOCHA

17:09 Feb 17, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Forestry / Wood / Timber / sanitary requirements
Spanish term or phrase: desconchar
producto desconchado (moluscos bivalvos)
BOCHA
Local time: 00:47
to shell
Explanation:
remove the shells.
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Sheilann
Spain
Local time: 06:47
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6to shell
Sheilann
5to shuck
George Rabel


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
to shell


Explanation:
remove the shells.

Sheilann
Spain
Local time: 06:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marian Greenfield: well, shelled....
6 mins
agree  Paul Lambert: yes - shelled.
8 mins
agree  Maria Luisa Duarte
34 mins
agree  María Eugenia Wachtendorff
38 mins
agree  Consult Couture: shelled
40 mins
agree  Parrot
46 mins
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to shuck


Explanation:
When it comes to shellfish, the standard Englsih term is "shuck"

"Shucked shellfish" means molluscan shellfish that have one or both shells removed.



    Reference: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/food/foodcode/shellfis...
George Rabel
Local time: 00:47
Native speaker of: Spanish
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