mesa de presidio

English translation: head table

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Spanish term or phrase: mesa de presidio
English translation:head table
Entered by: Lydianette Soza

19:18 Jul 30, 2017
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Spanish term or phrase: mesa de presidio
Source text:

Damaris, con con mirada fija en el micrófono y acomodándose el cabello - que llevaba sujeto en una trenza- caminó hacia la mesa de presidio para agradecer por la colaboración brindada por el proyecto.

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Alguna idea
Lydianette Soza
Belize
Local time: 14:08
head table
Explanation:
Head table | Define Head table at Dictionary.com
www.dictionary.com/browse/head-table

Head table definition, the principal table, as at a banquet or conference, often at the head of a row of tables or raised on a dais, where the presiding officer ...
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bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 22:08
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4 +3head table
bcsantos
4Top table
Jennifer Forbes
3presidium table
william hill


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presidium table


Explanation:
Did a search and found a few references .. seems to refer to main long table where committee (or similar) members sit, in a conference-type setting.

praesidium alternative spelling.

From Latin meaning protect/oversee/supervise


    https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-photo/rostrum-presidium-table-isolated-under-white-156799418
    https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZPN-hWp0SrAC&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=presidium+table&source=bl&ots=gbvlI5FBtP&sig=5zfCPs4URnVPbf-aOXUojPVYLr
william hill
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
head table


Explanation:
Head table | Define Head table at Dictionary.com
www.dictionary.com/browse/head-table

Head table definition, the principal table, as at a banquet or conference, often at the head of a row of tables or raised on a dais, where the presiding officer ...

bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 22:08
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Top table


Explanation:
In British English, at any rate, this is often called "the top table".
e.g. The principal speakers will be seated at the top table.

Jennifer Forbes
Local time: 21:08
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