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mide nueve áreas y setenta y siete centiáreas

English translation: measuring 977 square meters (m2) // literally, please see explanation

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Spanish term or phrase:mide nueve áreas y setenta y siete centiáreas
English translation:measuring 977 square meters (m2) // literally, please see explanation

09:52 Nov 5, 2009
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics / inheritance of a property
Spanish term or phrase: mide nueve áreas y setenta y siete centiáreas
Hello there

Now, I was never brilliant at Maths, so would appreciate some help/confirmation here.

The glossary entry for "áreas y centiáreas" is unsatisfactory from a British English point of view, so...

here is the context

...y se halla enclavada en el centro de la parcela urbana senalada con el número xxxx de la finca xxxxx, sita en término de Denia, partida Costera del Real o Santa Paula, que mide nueve áreas y setenta y siete centiáreas.

I have worked this out as 977 m2.

Thank you!

Liz Askew
liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:48
measuring 977 square meters (m2) // literally, please see explanation
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectare

measuring nine square hectometres and seventy seven centiares =
measuring 977 square meters

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Note added at 45 mins (2009-11-05 10:37:56 GMT)
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"área" = "1 square hectometre = 100 metres × 100 metres (a square with sides 100 metres long)"

Of course that the best way to translate is just to say what you have already figured out:

"measuring 977 m2."

But if you want it to be translated into English system, then it would be:
31.257 m x 31.257 m = 977 m2
102.55 feet x 102.55 feet = 10,516 square feet.



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Note added at 56 mins (2009-11-05 10:48:48 GMT)
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Uhmmm, sorry, maybe it's not clear:
977 m2 = 10,516 sq ft

1 meter = 100 centimeters = 100 / 2.54 / 12 = 3.28 feet
1 foot = 12 * 2.54 centimeters = 30.48 cm
1 inch = 2.54 cm
1 foot = 12 inches

I think UK uses metric system, isn't it?

:-)

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Note added at 6 hrs (2009-11-05 16:36:31 GMT)
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Uhmmm, actually, my translation is wrong, I mean, not the conclusion, but the translation of "área".

área (Spanish) = "are" (in English) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are]

"Are (symbol a, pronounced /ˈɛər/ or sometimes /ˈɑr/) is a unit of area, equal to 100 square metres (10 m × 10 m), used for measuring land area."

So, "área" is NOT = 1 square hectometer
because 1 sq hectometer = 100m x 100m = 10,000 m2.

I did not mess the Math because I actually looked for confirmation about the value of "área" in my own language, Portuguese. I knew that "área" in Spanish is "are" in Portuguese (yes, the same way it is in English) and I confirmed that "1 are" = 100m2 in a Brazilian page, actually :-). Later, when trying to translate back to English, I made the confusion and, ironically, "are" in Portuguese spells identically to "are" in English. :-)

Sorry about the confusion. And thanks to you too.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2009-11-05 16:40:20 GMT)
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So, just to let the record of my answer literally CORRECT, I'll register that:

... que mide nueve áreas y setenta y siete centiáreas =
... measuring nine ares (and) seventy seven centiares OR 977 m2.
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delveneto
United States
Local time: 06:48
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4measuring 977 square meters (m2) // literally, please see explanation
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measuring 977 square meters (m2) // literally, please see explanation


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectare

measuring nine square hectometres and seventy seven centiares =
measuring 977 square meters

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 45 mins (2009-11-05 10:37:56 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

"área" = "1 square hectometre = 100 metres × 100 metres (a square with sides 100 metres long)"

Of course that the best way to translate is just to say what you have already figured out:

"measuring 977 m2."

But if you want it to be translated into English system, then it would be:
31.257 m x 31.257 m = 977 m2
102.55 feet x 102.55 feet = 10,516 square feet.



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Note added at 56 mins (2009-11-05 10:48:48 GMT)
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Uhmmm, sorry, maybe it's not clear:
977 m2 = 10,516 sq ft

1 meter = 100 centimeters = 100 / 2.54 / 12 = 3.28 feet
1 foot = 12 * 2.54 centimeters = 30.48 cm
1 inch = 2.54 cm
1 foot = 12 inches

I think UK uses metric system, isn't it?

:-)

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Note added at 6 hrs (2009-11-05 16:36:31 GMT)
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Uhmmm, actually, my translation is wrong, I mean, not the conclusion, but the translation of "área".

área (Spanish) = "are" (in English) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are]

"Are (symbol a, pronounced /ˈɛər/ or sometimes /ˈɑr/) is a unit of area, equal to 100 square metres (10 m × 10 m), used for measuring land area."

So, "área" is NOT = 1 square hectometer
because 1 sq hectometer = 100m x 100m = 10,000 m2.

I did not mess the Math because I actually looked for confirmation about the value of "área" in my own language, Portuguese. I knew that "área" in Spanish is "are" in Portuguese (yes, the same way it is in English) and I confirmed that "1 are" = 100m2 in a Brazilian page, actually :-). Later, when trying to translate back to English, I made the confusion and, ironically, "are" in Portuguese spells identically to "are" in English. :-)

Sorry about the confusion. And thanks to you too.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2009-11-05 16:40:20 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

So, just to let the record of my answer literally CORRECT, I'll register that:

... que mide nueve áreas y setenta y siete centiáreas =
... measuring nine ares (and) seventy seven centiares OR 977 m2.

delveneto
United States
Local time: 06:48
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much for taking the time to answer! I will stick with m2 as strangely enough the Spanish text mentions "metros cuadrados" earlier on!!

Asker: No problem! Thanks again!

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