de contera
English translation: in addition / furthermore
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| 3 +1 | de cantera |
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| 4 | as a payoff |
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| 3 +1 | in addition / furthermore |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1de cantera Explanation: Typo for "de cantera"? https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantera |
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as a payoff Explanation: I understand the meaning of the phrase to be something along these lines: "... came to the Arabs as a payoff (or "in (partial) payment") to recover a debt from their previous owners ..." DRAE: echar la contera 1. loc. verb. coloq. Concluir o finalizar un negocio o discurso. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2017-11-29 19:31:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payoff -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 mins (2017-11-29 19:32:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.dictionary.com/browse/payoff -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 51 mins (2017-11-29 20:00:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- @Asker: I've just noticed you used "payback on a debt", which is similar to my suggestion. I think you've already understood the sentence correctly. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://dle.rae.es/?id=AUwYG36 |
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33 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1in addition / furthermore Explanation: Wait for Colombian confirmation, but it seems to be used as a conjunction meaning "on top of it all"., also, etc. As a noun it means a tip or cap, so that is maybe where it came from. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 hrs (2017-11-30 11:46:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Still no visit from any Colombians, but I attach some Colombian examples of the use of "de contera" that show that you are not dealing with a typo but a conjunction. Colombia: el caso del Naya : desarraigo territorial de poblaciones ... https://books.google.com.ar/books?isbn=9588262593 - Translate this page Pedro García Hierro, Efraín Jaramillo Jaramillo - 2008 - Blacks Pero es partir de la llegada de los cultivos ilícitos a la zona y el aprovechamiento de su aislamiento para la producción y tráfico de drogas, y de contera para el refugio de grupos armados, que el Pacífico ingresa al escenario de la violencia con una especial crudeza. Esta situación de violencia se agudiza en el Pacífico sur ... Reseña De Jurisprudencia - Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia https://www.superfinanciera.gov.co/jsp/loader.jsf?...id... Translate this page ... procedimientos no autorizados por la ley, arruinan la posibilidad de atribuir responsabilidad alguna al banco demandado, lo cual, de contera, descarta la procedencia de la indemnización rogada. Consejo de Estado. Privilegio Banco de la República, cartera redescontada, entidad en liquidación, recursos de la no masa Complot contra Colombia: Secretos de los computadores de Raúl Reyes https://books.google.com.ar/books?isbn=1481976524 - Translate this page Luis Alberto Villamarín Pulido - 2015 - Political Science De contera, antes de terminar su mandato el fugaz y controvertido presidente del Ecuador Alfredo Palacios, junto con su canciller Carrión, a menudo, hablaron con el mismo lenguaje de las Farc, acerca de las fumigaciones de los cultivos de coca en la frontera. Este tema fue abordado con mayor insistencia por Rafael ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 21 hrs (2017-11-30 16:47:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Finally" might be even better,as a variant on the following usage (RAE) por contera 1. loc. adv. coloq. Por remate, por final. U. para referirse a algunas cosas que se hacen o dicen en último lugar. |
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