Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ocupan una extensión
English translation:
cover a space/area
Added to glossary by
Adam Burman
Sep 14, 2006 14:32
17 yrs ago
Spanish term
United Kingdom
ocupan una extensión
Spanish to English
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Describing Masai villages:
Sus chozas tradicionales, construidas con barro mezclado con excrementos de vaca y techados con paja, ocupan una extensión que suele tener forma circular u ovoidal.
Sus chozas tradicionales, construidas con barro mezclado con excrementos de vaca y techados con paja, ocupan una extensión que suele tener forma circular u ovoidal.
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Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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cover a space/area
cover a space/area that is usually circular...
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Comment: "This works best - thanks Nikki!"
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are housed in an extension building/occupy the space of ..
usually if you use the word extension you have to say to what the extension is. I.e an extension to the main house. Any more context would be helpful
4 mins
occupy a space
simple as that - or "take up" if you don't like "occupy"...
Or how about "cover and area" ... ?
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an area
Or how about "cover and area" ... ?
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an area
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encompass an area
I feel that the verb "encompass" fits perfectly in this context.
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Henry Hinds
United States
United States
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English
United States
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Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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are usually built
ocupan una extensión que suele tener forma circular u ovoidal = are usually built in a circular or oval shape
Let's have clear writing, that's all it says.
Let's have clear writing, that's all it says.
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Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Spain
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Spain
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Native in: English (Variants: US, US South, UK, British)
Works in: Spanish to English
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are distributed in a generally circular or oval area.
Less literal, but perhaps more natural.
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Or " are distributed in an area that's generally circular or oval/egg-shaped."
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Or " are distributed in an area that's generally circular or oval/egg-shaped."
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TRANZsmart
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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Are usually built in a circular or an oval formation
it makes refernce to the formation that "chozas" create when they are constructed
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