Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Pirateo

English translation:

pirating/piracy

Added to glossary by Noni Gilbert Riley
Nov 30, 2007 18:35
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Pirateo

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Computers (general) Informática
Casos sospechosos de pirateo
Change log

Nov 30, 2007 18:47: Noni Gilbert Riley Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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pirating

Just like that!

And a couple of hits to reassure you:

Lock down the computer to prevent your child from pirating music remote-access-to-computer.qarchive.org/applications.html

Pirating software instead of buying it costs the computer industry an ....
www.cnn.com/TECH/9701/30/cyber.pirates/index.html

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-11-30 18:40:24 GMT)
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And of course Aldona's *piracy* is the other clear option, imho.
Peer comment(s):

agree Silvia Brandon-Pérez : o piracy; hola mujer.
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Copy or publish illegally

Hope this works for you, if not piracy could also be an option.
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counterfeit/fake/pirated goods

ok
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software piracy

Depends on the exact context, but I'm guessing this is what you mean.
Peer comment(s):

agree Terry Burgess : We were both on the right track...but got "pirated":-)
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Yup, ya gotta be around here
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Piracy

the term "pirating" does indeed exist but the term "piracy" is far more common in this context. Just check Google.
HTH:-)
Peer comment(s):

agree Victor Chaves : You are indeed right...
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Thanks, Victor:-)
agree Maria Kisic
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Muchas gracias, María:-)
agree nigthgirl
1 day 5 hrs
Muchas gracias, "NG":-)...y saludos:-)
agree Stuart Allsop : Exactly. "Piracy" is the more correct common usage.
1 day 23 hrs
Thanks, Stuart!...but my ship was sunk:-))
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