Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
superficie de cultivo
English translation:
cultivated area
Added to glossary by
Lydia De Jorge
Sep 15, 2009 00:12
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
superficie de cultivo
Spanish to English
Marketing
Agriculture
XXX comienza la campaña 2009/2010 con un 10% más de **superficie de cultivo** respecto del año anterior.
My problem is that this does not refer to land as it is a sort of greenhouse.
TIA!
My problem is that this does not refer to land as it is a sort of greenhouse.
TIA!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +5 | cultivated area |
Patricia Rosas
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| 5 +2 | cultivated area |
Henry Hinds
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| 4 | cultivation area |
margaret caulfield
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| 4 | cultivated acreage |
Taña Dalglish
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| 4 | area under cultivation |
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
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Proposed translations
+5
9 mins
Patricia Rosas
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
servicios para autores académicos
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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51
Selected
cultivated area
10% more cultivated area
another option
another option
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gracias nuevamente!"
2 mins
margaret caulfield
Native in Spanish
&
English
Accurate, natural and very hard-working
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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16
cultivation area
Greenhouses are also used for cultivating different plants, fruits (e.g. tomatoes) and vegetables (e.g. eggplants, courgettes, etc.).
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It could also be "cultivation surface area", but I thing "surface" is not necessary here.
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Note added at 3 mins (2009-09-15 00:15:58 GMT)
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It could also be "cultivation surface area", but I thing "surface" is not necessary here.
+2
11 mins
Henry Hinds
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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102
cultivated area
It may just be a dialectical difference, but my preference is "cultivated area". It appears to get many more hits in Google also.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Muriel Vasconcellos
6 mins
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Gracias, Muriel.
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| agree |
De Novi
22 mins
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Gracias, Zanne.
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2 hrs
Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Jamaica
Native in English
Jamaica
Translating the Ideas Behind the Words
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
78
cultivated acreage
All good suggestions, but another option:
http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/AG/EN/ES/C/7
Agriculture and Food dictionary English-Spanish
cultivated area
EN: cultivated area
ES: área de cultivo
EN: cultivated land
ES: superficie de cultivo
EN: cultivated acreage
ES: área cultivada
EN: crop area
ES: superficie cultivada
Luck!
http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/AG/EN/ES/C/7
Agriculture and Food dictionary English-Spanish
cultivated area
EN: cultivated area
ES: área de cultivo
EN: cultivated land
ES: superficie de cultivo
EN: cultivated acreage
ES: área cultivada
EN: crop area
ES: superficie cultivada
Luck!
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
: This is rather specific to British English. Most of the world uses metric measures
6 hrs
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8 hrs
area under cultivation
This may seem like a trivial difference, but this is the term used in many agricultural texts.
Example sentence:
An increase in the area under cultivation has put pressure on water supplies
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