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ingombro

English translation: space occupied

16:11 Feb 8, 2007
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Dentistry
Italian term or phrase: ingombro
Nel modello è stato aggiunto l'ingombro della lingua.

Vi risulta che esista una espressione specifica in inglese?

Grazie in anticipo per i vostri suggerimenti.
texjax DDS PhD
Local time: 06:09
English translation:space occupied
Explanation:
It seems that the instrument takes into account the space occupied by the tongue.
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katy hannan
Italy
Local time: 12:09
Grading comment
Molte grazie a tutti, e ovviamente anche GAR.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3space occupied
katy hannan
4 -1cluttered, untidy
TrueBaller
2the space occupied by the tongue
GAR
2hindrance
Alfredo Tutino


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
space occupied


Explanation:
It seems that the instrument takes into account the space occupied by the tongue.

katy hannan
Italy
Local time: 12:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Molte grazie a tutti, e ovviamente anche GAR.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sonia Hill
6 mins
agree  silvia b (X)
17 mins
agree  Costanza T.
5 hrs
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the space occupied by the tongue


Explanation:
cheers

GAR
Local time: 12:09
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 13
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
cluttered, untidy


Explanation:
This is its meaning in English; equivalent to "disordinato" in Italian. Does it make sense in your context?

Here is a link:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ingombro

TrueBaller
Local time: 06:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in AlbanianAlbanian
Notes to answerer
Asker: Grazie Mimoza, molto gentile, ma non è questo il caso.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  GAR: nothing to do with the context... here "ingombro" means "spazio occupato"
1 min
  -> Like I said, I am sure that this is the main meaning in English, but I was not sure whether it made sense in this context since the context is not very clear and that is why I asked texjax if it made sense here. Thank you for your strong feedback.
neutral  Alfredo Tutino: in fact, a rather "strong" feedback might be justified on grammatical grounds. In this case "ingombro" is a noun, not an adjective. It's not a matter of context
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hindrance


Explanation:
pensando a espressioni come "steric hindrance" il termine più vicino all'italiano dovrebbe essere questo - ma non so se riuscirei a costruire una frase inglese convincente...

...ho trovato un solo hit per "hindrance of the tongue" - in www.freepatentsonline.com/20070015103.html -

... e devo anche dire che tendo a diffidare dell'attendibilità linguistica dei brevetti...

Alfredo Tutino
Local time: 12:09
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
Notes to answerer
Asker: grazie per il tuo tempo Alfredo. Io non ci avrei pensato in a million years, I don't know if it would fit the bill but I'm going to check anyway before closing. I'll keep you posted. ;-)

Asker: ops..commento bilingue..tipico dell'emigrante più che del traduttore..sigh!

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