rabitos de las aceitunas

English translation: olives stems/stalks

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Spanish term or phrase:rabitos de las aceitunas
English translation:olives stems/stalks
Entered by: Ana Boadla

11:55 Mar 15, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Food & Drink
Spanish term or phrase: rabitos de las aceitunas
"Una vez recolectada, la oliva llega a la almazara donde deberá limpiarse de hojas, los **rabitos** y barro, si es que tienen."
Ana Boadla
Local time: 13:56
olives stems
Explanation:
my reading

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-03-15 12:00:17 GMT)
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"olive" of course

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-03-15 12:00:46 GMT)
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"rabitos" are the little stems
Selected response from:

David Hollywood
Local time: 09:56
Grading comment
Gracias a los dos.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5olives stems
David Hollywood
3 +5olive's stalk
Marga Dorao


Discussion entries: 1





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
olive's stalk


Explanation:
Suerte!

Marga Dorao
Local time: 08:56
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Manuel Martín-Iguacel
4 mins
  -> gracias, Manuel!!

agree  Carol Gullidge: just "stalks" (olive's is ungrammatical and superfluous)
1 hr
  -> thanks! and yes, i realised, but i cannot change it.

agree  Paula Hernández
1 hr
  -> gracias!!

agree  Cecilia Paris: stalks
1 hr
  -> gracias!!

agree  Rachel Fell: stalks
2 hrs
  -> gracias!!
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
olives stems


Explanation:
my reading

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-03-15 12:00:17 GMT)
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"olive" of course

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-03-15 12:00:46 GMT)
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"rabitos" are the little stems

David Hollywood
Local time: 09:56
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 60
Grading comment
Gracias a los dos.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marian Greenfield: yes, of course its olive stems.... hiya David... I hope you're in BA in July....
11 mins
  -> thx Marian, should be and looking forward to meeting up :)

agree  Hebe Martorella
1 hr

agree  Susana Magnani
1 hr

agree  Nedra Rivera Huntington
4 hrs

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
13 hrs
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