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de a ocho

English translation: 8 real coin

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Spanish term or phrase:de a ocho
English translation:8 real coin
Entered by: Christina Townsend

11:42 Jul 4, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Other / nursery rhyme
Spanish term or phrase: de a ocho
Hi folks
I'm translating a play in which one of the characters sings this lullaby, am not sure what is meant by the second line: have even wondered if it is incomplete. Any ideas gratefully received! Thanks in advance
Chris

"mi nino es mas bonito
**que los reales de a ocho**
dulce como el caramelo
y tierno como el bizcocho"
Christina Townsend
Local time: 23:57
8 cent coins
Explanation:
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Note added at 8 mins (2006-07-04 11:51:19 GMT)
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Detectomania -REAL DE A OCHO: Moneda española de plata con valor de ocho reales, la que se acuño en las cecas de ultramar, se considera como la primera moneda de uso ...
www.detectomania.com/tutor/glosarioR.htm - 23k - En caché - Páginas similares


CVC. Don Quijote de la Mancha. Apéndices e ilustraciones. Monedas ...Desde finales del siglo XVI, el real de a ocho, el peso, ... El real de a ocho (plata) es la moneda que caracteriza los reinados de Felipe II y Felipe III; ...
cvc.cervantes.es/obref/quijote/ introduccion/apendice/hernandez.htm

Ocho RealEl "ocho real" o "real de a ocho", también conocido como "duro" o "peso", fue la primera moneda aceptada por todos los comerciantes del mundo. ...
www.euroaventura.net/castella/ homecast/lasal/ocho/index.html -


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Patriotic & Commemorative Buttons - [ Traduzca esta página ]It was a common practice to cut Spanish coins into pie-shaped wedges or pieces to make change; an eight real coin, for example, could be cut into eight ...
www.artifacts.org/patriotic.htm - 29k - En caché - Páginas similares


Vistas: Gallery: Eight-Real Coin - [ Traduzca esta página ]Eight-Real Coin, 1650. American Numismatic Society, NYC, USA. Copyright 2005, Dana Leibsohn and Barbara Mundy Please credit as: Leibsohn, Dana, ...
www.smith.edu/vistas/vistas_web/ gallery/detail/eight-real-coin_det.htm - 7k - En caché - Páginas similares


Perspectives in Numismatics - A Coin Called Peso - [ Traduzca esta página ]To close, I have always considered it logical that the word "peso" was used as the denomination for the eight-real coin. Let us look at its manufacturing ...
www.chicagocoinclub.org/projects/PiN/ccp.html -

Also known as "eight real coin".
Selected response from:

Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
Ecuador
Local time: 16:57
Grading comment
Thank you Patricia! I went with 8 real coin in the end as it was the neatest.
Chris
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3an eight Reales coin
tristar
4 +28 cent coins
Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
4pieces of eight
Stuart Allsop


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
an eight Reales coin


Explanation:
:-)

tristar
Local time: 00:57
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marian Greenfield
18 mins
  -> Thanks, Marian!
agree  ConstanzaG
37 mins
  -> Gracias, ConstanzaG!
agree  schon
47 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
8 cent coins


Explanation:
.

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Note added at 8 mins (2006-07-04 11:51:19 GMT)
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Detectomania -REAL DE A OCHO: Moneda española de plata con valor de ocho reales, la que se acuño en las cecas de ultramar, se considera como la primera moneda de uso ...
www.detectomania.com/tutor/glosarioR.htm - 23k - En caché - Páginas similares


CVC. Don Quijote de la Mancha. Apéndices e ilustraciones. Monedas ...Desde finales del siglo XVI, el real de a ocho, el peso, ... El real de a ocho (plata) es la moneda que caracteriza los reinados de Felipe II y Felipe III; ...
cvc.cervantes.es/obref/quijote/ introduccion/apendice/hernandez.htm

Ocho RealEl "ocho real" o "real de a ocho", también conocido como "duro" o "peso", fue la primera moneda aceptada por todos los comerciantes del mundo. ...
www.euroaventura.net/castella/ homecast/lasal/ocho/index.html -


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Note added at 15 mins (2006-07-04 11:58:12 GMT)
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Patriotic & Commemorative Buttons - [ Traduzca esta página ]It was a common practice to cut Spanish coins into pie-shaped wedges or pieces to make change; an eight real coin, for example, could be cut into eight ...
www.artifacts.org/patriotic.htm - 29k - En caché - Páginas similares


Vistas: Gallery: Eight-Real Coin - [ Traduzca esta página ]Eight-Real Coin, 1650. American Numismatic Society, NYC, USA. Copyright 2005, Dana Leibsohn and Barbara Mundy Please credit as: Leibsohn, Dana, ...
www.smith.edu/vistas/vistas_web/ gallery/detail/eight-real-coin_det.htm - 7k - En caché - Páginas similares


Perspectives in Numismatics - A Coin Called Peso - [ Traduzca esta página ]To close, I have always considered it logical that the word "peso" was used as the denomination for the eight-real coin. Let us look at its manufacturing ...
www.chicagocoinclub.org/projects/PiN/ccp.html -

Also known as "eight real coin".

Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
Ecuador
Local time: 16:57
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Thank you Patricia! I went with 8 real coin in the end as it was the neatest.
Chris

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  schon
48 mins
agree  Maria Baquero
1 hr
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pieces of eight


Explanation:
Pieces of Eight is an old pirate term for Spanish gold coins.

http://blindkat.hegewisch.net/pirates/money.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieces_of_eight

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Coinsidering your context, I think I'd just put something like "gold coin". Since this is poetry, I don't think the specific denomination of the coin is important: it is just the concept of a very valuable coin that the author wants to convey.

Stuart Allsop
Chile
Local time: 17:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
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