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opportunity costs

Spanish translation: coste de oportunidad

13:26 Nov 27, 2006
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: opportunity costs
He encontrado "costes de oportunidad", pero un colega me dijo que lo traduciría con "gastos oportunos". Son correctos los dos términos?

The return on the DVM degree has been estimated in real terms to be 9% for female and 7.7% for male graduates of colleges having average tuition costs, taking into account opportunity costs [8]; therefore, the provision of animal health services is an attractive sector.
Kisamu
Local time: 13:02
Spanish translation:coste de oportunidad
Explanation:
"gastos oportunos" es una auténtica barbaridad. El "coste de oportunidad" es un concepto económico específico, que denota la renuncia a algo al optar por otra cosa. Te lo dice un economisa, antes que traductor
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Yago Moreno Lopez
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:02
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3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7costos de oportunidad
MikeGarcia
5 +5coste de oportunidad
Yago Moreno Lopez
5coste de oportunidad, alternativo o sustitución
BristolTEc
4costos/costes de oportunidad
Miguel Bonilla


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
costos de oportunidad


Explanation:
Fits the context.- And it's costs, not expenses....

MikeGarcia
Spain
Local time: 13:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 42

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gabriela Rodriguez: Hola Miguel, me alegra que me hayas reconocido; pensé que ya no te acordabas de mí. Un gran abrazo y muy buena semana :))!!!!
0 min
  -> Gracias, Gaby.-///GABY!!! LA GABY!!!! NO ME DI CUENTA DE QUIEN ERAS!! HOLA; CHAVALA GUAPA!!!
agree  Jorge Merino: Sí, de acuerdo
7 mins
  -> Gracias, Jorge.-
agree  Ricardo Falconi: agree
14 mins
  -> Gracias, Ricardo.-
agree  Noemí Busnelli
28 mins
  -> Gracias, Noemí.-
agree  Victoria Frazier
3 hrs
  -> Gracias, Victoria.-
agree  NetTra
3 hrs
  -> Gracias, NetTra.-
agree  Patricia Urrutia: jeronimos
5 hrs
  -> Gracias, jerónimos.-
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
coste de oportunidad


Explanation:
"gastos oportunos" es una auténtica barbaridad. El "coste de oportunidad" es un concepto económico específico, que denota la renuncia a algo al optar por otra cosa. Te lo dice un economisa, antes que traductor

Yago Moreno Lopez
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 26

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  garci: Exacto !
3 mins
  -> gracias
agree  Muriel Deimundo: Perfecto! Coste o costo, depende de tu target audience
23 mins
  -> gracias
agree  Maria Garcia
52 mins
  -> gracias
agree  maylu
1 hr
  -> gracias
agree  Elena Pérez
2 hrs
  -> gracias
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
costos/costes de oportunidad


Explanation:
Considero que si es un estudio de mercadeo, sería mejor traducirlo como "costos/costes de oportunidad"

suerte...

Miguel Bonilla
Local time: 06:02
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
coste de oportunidad, alternativo o sustitución


Explanation:
To follow

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-11-27 13:34:32 GMT)
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Diccionario de términos económicos, financieros y comerciales - Ariel Economía

This is the cost in terms of the income you did not receive due to choosing this option instead of some alternative.

BristolTEc
Ecuador
Local time: 06:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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