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iteratividad

English translation: repetitiveness / repeated nature

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Spanish term or phrase:iteratividad
English translation:repetitiveness / repeated nature
Entered by: m_d_v

00:40 Aug 10, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / General
Spanish term or phrase: iteratividad
I found it as iterativity, but as it sound as such a strange word (I had never heard it in none of the languages) I would like someone to suggest me a good synonym.

Thanks a lot!
m_d_v
repetitiveness / repeated nature
Explanation:
Another couple of options, depending on context.
Selected response from:

dcspanish
Local time: 12:44
Grading comment
Good ones. Anyway, I didn't have much context myself. I had posted before the same question, but I had chosed the wrong language pair, taht's why I didn't type it all over again, since the other question was going to be there anyway, or at least I thought it'd be that way. It was however for an academic environment (a sociology congress), but I wasn't still convinced about using iterativity, since it's not a word you normally hear.

Anyway, thanks! (even though I decided to write what I had found, since it was kind of an emergency job... for which I won't be paid till sept. 12th. but still... that's a different story...)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6iterativity
Fabio Descalzi
4 +4repetición (español) ; repetition (inglés)
rhandler
4repetitiveness / repeated nature
dcspanish
4repetitive
starlight


  

Answers


15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
iterativity


Explanation:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mhra/see/2001/00000079...
Iterativity is the repeated, multiple, and/or habitual performance or occurrence of an action (act or event).

Fabio Descalzi
Uruguay
Local time: 13:44
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Salloz
9 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Silvia Brandon-Pérez
16 mins
  -> Gracias Silvia
agree  Lydia De Jorge: al pan pan, y al vino vino...;)
17 mins
  -> Y así, no somos re-reiterativos ;) Gracias, Lydia
agree  Juan Arturo Carbajal Manjarrez: I actually think "iterativo" is a much stranger word in Spanish. I've seen the word "iteration" in English more.
1 hr
  -> Actually, you see "iterar" on rather academic environments, but not in everyday speech
agree  Rocio Barrientos
3 hrs
  -> Gracias Rocío
neutral  dcspanish: I'd be careful with this term, which would only be used in a highly academic context. If the doc is more general, something more idiomatic should be used.
11 hrs
  -> Agree with your opinion. That's exactly what I put as a response to Juan's comment. Besides, the asker doesn't give much context...
agree  Jaime Hyland (X): Yes
2 days 20 hrs
  -> Gracias Jaime
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
repetición (español) ; repetition (inglés)


Explanation:
Efectivamente, el DRAE no registra la palabra "iteratividad", aunque registre el adjetivo "iterativo", vea:

iterativo, va.

(Del lat. iteratīvus).


1. adj. Que se repite.

2. adj. Dicho de una palabra: Que indica repetición o reiteración; p. ej., gotear, goteo.

□ V.

verbo iterativo

También en inglés, la palabra que existe es el adjetivo, vea lo que dice el Webster:

iterative (iter ativ, -er e tiv)
adj.
1 repetitious; repeating or repeated
2 Gram. frequentative

Etymology
[ME < MFr iteratif < L iteratus]

(C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.


rhandler
Local time: 13:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marian Martin (X)
2 mins
  -> Gracias, Marian!
agree  Florencia Di Bello
16 mins
  -> Gracias, Florencia!
agree  Patricia Rosas: as far as I can tell, iterative, but no such word as "iterativity" (inMerriam-Webster's); this seems like a much better choice!
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Patricia!
agree  mariana24: Además, el término correcto en español no es "iteratividad" sino "iteración" (DRAE).
1 day 23 hrs
  -> Gracias, Mariana, un buen domingo!
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
repetitiveness / repeated nature


Explanation:
Another couple of options, depending on context.

dcspanish
Local time: 12:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Good ones. Anyway, I didn't have much context myself. I had posted before the same question, but I had chosed the wrong language pair, taht's why I didn't type it all over again, since the other question was going to be there anyway, or at least I thought it'd be that way. It was however for an academic environment (a sociology congress), but I wasn't still convinced about using iterativity, since it's not a word you normally hear.

Anyway, thanks! (even though I decided to write what I had found, since it was kind of an emergency job... for which I won't be paid till sept. 12th. but still... that's a different story...)
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1 day 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
repetitive


Explanation:
Una sugerencia. Suete !!

starlight
Local time: 11:44
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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