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apiñada

English translation: packed

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Spanish term or phrase:apiñada
English translation:packed
Entered by: Lisa McCarthy

14:38 Feb 2, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Archaeology / apiñada
Spanish term or phrase: apiñada
For the UK.

Si Toledo es un símbolo de España, el Alcázar es el símbolo de Toledo. Para el arqueólogo y el sabio, la ciudad es el espectáculo de cien civilizaciones **apiñadas**, cuyos restos conviven en un cuadro real casi vivo e intacto donde cada piedra es una voz que habla al espíritu.
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 01:33
crammed / huddled
Explanation:
Packed together.
Selected response from:

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 00:33
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3crammed / huddled
DLyons
4 +1the city is a mosaic of a hundred cultures
Jenni Lukac (X)
4 +1crammed together
eski
4intertwinned//closely knit
Lydia De Jorge
4a melting pot of civilizations
Emiliano Pantoja
3densely packed
liz askew
2another idea
Sheila Hardie


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
crammed / huddled


Explanation:
Packed together.

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 00:33
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: "Together" has to be part of the answer: crammed or packed together (but NOT huddled!)
22 mins
  -> Thanks Charles - yes, together is needed. And I only noticed the "cuadro real" later which doesn't really fit with huddled.
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yes, crammed/packed together
1 hr
  -> Thanks gallagy2.
agree  Richard Hill
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Rich.
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
another idea


Explanation:
Maybe you could paraphrase it and say it was 'a melting pot for a hundred civilizations...' It's not a literal translation, but it might convey the idea.

HTH


Sheila



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Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 01:33
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
densely packed


Explanation:
densely packed city > ciudad densamente poblada - ProZ.com
www.proz.com › ... › General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
13 Mar 2006 – ProZ.com global directory of translation services ... Learn more about: ProZ.com ... 5, densalmente concurrida, gente densamente apiñada ...

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Note added at 8 mins (2012-02-02 14:46:38 GMT)
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or

crowded

Apiñado English Spanish Translation | Traductor ingles español
a17-112-152-32.spanishdict.com/translate/apiñado
1. packed, crammed (apretado). Copyright © 2006 Chambers Harrap Publishers ... Crowded, packed, congested. Velazquez® Spanish and English Dictionary.

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Note added at 9 mins (2012-02-02 14:47:09 GMT)
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I didn't find anything with "crammed civilisations/huddled civilisations"..

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Note added at 18 mins (2012-02-02 14:56:54 GMT)
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actually, looking at other sites

ensemble of civilisations

could work

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:33
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the city is a mosaic of a hundred cultures


Explanation:
This would give the idea of antiquity, the overlaying of cultures, etc. and sets up what follows. 'Overlaid' might be a good word to use here as well, but you would have to twist the sentence a bit to get the syntax in order.

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 01:33
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emiliano Pantoja
14 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, Emiliano. Have a good weekend.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
intertwinned//closely knit


Explanation:
sugg

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 18:33
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
crammed together


Explanation:
crammed together

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Note added at 3 hrs (2012-02-02 18:31:34 GMT)
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eski :))

eski
Mexico
Local time: 17:33
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  José J. Martínez: saludos Aca?
5 hrs
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a melting pot of civilizations


Explanation:
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Note added at 19 horas (2012-02-03 10:10:36 GMT)
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Es la expresión en inglés exacta de "CRISOL DE CIVILIZACIONES" que tantas veces repiten los guías turísticos en Toledo, Granada,...

Emiliano Pantoja
Spain
Local time: 01:33
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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