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ciudad mestiza por excelencia

English translation: a truly cosmopolitan city / a melting pot of different cultures

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Spanish term or phrase:ciudad mestiza por excelencia
English translation:a truly cosmopolitan city / a melting pot of different cultures
Entered by: Claudia Luque Bedregal

15:03 Jul 4, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Tourism & Travel / brochure
Spanish term or phrase: ciudad mestiza por excelencia
Contexto: brochure de una exhibición tecnológica que además contiene información turística de la ciudad sede del evento.

"En la actualidad, Lima, se ha convertido en una de las ciudades más importantes de América, con más de 9 millones de habitantes que acoge a inmigrantes de todas partes del mundo, haciendo de ella una ciudad mestiza por excelencia."

Gracias por sus sugerencias.
Claudia Luque Bedregal
Italy
Local time: 10:17
a truly cosmopolitan city / a melting pot of different cultures
Explanation:
or truly multi-cultural city

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cosmopolitan
■ adjective
familiar with or representative of many different countries and cultures. ▶having an exciting and glamorous character associated with travel and a mixture of cultures.


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melting pot
■ noun
a place where different peoples, styles, etc., are mixed together.
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:17
Grading comment
Many thanks Simon!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9a truly cosmopolitan city / a melting pot of different cultures
Simon Bruni
5A city of mixed heritage par excellence
Miguel Castaneda
4a melting pot city par excellence
Ellen Kraus


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
a truly cosmopolitan city / a melting pot of different cultures


Explanation:
or truly multi-cultural city

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Note added at 6 mins (2012-07-04 15:09:49 GMT)
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cosmopolitan
■ adjective
familiar with or representative of many different countries and cultures. ▶having an exciting and glamorous character associated with travel and a mixture of cultures.


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Note added at 7 mins (2012-07-04 15:10:29 GMT)
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melting pot
■ noun
a place where different peoples, styles, etc., are mixed together.


Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 104
Grading comment
Many thanks Simon!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Simon!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Segura: I'd go for melting pot.
1 min
  -> Thanks, Carlos
agree  patinba
17 mins
  -> thanks, patinba
agree  Rick Larg: add in your 'truly' and you get: ", truly a melting pot of different cultures" BINGO!
18 mins
  -> Thanks, Rick, nice suggestion
agree  Jenni Lukac (X)
22 mins
  -> Thanks, Jenni
agree  Kate Major Patience
44 mins
agree  Eleanor P
1 hr
agree  franglish: melting pot, with Rick's addition
1 hr
agree  Christine Walsh: also 'melting pot'.
5 hrs
agree  Isamar: Yes, especially with Rick's suggestion
17 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
A city of mixed heritage par excellence


Explanation:
no hay palabra específica para mestizo en inglés, me parece que incluso los anglo-parlantes utilizan el término en español directamente.

Miguel Castaneda
France
Local time: 10:17
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Gracias Miguel.

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a melting pot city par excellence


Explanation:
www.brookings.edu/...ethnicity.../0504_census_... 4 May 2011 – Melting Pot Cities and Suburbs: Racial and Ethnic Change in Metro. America in the 2000s. “The historically sharp racial and ethnic divisions

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Atlanta tenth largest Melting-Pot City in America - City-Data Forum
www.city-data.com › ... › Georgia › Atlanta - 21 Jun 2012 – America's Melting-Pot Cities - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities Atlanta has 2.1% of naturalized citizens with a 50/50 split of low-skill.

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 10:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Ellen.

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