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dedo

English translation: finger

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Spanish term or phrase:dedo
English translation:finger
Entered by: Cyril B.

02:58 Mar 18, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Bananas
Spanish term or phrase: dedo
Cada gajo de bananas tiene un minimo de 4 dedos.

NOTE: “Gajo” and “dedos” are standard words in Spanish when referring to a bunch of bananas, but how do you say “dedo” in English in this context?
Angel Biojo
United States
Local time: 08:51
finger
Explanation:

"Each hand has about 20 bananas while each bunch will yield about 200 "fingers" or bananas."
http://www.banana.com/farming.html
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Cyril B.
France
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4 +4finger
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finger


Explanation:

"Each hand has about 20 bananas while each bunch will yield about 200 "fingers" or bananas."
http://www.banana.com/farming.html

Cyril B.
France
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jo Macdonald: Yep. The word banana comes from an Arab word “banan” meaning finger. An individual banana is called a finger. A bunch of bananas is called a hand.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you Jo
agree  neilmac: Top banana ;)
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Neil
agree  Ray Ables: Day me say day me say day Me say day me say day o...
10 hrs
  -> Thank you Ray
agree  Richard Hill
10 hrs
  -> Thank you Rich.
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