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construido EN FUNCIÓN DE

English translation: built to FIT AROUND

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Spanish term or phrase:construido EN FUNCIÓN DE
English translation:built to FIT AROUND
Entered by: Daniel Burns (X)

08:04 Dec 13, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
Spanish term or phrase: construido EN FUNCIÓN DE
From a description of a hermitage in Málaga, built on the site of an earlier one:
"El recoleto edificio parece haber sido construido EN FUNCIÓN DEL camarín donde se halla la peqeña imagen de la Virgen."
Daniel Burns (X)
Local time: 15:00
built to FIT AROUND
Explanation:
I think this is the idea.
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Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 22:00
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7built to FIT AROUND
Ross Andrew Parker
4built in relation to
CMJ_Trans (X)
3 +1Puspose buit to house...
Robert Taylor


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
built to FIT AROUND


Explanation:
I think this is the idea.

Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 22:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JaneTranslates: I think so too.
6 mins
agree  Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
1 hr
agree  Tehani
5 hrs
agree  Xenia Wong
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Xenia
agree  Henry Hinds: Or just "built around".
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Henry
agree  Lisa Russell
7 hrs
agree  Cecilia Della Croce: built around
3 days 9 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
built in relation to


Explanation:
constructed to go with

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 22:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Puspose buit to house...


Explanation:
Just an idea:
seems to have been puspose built to house...

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Note added at 1 hr 40 mins (2004-12-13 09:45:01 GMT)
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for puspose read puRpose

Robert Taylor
Local time: 22:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  alexisegrava: I agree, perhaps "purpose built around..."
47 mins
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