Hasta que se impusieron las máquinas (con la industria)

English translation: Until machines took over

19:35 Jul 7, 2019
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Anthropology / Historia del burro en España
Spanish term or phrase: Hasta que se impusieron las máquinas (con la industria)
El burro o asno fue domesticado por el hombre hace más de 6000 años. A mediados del siglo XX había censados en España 675000 asnos; hoy solo quedan unos 30000. Hasta que se impusieron las máquinas (con la industria); fue campesino, obrero, taxista, bombero, minero, pastor, nevero y aguador.

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Local time: 13:21
English translation:Until machines took over
Explanation:
In the past horses were used for many jobs around the farm until machines took over.
https://www.walbyfarmpark.co.uk/farm/animals/horses-and-donk...
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4 +8Until machines took over
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4until machines prevailed
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Until machines took over


Explanation:
In the past horses were used for many jobs around the farm until machines took over.
https://www.walbyfarmpark.co.uk/farm/animals/horses-and-donk...

Cecilia Gowar
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until machines prevailed


Explanation:
to prevail = to become common practice

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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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