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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

piel exterior de la aceituna

English translation:

skin of the olive/olive skin

Added to glossary by Terry Burgess
Mar 13, 2003 21:17
21 yrs ago
Spanish term

piel exterior de la aceituna

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering
Produccion de aceite de oliva en la Argentina.

Proposed translations

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1 min
Selected

outer skin [or, skin] of the olive

I think I'd just say "skin" as I don't think olives have any other:-)
Luck Ines!
terry

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Note added at 2003-03-13 21:22:16 (GMT)
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or...olive skin

See:

Basic Stages of Extra Virgin Olive Oil Production - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... certain naturally occurring bacteria, on the olive skin, can invade ... They enter the
hammer mill where the olive and stone ... 27-35C) to allow the oil droplets to ...
www.riverinaolivegrove.com/page6.html

Luck!
terry

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Note added at 2003-03-13 21:26:21 (GMT)
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I\'m 99% sure it\'s NOT \"peel\" as this more commonly refers to citrus fruits.
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Reference:

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Peer comment(s):

agree Mijo Schyllert
11 mins
Thank you Mijo:-)
agree Benoit HUPIN (X)
24 mins
Thank you Benoit:-)
agree Jamiewalke : absolutley. Definately not peel, which can be a verb too - you certainly don't peel an olive!
2 hrs
Thank you Jamie! ..and you're dead right..if I ever tried to peel an olive, with the way my wrist shakes, I'd probably cut my damned hand off:-)
agree Refugio : The skin of the olive sounds better because otherwise it sounds like a human skin color.
2 hrs
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3 mins

peel or skin

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Peer comment(s):

agree Atacama
0 min
agree Daniel Burns (X)
3 hrs
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11 mins

the skin of the olive

This is my best guess.
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+1
1 hr

Olive skin

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Peer comment(s):

agree Tania Marques-Cardoso
4 hrs
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