Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
(to) siphon
Spanish translation:
desviar
Added to glossary by
Susana Galilea
Jul 29, 2004 15:47
19 yrs ago
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English term
Maria Blasco Funes
siphoning
Non-PRO
English to Spanish
Other
Environment & Ecology
regulatory services
clandestine lines siphoning water for the majority of neighborhoods
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 3 +3 | desviando |
Susana Galilea
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| 5 +1 | ...líneas extrayendo clandestinamente el agua para la mayoría de las vecindades... |
Jairo Contreras-López
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| 5 | que llevan / que transportan |
Carmen Loren
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Proposed translations
+3
8 mins
Susana Galilea
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
Works in field
United States
Customized Translation Services ENG>SPA
Native in: Spanish (Variants: US, Latin American, Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
desviando
en este contexto
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-07-29 15:56:50 GMT)
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Source: The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary © 2002 HarperCollins Publishers:
siphon [\'saýfən, \'saýfn]
A noun
sifón m
B transitive verb
(also siphon off, siphon out) sacar con sifón
***(figurative)
[+ traffic, funds] desviar***
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-07-29 15:56:50 GMT)
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Source: The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary © 2002 HarperCollins Publishers:
siphon [\'saýfən, \'saýfn]
A noun
sifón m
B transitive verb
(also siphon off, siphon out) sacar con sifón
***(figurative)
[+ traffic, funds] desviar***
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
7 mins
Jairo Contreras-López
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
United States
Impeccable Spanish Only(505)822-1512
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, and 4 more.
...líneas extrayendo clandestinamente el agua para la mayoría de las vecindades...
Un saludo!!!
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Note added at 10 mins (2004-07-29 15:58:09 GMT)
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también:
\"tuberías\" extrayendo clandestinamente el agua para la mayoría de las vecindades....
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Note added at 10 mins (2004-07-29 15:58:09 GMT)
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también:
\"tuberías\" extrayendo clandestinamente el agua para la mayoría de las vecindades....
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Silvina Dell'Isola Urdiales
: me parece que encaja más en el contexto
17 mins
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Gracias Silvina...eso es lo que importa ¿verdad?...el sentido, no la traducción literal....Un saludo!!!
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8 hrs
Carmen Loren
Native in Spanish
Works in field
FLUENT AND EFFECTIVE USE OF LANGUAGE
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, German to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, and 4 more.
que llevan / que transportan
conductos clandestinos que llevan el agua / que transportan agua
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