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cántara

English translation: bucket

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Spanish term or phrase:cántara
English translation:bucket
Entered by: Daniel Coria

13:43 Aug 4, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Spanish term or phrase: cántara
la draga xx con una capacidad de cántara de 11.000 metros cúbicos
mónica alfonso
Local time: 04:58
bucket
Explanation:
ESPAÑOL
dos tiempos. two-stroke. draga de cántara. bucket-dredger. ducto, tobera. duct. ducto de ventilación, venteo. air course. durmiente. sleeper ...
www.uniovi.es/marina/utils/diccionario/d_ESPANOL.htm

Hope it helps!

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Note added at 10 mins (2005-08-04 13:54:47 GMT)
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What about dredging
The size of a bucket dredger is usually described by the capacity of the buckets, which is in the range 100-900 litres. Bucket ladder dredgers are able to ...
www.european-dredging.info/ab6.html

\"With a bucket capacity of....\"

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Note added at 11 mins (2005-08-04 13:55:42 GMT)
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Es el término específico que se utiliza para las \"dredgers\" (dragas).

Saludos!
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Daniel Coria
Argentina
Local time: 04:58
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2bucket
Daniel Coria
5drag scoop
Luis Zepeda
5... with a cargo space of ... (volume)
Enrique Soria
4hauling capacity
Marcelo González


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cántara
drag scoop


Explanation:
Is the name used in some places for the drag scoop (shovel/head) of a drag used to move materials, normally earth, mud, sediment, etc

Luis Zepeda
United States
Local time: 00:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 1
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cántara
bucket


Explanation:
ESPAÑOL
dos tiempos. two-stroke. draga de cántara. bucket-dredger. ducto, tobera. duct. ducto de ventilación, venteo. air course. durmiente. sleeper ...
www.uniovi.es/marina/utils/diccionario/d_ESPANOL.htm

Hope it helps!

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Note added at 10 mins (2005-08-04 13:54:47 GMT)
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What about dredging
The size of a bucket dredger is usually described by the capacity of the buckets, which is in the range 100-900 litres. Bucket ladder dredgers are able to ...
www.european-dredging.info/ab6.html

\"With a bucket capacity of....\"

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Note added at 11 mins (2005-08-04 13:55:42 GMT)
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Es el término específico que se utiliza para las \"dredgers\" (dragas).

Saludos!

Daniel Coria
Argentina
Local time: 04:58
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcelo González: After posting my suggestion at the same time, it took me additional time to reach the same conclusion. Here's my vote for your KudoZ. :-)
6 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Marcelo...
agree  J Celeita (X): http://www.historiaviva.org/cocina/medidas_v2-ing.shtml / I agree, this is liquid volume (cantara de vino) so bucket fits
42 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Jesi...
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cántara
... with a cargo space of ... (volume)


Explanation:
x

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Note added at 12 mins (2005-08-04 13:56:25 GMT)
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also stated as cargo capacity

Enrique Soria
Mexico
Local time: 01:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cántara
hauling capacity


Explanation:
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Note added at 10 mins (2005-08-04 13:54:00 GMT)
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...of 300000 truckloads per year hauling 7 million cubic meters of snow. ... This site has a large annual capacity (3 million cubic meters) due to its ...
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ mi_qa3705/is_200101/ai_n8936800 - 30k - Cached - Similar pages

GR - MRD - Road Issues in the Heavy Oil Producing Region of SK Chp 2
Truck Hauling Capacity. 35 tonnes/truck. 45 animals/truck ... Water (cubic meters)4. Production. 7712877. 17900017. Truck Hauling Capacity. 20 m3/truck ...
www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/ mrd/haul/2municipalinterests.shtml

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The front loader\'s bucket capacity is much bigger than a bucket capacity of a backhoe loader. In construction areas, mainly when fixing a road in a middle ...
www.answers.com/topic/loader-equipment

capacidad de cántara=bucket capacity

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 21:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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