May 27, 2010 15:26
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Eva MT
fresas y fresones
Homework / test
Spanish to English
Other
Food & Drink
fruit
Hello, I'm a Spanish translation student and I have a doubt in one of my translations... It's about the most common ingredients in Spring and in the section of fruits it says "fresas... y fresones".
I've searched and in English it's used "strawberry" for both fruits without distinction, so can I ommit the second one for not saying twice "strawberry" or maybe it is a term for say "fresón" that I don't know?
I've searched and in English it's used "strawberry" for both fruits without distinction, so can I ommit the second one for not saying twice "strawberry" or maybe it is a term for say "fresón" that I don't know?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | small and large strawberries |
Tom Bodine
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| 3 +1 | (ordinary) strawberries and large strawberries |
Emma Goldsmith
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Proposed translations
13 mins
Tom Bodine
United States
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small and large strawberries
Diccionario del Espanol Actual, (Aguilar lexicografia, 1999) pp. 2242, 2244 indicates that the freson is a variety of fresa that is larger and more acid than the fresa
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12 mins
Emma Goldsmith
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
25 years of medical translations
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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24
(ordinary) strawberries and large strawberries
You really need to offer the whole sentence, because you might just be able to put "strawberries" on its own as you suggest.
If you have to distinguish between them, fresones are larger, according to the RAE definition.
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Note added at 13 mins (2010-05-27 15:40:01 GMT)
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fresón.
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=fre...
1. m. Fruto de una fresera oriunda de Chile, semejante a la fresa, pero de volumen mucho mayor, de color rojo amarillento y sabor más ácido
If you have to distinguish between them, fresones are larger, according to the RAE definition.
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Note added at 13 mins (2010-05-27 15:40:01 GMT)
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fresón.
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=fre...
1. m. Fruto de una fresera oriunda de Chile, semejante a la fresa, pero de volumen mucho mayor, de color rojo amarillento y sabor más ácido
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
teju
: I think "ordinary" or "regular" is a better way to describe "fresas" since you can have both big and small "fresas", and "fresones" are a different fruit, larger and less sweet.
27 mins
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Thanks Teju!
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