Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
el contenido de la cueva,
English translation:
the contents of the cave
Spanish term
United States
24 years of experience in many countries
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 6 more.
el contenido de la cueva,
Happy New Year to all of you!
Is okay to translate it as "They emptied almost completely the content inside the cave?
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” a la vez asustada acompañó a Alí Babá a la cueva, cogieron un buen puñado de oro, con el que compraron un centenar de caballos, y los llevaron a la casa de su hermano, allí durante varios días se dedicaron a trasladar el oro de la cueva al interior de la casa, y una vez habían vaciado casi por completo el contenido de la cueva,
Jan 1, 2022 12:34: patinba changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Feb 4, 2024 21:51: Cecilia Gowar Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Cecilia Gowar, Beatriz Ramírez de Haro, patinba
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
I read the Alethiometer
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
the contents of the cave
| Thanks Cecilia but is it okay to write the translation in plural? I noticed that "contenido" is written in Singular. Thanks a lot and Happy New Year 2022! |
United States
Telecom 25 yrs; Cert Legal INTg 12 yrs
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
and once they’ve emptied the cave from its contents, almost completely,
| Thanks Carlos. |
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ormiston
: Emptied OF its contents
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Right on, ormiston! Thank you, Have a prosperous and happy 2022!
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Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
.. and once they had almost cleaned out the den ...
This is an instances where both contents - note the plural in English vs. content of the question - and 'por completo' can be omitted, as subsumed by 'cleaned out'. Den also connotes a hiding place for thieves and their loot.
Doesn't mean cleaned up - though clean out is ambiguous in AmE, and 'almost ransacked' doesn't work.
so we could bomb the hoodlums if they got past the booby traps and came to ransack the Cave.
| Thanks Adrian. |
Spain
The Right Word Used in the Right Context
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
And once they'd almost completely cleaned out the cave
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Note added at 1 day 2 hrs (2022-01-02 12:53:25 GMT)
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Happy New Year!! @yugoslavia I hope all goes well for everyone during 2022.
| Thanks a lot. Happy New Year!! |
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