Buying or selling ... expenditures

Spanish translation: compra o venta de bienes de consumo

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English term or phrase:Buying or selling ... expenditures
Spanish translation:compra o venta de bienes de consumo
Entered by: Manuel Aburto

14:09 Feb 26, 2021
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English term or phrase: Buying or selling ... expenditures
Buenos días,

El texto a continuación es parte de ciertas actividades que realizan grupos de personas:

Women/Men:
Seeking loans for agricultural production
Seeking loans for establishing small business
Buying or selling major household expenditures (large appliances, etc.,)
Buying or selling minor household expenditures (food for daily consumption or other household needs)

Mi duda es porque uno no compra o vende "gastos" [expenditures]

Todas sus sugerencias son bienvenidas.

Saludos
Manuel Aburto
Nicaragua
Local time: 11:27
compra o venta de bienes de consumo
Explanation:
Expenditures se refiere a gastos, erogaciones, consumo, etc. Por ello, creo que traducirlo como compra o venta de bienes de consumo mayores (electrodomésticos) o menores (otros artículos para el hogar) tiene sentido y coherencia con el contexto que proporcionas.
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Maria del Carmen Almeida
Ecuador
Local time: 12:27
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Summary of answers provided
4erogaciones para compras y ventas de activos/erogaciones... artículos del hogar
Andrés Contreras
4compra o venta de bienes de consumo
Maria del Carmen Almeida
3Compra o venta ... grandes electrodomésticos
Mónica Algazi
3compra y venta, [respecto a] erogaciones
Robert Carter


  

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buying or selling ... expenditures
erogaciones para compras y ventas de activos/erogaciones... artículos del hogar


Explanation:
Creo que lo primordial es distinguir entre gastos por activos y gastos de consumo. "expenditures" no solo se refiere a gastos, también puede definir erogaciones o egresos.

ver expenditures: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/gfs/manual/esl/pdf/glos...

Andrés Contreras
Venezuela
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Compra o venta ... grandes electrodomésticos


Explanation:
Parece referirse a equipos de gran o pequeño porte para el hogar

Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 14:27
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buying or selling ... expenditures
compra y venta, [respecto a] erogaciones


Explanation:
Seems to me that there is a comma missing here, so it should read:

Buying or selling, major household expenditures (large appliances, etc.,)
Buying or selling, minor household expenditures...

Otherwise, it doesn't make sense to me.

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 11:27
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buying or selling ... expenditures
compra o venta de bienes de consumo


Explanation:
Expenditures se refiere a gastos, erogaciones, consumo, etc. Por ello, creo que traducirlo como compra o venta de bienes de consumo mayores (electrodomésticos) o menores (otros artículos para el hogar) tiene sentido y coherencia con el contexto que proporcionas.

Maria del Carmen Almeida
Ecuador
Local time: 12:27
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Native speaker of: Spanish
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