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Moai 6 is undercut on the right side

Spanish translation: moai 6 está cortado incompleto/levemente/vagamente en el lado derecho

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English term or phrase:Moai 6 is undercut on the right side
Spanish translation:moai 6 está cortado incompleto/levemente/vagamente en el lado derecho
Entered by: carrbriz

01:30 Mar 6, 2016
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Science - Geology / Vulcanology, Archaeology,
English term or phrase: Moai 6 is undercut on the right side
Me ayudan cual es el significado de "undercut" "Undercutting" y "roughed out" (these moai, statues in Easter Island are in the quarry in which they were carved and are found in different degrees of completion- intact but not finished)

"Moai 6 t0 11 are in similar stages of completion. Moai 6 is undercut on the right side. Moai 7 is attached at the head but it is partially undercut at the east side. In order to determine their states of production and other details, we excavated moai 8 and 9. Moai 8 is supine, head down and still fully attached to bedrock. The top of the head is roughed out in a rectilinear fashion. No hands are carved. The entire above ground portion of the statue surface is badly eroded, the stone is overall pulverized and black-gray in color. The base of the Moai 8 is nearly touchig the base of the attached statue 6 above it. The bases of both statues are angled and cut to accomodate the position of each statue relative to the other. Moai 9 is a complete statue. Moai 10 is the largest of the unfinished statues. The rounding undercutting on Moai 11 is 47 cm deep, making this statue nearly ready for removal. It is so badly damaged on the ventral side, that it is impossible to say if designs are present. It is the undercut area beneath Moai 11 that is embellished with two of the petroglyph motifs."

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carrbriz
United States
Local time: 15:43
moai 6 está cortado incompleto/levemente/vagamente en el lado derecho
Explanation:
Yo usaría expresiones como: cortes leves/incompletos, undercut; bosquejar, roughed out.
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Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 20:43
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¡Gracias, esta es la mas adecuada!
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4moai 6 está cortado incompleto/levemente/vagamente en el lado derecho
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
3Socavar
Steven Jason Knapp


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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
moai 6 is undercut on the right side
Socavar


Explanation:
Here's my attempt: "Undercut" in this context literally means to cut underneath, therefore "socavar" seems to be closest in meaning

He aquí mi intento: En este contexto "undercut" significa literalmente cortar or labrar debajo de algo, por lo tanto "socavar"me parece aproximar el significado

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Note added at 2 hrs (2016-03-06 04:09:13 GMT)
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Para "rough out" tal ver usaría "labrar" ya que ambas palabras tienen connotaciones de trabar algo de manera preliminar. (Véase punto 31 en el 2do enlace)
http://dle.rae.es/?id=Mk0fHqB
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rough--out?s=t


    Reference: http://dle.rae.es/?id=YBbhfJa
    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/undercut?s=t
Steven Jason Knapp
United States
Local time: 21:43
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Muchas gracias, esto corrabora lo que yo pensaba. Me es muy util, te lo agradezco

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1 day 22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
moai 6 is undercut on the right side
moai 6 está cortado incompleto/levemente/vagamente en el lado derecho


Explanation:
Yo usaría expresiones como: cortes leves/incompletos, undercut; bosquejar, roughed out.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 20:43
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Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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¡Gracias, esta es la mas adecuada!
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