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sheer bulk

Spanish translation: la corpulencia pura / el bulto/peso puro

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English term or phrase:sheer bulk
Spanish translation:la corpulencia pura / el bulto/peso puro
Entered by: Neil Ashby

11:01 May 14, 2018
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry / equinos
English term or phrase: sheer bulk
Contexto:
Anaesthesia in the field
It will often be appropriate, or even necessary, to carry out anaesthesia in the field.
While donkeys lack the sheer bulk of horses, they can still go down quickly and with force.
Bárbara Hammerle López-Francos
Spain
Local time: 19:41
la corpulencia / el bulto/peso [pura/puro]
Explanation:
I don't know if you really need to include "pura", just "corpulencia/peso" will suffice.

It might be better to rewrite it a bit:
"Mientras que los burros no pesan tanto como los caballos, aún caigan rápido y con fuerza."
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Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 19:41
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3 +1la corpulencia / el bulto/peso [pura/puro]
Neil Ashby
4Carecen del grueso de ...
Marcela Trezza


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
la corpulencia / el bulto/peso [pura/puro]


Explanation:
I don't know if you really need to include "pura", just "corpulencia/peso" will suffice.

It might be better to rewrite it a bit:
"Mientras que los burros no pesan tanto como los caballos, aún caigan rápido y con fuerza."

Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 19:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: ¡Gracias, Sara!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sara Fairen: Yo usaría "corpulencia": Aunque los burros carecen de/no tienen la corpulencia de los caballos... Cualquier adjetivo (gran, enorme) sería redundante
9 hrs
  -> Gracias Sara
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Carecen del grueso de ...


Explanation:
Los burros carecen del grueso de los caballos.

Marcela Trezza
Canada
Local time: 13:41
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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