Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
A number of people visited the fair.
Spanish translation:
varias personas visitaron la feria
English term
A number of people visited the fair.
En este contexto "a number of" significa una multitud de gente. Se me ocurre esta traducción "Una gran cantidad de gente visitó la feria." Creo saber cómo expresar la idea, pero no sé la manera más común de decir esto en español.
Jun 6, 2008 03:06: Henry Hinds changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jun 7, 2008 14:03: Henry Hinds Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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Proposed translations
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
varias personas visitaron la feria
No sabemos cuántos, pero son varios.
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Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
: Exacto. No sabemos cuántas son, pero todo parece que su cantidad no ha sido enorme o lo afirmarían más claramente en el texto.
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Gracias, Tomás.
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Erin DeBell
: Ahora el verbo no tiene relevancia. Hubiera escojido "asistieron a la feria" pero ya que se trata de elaborar cursos, esta es la mejor respuesta.
2 hrs
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Gracias, Kirendall.
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Jorge Altamirano
: "A number of people" expresses something undefined. "varias" will do the same job.
3 hrs
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Gracias, Jorge.
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Conchi Otaola
: Sí, de acuerdo con 'varios cursos'
4 hrs
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Gracias, Conchi.
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Rosa Elena Lozano Arton
4 hrs
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Gracias, Rosa.
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United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Una gran cantidad de personas...
Calidad exclusiva hace la diferencia
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
muchas personas visitaron la feria.
varias personas asistieron a la feria.
Mexico
Creative, Original, Reliable and fast
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish
un buen número
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Note added at 1 minuto (2008-06-06 02:27:06 GMT)
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Un buen número / gran número de gente visitó la feria
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Note added at 4 horas (2008-06-06 07:17:01 GMT)
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Según el contexto sería Varios definitivamente
United Kingdom
Linguistic quality & industry expertise
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Cierto número de personas visitó la feria.
United States
The right word at the righ time.
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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