Aug 10, 2012 13:42
11 yrs ago
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English term

egg laying

English to Spanish Other Livestock / Animal Husbandry Veterinary
Hi!
In a guide to raise caterpillars it appears the following sentence:
"Please be sure to release your butterflies before egg laying begins again"

How "egg laying" is translated into Spanish? Because I don't like "puesta de huevos".

Thanks in advance!
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English term (edited): before egg laying begins again
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antes de que vuelvan a poner huevos

Well, "puesta de huevos" looks like a perfectly good way of translating it to me, but if you don't like it, you can always re-write the sentence and use a verbal phrase instead of a noun.

But I don't see any reason to radically change the sentence in Spanish.
Peer comment(s):

agree Mónica Algazi : Suena más natural como lo expresaste tú, Alistair.
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agree Salloz : Exacto: suena natural.
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(antes del nuevo) desove

Los insectos. EL DESOVE. Los insectos son animales ovíparos, es decir, que ponen huevos, de los cuales sale una larva, o un. insecto parecido al
http://www.gratislibros.com.ar/textos2/zoologia-insectos-rep...

Los ortópteros son insectos alados de tamaño mediano a grande, raramente miden .... y a los diez días las hembras desovan; mediante las gonapófisis,
http://exa.unne.edu.ar/biologia/artropodos/Orden Orthoptera....

Tenés muchos otros sitios para confirmar.
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antes de que comience/n nuevamente el desove/a desovar.

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ovoposición/postura de huevos/puesta de huevos/desove

En el caso de organismos ovíparos se puede, y se utiliza cualquiera de los términos indicados. Hay una diferencia eso sí, los cuatro se refieren al proceso de postura u ovoposición, pero sólo los dos primeros tienen un segundo significado: significa el conjunto de huevos colocados en una superficie determinada (lo que en vivíparos podríamos llamar camada).

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Note added at 2 days3 hrs (2012-08-12 16:43:53 GMT)
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Sorry el segundo significado lo tienen "postura" y "puesta".
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