Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

q.b.

English translation:

as required

Added to glossary by Jasmina Towers
Jan 7, 2021 11:09
3 yrs ago
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Italian term

q.b.

Italian to English Other Agriculture Fungicide
The context is an Italian licence document for a fungicide (a list of active ingredients, and such-like, in a table) and the sentence is "Coformulanti: /q.b./ a g. 100", which I take to mean 100 grammes of "q.b.".

Thanks for any help you can offer!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 as required
4 q.s.
4 -1 quanto basta
Change log

Sep 8, 2023 14:23: Jasmina Towers Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Rachel Fell

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Proposed translations

+3
5 mins
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as required

in cooking q.b. is 'quanto basta' (as required / to taste), so this may be 'as required, up to 100g'
Peer comment(s):

disagree Tom in London : "to taste" - for a fungicide?
4 mins
No, I meant in cooking quanto basta means 'to taste', here it would be 'as required'.
agree Kate Chaffer : Tom - try reading Jasmina's explanation
7 mins
thanks Kate
agree Claudia Sorcini
50 mins
thanks Claudia
agree martini
5 hrs
agree philgoddard : I don't understand why Tom has disagreed with this and then posted the same answer, or why you've also disagreed with his.
8 hrs
Phil, I disagreed with Tom's answer because he posted 'quanto basta / as required' which was exactly the same answer that I gave. He posted it after having read and commented on mine, which seems rather unfair.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you :)"
-1
9 mins

quanto basta

"/q.b./ a g. 100" - as required to make up 100g.

Numerous ghits if you search for it.
Peer comment(s):

disagree Jasmina Towers : This is the same answer as mine...
4 mins
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19 mins

q.s.

(quantum sufficit), as much as suffices (in italian we use the abbreviation: q.b. for this expression).
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