Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
surcador
English translation:
ridger
Added to glossary by
Verity Peterson (X)
Jan 25, 2014 09:22
10 yrs ago
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Spanish term
sucador
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Agriculture
Comes in a list of equipment used in the cultivation of sugar cane and sugar production in Cuba.
Proposed translations
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ridger
Ridger (Furrower) | V S T Tillers Tractors Ltd
www.vsttillers.com/content/ridger-furrower - Traducir esta página
The Ridger is used for making ridges for row crops such as Sugercane, Potato, chillies, tobacco, banana etc. as well as for opening furrows for water flow.
www.vsttillers.com/content/ridger-furrower - Traducir esta página
The Ridger is used for making ridges for row crops such as Sugercane, Potato, chillies, tobacco, banana etc. as well as for opening furrows for water flow.
Peer comment(s):
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neilmac
: Sounds about right...
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Thanks;)
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Andrée Goreux
: Although I do think it might be surcador ...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks! Sucador must be a misprint for surcador - but it looked like a plausible word that had something to do with sugar."
Discussion
I think so too. According to the DRAE, the verb surcar (= to plough, to make furrows) comes from sulcar so maybe it's just that some dialects have other forms.
http://www.farmingmachine.es/1-7-farm-ridger.html