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English term or phrase:
viandas
Spanish translation:
tubers / edible roots / root vegetables
Added to glossary by
Marcelo González
Feb 15, 2006 04:19
18 yrs ago
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viandas
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Food & Drink
In a scientific study of diet and nutrition carried out in Aruba, a table gives a breakdown of all foods consumed as follows:
Lácetos
Carnes
Aves
Mariscos
Pescado
Cereales
Pastas
Leguminosas
Huevos
Frutas
Vegetales
Viandas
I have always understood "viandas" to refer to food in general, or possibly to meat and poultry. In this context, however, it seems to be something different from "all of the above". Given the provenance of the document (Aruba), does anyone have any idea what it might refer to here?
Many thanks,
Alan
Lácetos
Carnes
Aves
Mariscos
Pescado
Cereales
Pastas
Leguminosas
Huevos
Frutas
Vegetales
Viandas
I have always understood "viandas" to refer to food in general, or possibly to meat and poultry. In this context, however, it seems to be something different from "all of the above". Given the provenance of the document (Aruba), does anyone have any idea what it might refer to here?
Many thanks,
Alan
Proposed translations
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Marcelo González
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| 3 | así |
Fabio Descalzi
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Change log
Feb 15, 2006 04:20: Miguel Falquez-Certain changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"
Feb 15, 2006 04:27: Miguel Falquez-Certain changed "Language pair" from "Spanish to English" to "English to Spanish"
Jun 8, 2006 11:15: Fabio Descalzi changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"
Proposed translations
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Marcelo González
United States
United States
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United States
PhD in Translation Studies
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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Note added at 10 mins (2006-02-15 04:29:18 GMT)
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tuber (t¡´ber, ty¡´-) noun
1. Botany. A swollen, fleshy, usually underground stem, such as the potato, bearing buds from which new plant shoots arise.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992.
Root Vegetables: New Uses for Old Crops
Vegetables grown for their edible roots or tubers encompass a wide range of ...
Although traditionally, root vegetables have been considered low status and ...
www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1993/v2-533.html
Other options might be "root vegetables" and "edible roots"
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Note added at 10 mins (2006-02-15 04:29:18 GMT)
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tuber (t¡´ber, ty¡´-) noun
1. Botany. A swollen, fleshy, usually underground stem, such as the potato, bearing buds from which new plant shoots arise.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992.
Root Vegetables: New Uses for Old Crops
Vegetables grown for their edible roots or tubers encompass a wide range of ...
Although traditionally, root vegetables have been considered low status and ...
www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1993/v2-533.html
Other options might be "root vegetables" and "edible roots"
Peer comment(s):
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
: Del DRAE: Antillas y Costa Rica. Frutos y tubérculos comestibles que se sirven guisados, como el ñame, la malanga, el plátano, etc.
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exacto. "tubérculos" :-) // muchas gracias, Maria Teresa!
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Miguel Falquez-Certain
: Como el ñame, la malanga, etc. que se comen con el sancocho en el Caribe.
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sí, lo que se le echa al sancocho, exactamente :-)
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Comment: "Thank you for picking up on this. Also, to the commentators, thanks for sending me back to the good old DRAE."
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Fabio Descalzi
Uruguay
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así
Existe una posibilidad: que las "viandas" sean los recipientes para contener los alimentos (no sé en Aruba, pero aquí en el Río de la Plata se suele utilizar este vocablo como un sinónimo un poco anticuado de "conservador", o "Tupperware"...)
He aquí un link que tienta a pensar así, ver lo resaltado en amarillo:
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:03ZiJgUhmYIJ:elpais-cali...
He aquí un link que tienta a pensar así, ver lo resaltado en amarillo:
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:03ZiJgUhmYIJ:elpais-cali...
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