Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
¿hacemos lo necesario?
English translation:
Are we doing what is needed/required?
Added to glossary by
Clare Macnamara
Oct 4, 2005 08:47
18 yrs ago
Spanish term
Spain
¿hacemos lo necesario?
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Investigacion en cuidados intensivos.
I am not 100% certain if it means Do we make it necessary? or Do we do what is required?
I am not 100% certain if it means Do we make it necessary? or Do we do what is required?
Proposed translations
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| 5 +5 | Are we doing what is needed/required? |
Clare Macnamara
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| 4 | do we do what is necessary? |
Terence Ajbro
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| 4 | the latter |
transparx
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| 4 | Are we doing enough? |
Marisa Schiavi (X)
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Change log
Oct 15, 2005 01:10: Maria Karra changed "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Proposed translations
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Clare Macnamara
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Fast, efficient and intuitive.
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English
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Spanish term (edited):
�hacemos lo necesario?
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Are we doing what is needed/required?
Need more context to be absolutely sure.
Peer comment(s):
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Anabel Martínez
: Unless the sentence is blatantly wrong, I can say for sure that this is what it means, with no need of further context. Greetings, Clare :)
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Hi and thanks for your confirmation Anabel!
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transparx
: to be absolutely sure how to phrase it, yes; to be able to exclude the former, no.// thanks!
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Many thanks, ninogulli!//forgot to say I agree with your comment, it couldn't possibly be the former.
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Carmen Riadi
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¡Gracias, Carmen!
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Elizabeth Collins
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Thanks, Elizabeth!
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Egmont
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¡Saludos y gracias, avrvm!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks Clare, thanks to Terence too, I am in a hurry"
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Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Sweden
Native in English
Works in field
Sweden
A multilingual Englishman
Native in: English 
Works in: English to German, English to Danish, Danish to English, and 7 more.
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Spanish term (edited):
�hacemos lo necesario?
do we do what is necessary?
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Spanish term (edited):
�hacemos lo necesario?
the latter
it couldn't be the former
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Spanish term (edited):
�hacemos lo necesario?
Are we doing enough?
This is what I would say...but you'll have to put it into context to make sure if suits the rest of the text.
Good luck!
Good luck!
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