Aug 23, 2004 00:21
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term
elementos
Spanish to English
Other
Military / Defense
in a Mexican Military context. i.e. 33 elementos. Would these be units? troops? (individual persons)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | troops |
Margaret Schroeder
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| 5 | elements |
Fabricio Castillo
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Proposed translations
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9 mins
Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Mexico
The right words in the right place.
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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troops
Individual persons, as you suggest. Check some of the pages in this search, and you can see from several of them that this is the interpretation that makes sense:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=e...
-for example, http://www.enlacecivil.org.mx/denuncias/030325.html
"El día 10 de marzo 13 elementos del ejercito mexicano del destacamento Las
Tacitas entro a pie en el centro del ejido las tasas para platicar con el comisariado ejidal de la organización ARIC independiente esto ocurrió a las 10 horas de la mañana."
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=e...
-for example, http://www.enlacecivil.org.mx/denuncias/030325.html
"El día 10 de marzo 13 elementos del ejercito mexicano del destacamento Las
Tacitas entro a pie en el centro del ejido las tasas para platicar con el comisariado ejidal de la organización ARIC independiente esto ocurrió a las 10 horas de la mañana."
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Comment: "thank you"
5 mins
Fabricio Castillo
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Experience and knowledge
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English
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34
elements
Elements stands for troopers in general, not indicating rank or specialization. Good luck!
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