Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ataca (in context)
English translation:
reaches
Added to glossary by
Sarah Weston
Jan 2, 2008 03:24
16 yrs ago
Spanish term
United Kingdom
Native in: English 
Works in: Italian to English, Spanish to English, English to Italian, and 2 more.
ataca (in context)
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Metallurgy / Casting
This is the sentence and I can't understand the use of "ataca" here:
A ser la zona total de refrigeracion muy larga, al final de la misma el agua **ataca** la palanquilla estando esta en posicion oblicua, por lo que puede correr po su zona inferior.
Can anybody help?
Thanks!
A ser la zona total de refrigeracion muy larga, al final de la misma el agua **ataca** la palanquilla estando esta en posicion oblicua, por lo que puede correr po su zona inferior.
Can anybody help?
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | reaches to |
Sp-EnTranslator
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| 4 +1 | stems |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 4 | hits/moves the lever |
Lydia De Jorge
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| 3 | strikes |
Ashok Pipal
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Proposed translations
5 mins
Selected
reaches to
...water reaches to...
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "In the end I found that in this particular context it meant 'reach'. Thanks very much for your help Claudia and everyone else."
+1
23 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
20
stems
Main Entry:
2stem
Function:
transitive verb
Inflected Form(s):
stemmed; stem·ming
Etymology:
Middle English (Scots) stemmen to keep a course, from 1stem (of a ship)
Date:
1593
1 : to make headway against (as an adverse tide, current, or wind) 2 : to check or go counter to (something adverse)
— stem·mer noun
Mike :)
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Note added at 25 mins (2008-01-02 03:50:03 GMT)
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"stems" as in the sense of "making headway against" and thus being corrosive
In García Díaz's Diccionario técnico por Editorial Limusa, of the three translations give for "atacar" in a technical sense, the one that is most logical is "stem".
1 hr
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
hits/moves the lever
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1 hr
Ashok Pipal
Native in English
SPANISH-ENGLISH TECHNICAL TRANSLATOR
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
strikes
strikes against....
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