Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
semillanos
English translation:
semi flats
Added to glossary by
Dolores Vázquez
Feb 26, 2006 20:37
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term
United States
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semillanos
Spanish to English
Science
Geography
Puerto Rico
Las facilidades de extraccion y molienda ocupan terrenos ondulados a bruscos caracterizados por *semillanos* y colinas (mogotes) calizos en hileras con rumbo este a oeste.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | semi flats |
Dolores Vázquez
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| 3 | peneplains |
Ioana Costache
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| 3 | rolling grasslands |
David Elliff
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Proposed translations
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Dolores Vázquez
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Native in: Galician 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 5 more.
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semi flats
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Comment: "All good answers. This one is closest to what I went with... "semi-plains."
Thank you, everyone."
4 hrs
Ioana Costache
Romania
Romania
Works in field
Romania
Degrees in linguistics & clinical trials
Native in: Romanian (Variant: Romania)
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian to English
peneplains
The prefix “pene-“ is taken from Latin and means “almost”. Technically, a “peneplain” is an area reduced almost to a plain by erosion. If your context refers to higher features (e.g., hills) which have been eroded to ‘colinas’ and ‘semillanos’, I guess ‘peneplain’ could be what you need. If no erosion is involved, I’m not so sure anymore…
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-02-27 00:46:47 GMT)
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According to Eurodicautom, the Italian equivalent of English "peneplain" is "semipiano", which to my mind is very much the same thing as "semillano". This is the good news. The not-so-good news is that the Spanish equivalent provided by the same data base is "penillanura". The choice is yours :)
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-02-27 00:46:47 GMT)
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According to Eurodicautom, the Italian equivalent of English "peneplain" is "semipiano", which to my mind is very much the same thing as "semillano". This is the good news. The not-so-good news is that the Spanish equivalent provided by the same data base is "penillanura". The choice is yours :)
6 hrs
David Elliff
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
Specializes in field
Brazil
Perfection from the technical expert
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, Spanish to English
rolling grasslands
grasslands that aren't completely flat, i.e. undulating
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