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rchl · 04-29-2008, 03:07 PM

hi!. I need to translate a text and I found the word 'sap'. I looked it up in the dictionary, and the definition is: 'Zapar, minar una muralla o fortificaci�n', but I can't find the right equivalence in this context, so if you could help me, it would be great!

this is the text:

Smoking also stains teeth, causes saggy, graying skin and saps your lung capacity.

thanks!

Genevre · 04-29-2008, 04:05 PM

Hello!
For me it means, as you said, "minar", and the complete translation of the phrase would be "mina la capacidad pulmonar", which makes sense in spanish and in the context of the sentence. Hope it helps.

ScottJ · 04-30-2008, 06:27 AM

"Consume" or "destruye" would also work in this sense, though "minar" is an appropriate selection.

rchl · 04-30-2008, 08:10 PM

thank you very much!.. It was a lot of help!

exxc�ntrica · 05-01-2008, 03:23 AM

También:

socavar/debilitar la capacidad pulmonar

04-29-2008, 03:07 PM	#1
rchl New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 6	please help! hi!. I need to translate a text and I found the word 'sap'. I looked it up in the dictionary, and the definition is: 'Zapar, minar una muralla o fortificaci�n', but I can't find the right equivalence in this context, so if you could help me, it would be great! this is the text: Smoking also stains teeth, causes saggy, graying skin and saps your lung capacity. thanks!

05-01-2008, 03:23 AM	#5
exxc�ntrica Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 754 Rep Power: 531	También: socavar/debilitar la capacidad pulmonar __________________ �Aunque la conducta del marido sea censurable, aunque este se d� a otros amores, la mujer virtuosa debe reverenciarlo como a un dios. Durante la infancia, una mujer debe depender de su padre, al casarse de su marido, si este muere, de sus hijos y si no los tuviera, de su soberano. Una mujer nunca debe gobernarse a s� misma." *Leyes de Manu (Libro Sagrado de la India*

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04-29-2008, 04:05 PM	#2
Genevre New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Granada, Spain Posts: 9 Rep Power: 7	Hello! For me it means, as you said, "minar", and the complete translation of the phrase would be "mina la capacidad pulmonar", which makes sense in spanish and in the context of the sentence. Hope it helps.

04-30-2008, 06:27 AM	#3
ScottJ Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 239 Rep Power: 202	"Consume" or "destruye" would also work in this sense, though "minar" is an appropriate selection.

04-30-2008, 08:10 PM	#4
rchl New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 6	thank you very much!.. It was a lot of help!

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