Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
avasallante
English translation:
overwhelming
Added to glossary by
Lisa Dahlander
Nov 19, 2004 03:39
19 yrs ago
Spanish term
Mexico
Swedish meticulous translator
Native in: Swedish 
Works in: English to Swedish, Spanish to Swedish
avasallante
Spanish to English
Other
Other
"Playa del Carmen, ejemplo de un avasallante crecimiento, es una ciudad mutante"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +9 | overwhelming |
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
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| 5 +1 | uncontainable |
Henry Hinds
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| 4 +1 | aggressive |
Refugio
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Proposed translations
+9
6 mins
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Native in Spanish
Quality Above All...Calidad Sobre Todo
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
:
56
Selected
overwhelming
My take. Good luck
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-11-19 03:48:50 GMT)
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... The Hernando County area has experienced an overwhelming growth in population over
the past 40 years and residents are quickly transitioning from a rural to ...
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... The situation today. Mexico City has experienced an overwhelming growth rate in
the twentieth century, with the highest peaks occurring in recent decades. ...
www.fao.org/docrep/u9300e/u9300e06.htm - 21k - En caché - Páginas similares
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Note added at 15 mins (2004-11-19 03:55:37 GMT)
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Palm Springs Weekend: The Architect...: New & used books: Find the ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Less affected than neighboring LA or San Diego by overwhelming population growth,
Palm Springs is something of a monument to the way things were. ...
www.fetchbook.info/search_0811828042/tab_reviews.html - 12k - Resultado Suplementario - En caché - Páginas si
HERITAGE PRESERVATION PLAN - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... discontinued service in 1968.2. Since the late 1960s, the Town of Herndon
has experienced overwhelming population growth. From 1970 to ...
departments.mwc.edu/chpr/ www/vlprc/comp.plan/herndon.htm - 43k - En caché - Páginas similares
International Humanist and Ethical Union - Conferences-World ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Where some locals can be heard to say that it may already be too late to avoid the
consequences of overwhelming population growth, poverty and famine, but ...
www.iheu.org/modules/bfsection/article.php?articleid=30 - 79k - En caché - Páginas similares
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-11-19 03:48:50 GMT)
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... The Hernando County area has experienced an overwhelming growth in population over
the past 40 years and residents are quickly transitioning from a rural to ...
garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~tchapin/ urp5261/exercise/Answers/Assign1-2.pdf - Resultado Suplementario - Páginas similares
Unasylva - No. 173 - Urban and peri-urban forestry - Urban ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... The situation today. Mexico City has experienced an overwhelming growth rate in
the twentieth century, with the highest peaks occurring in recent decades. ...
www.fao.org/docrep/u9300e/u9300e06.htm - 21k - En caché - Páginas similares
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Note added at 15 mins (2004-11-19 03:55:37 GMT)
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Palm Springs Weekend: The Architect...: New & used books: Find the ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Less affected than neighboring LA or San Diego by overwhelming population growth,
Palm Springs is something of a monument to the way things were. ...
www.fetchbook.info/search_0811828042/tab_reviews.html - 12k - Resultado Suplementario - En caché - Páginas si
HERITAGE PRESERVATION PLAN - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... discontinued service in 1968.2. Since the late 1960s, the Town of Herndon
has experienced overwhelming population growth. From 1970 to ...
departments.mwc.edu/chpr/ www/vlprc/comp.plan/herndon.htm - 43k - En caché - Páginas similares
International Humanist and Ethical Union - Conferences-World ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Where some locals can be heard to say that it may already be too late to avoid the
consequences of overwhelming population growth, poverty and famine, but ...
www.iheu.org/modules/bfsection/article.php?articleid=30 - 79k - En caché - Páginas similares
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muchas gracias, Luís!"
+1
1 min
Henry Hinds
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
714
uncontainable
Not exactly a literal translation, but one I think will work in this context.
+1
2 mins
aggressive
an example of aggressive growth
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Note added at 3 mins (2004-11-19 03:43:40 GMT)
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n Jose Case Study: Urban-Growth Boundary
Vanishing Automobile update #31. San Jose Case Study, Part One: The Urban-Growth Boundary ... a sleepy town of less than 100,000 people in 1950. Under pro-growth city manager A.P ... of San Jose\'s growth was due to an aggressive annexation program that ...
www.ti.org/vaupdate31.html - 16k - Cached - More from this site
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Note added at 3 mins (2004-11-19 03:43:40 GMT)
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n Jose Case Study: Urban-Growth Boundary
Vanishing Automobile update #31. San Jose Case Study, Part One: The Urban-Growth Boundary ... a sleepy town of less than 100,000 people in 1950. Under pro-growth city manager A.P ... of San Jose\'s growth was due to an aggressive annexation program that ...
www.ti.org/vaupdate31.html - 16k - Cached - More from this site
Peer comment(s):
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María Eugenia Wachtendorff
: Hola, Ruth! I think this is the idea. "Intense" also seems right to me in this particular context. ;-)
44 mins
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Gracias, Euge, I agree that intense sounds good here too.
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