Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
ripe snow
Spanish translation:
nieve saturada
Added to glossary by
David Russi
Mar 6, 2007 19:13
17 yrs ago
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English term
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
ripe snow
English to Spanish
Science
Science (general)
Meteorology/hydrology
Ripe snow is snow that is at 0 oC and has liquid-water holding capacity satisfied. Runoff from snow cover cannot begin until the snow cover is ripe.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 +4 | nieve saturada |
Margaret Schroeder
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| 4 | nieve dura |
Elena Carbonell
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| 3 | nieve solida |
Lydia De Jorge
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| 3 | nieve profunda |
Olivia Bravo
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| 3 | a punto de derritir |
Lia Fail (X)
|
Proposed translations
+4
43 mins
Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Specializes in field
Mexico
The right words in the right place.
Native in: English (Variants: Canadian, US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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7
Selected
nieve saturada
Por la definición... que dice que es nieve que ya no puede absorber más agua, y que el escurrimiento superficial empieza cuando la nieve esté saturada (porque antes que eso, la nieve absorberá el agua, y ésa no escurre).
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Lia Fail (X)
: See WWW for "nieve saturade de agua"
12 mins
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| agree |
Enrique Espinosa
59 mins
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| agree |
eloso (X)
3 hrs
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| agree |
Lydia De Jorge
6 hrs
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muchas gracias, había pensado algo parecido y quería otra opinión, aunque no creo que sea el término técnico que busco."
7 mins
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Spanish
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.
Related KudoZ points
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14
nieve solida
,
9 mins
Olivia Bravo
Native in Spanish
Works in field
English-Spanish-English
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
nieve profunda
No se me ocurre otra sugerencia.
47 mins
a punto de derritir
I can't think of a better way of putting it, but this might help you. It's definitely snow on the point of melting.
If you can't find a satisfactory answer on the WWW you could describe the snow in the ES->ES pair, and try to capture a skier:-)
http://mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/glossary/index.cgi?letter=r
# ripe (snow) - Descriptive of snow that is in a condition to discharge meltwater. ***Ripe snow*** usually has a coarse crystalline structure, a snow density near 0.5 kg m-3, and a temperature near 0°C.
1 hr
Elena Carbonell
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Spanish
Netherlands
technical translator
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Dutch to Spanish
nieve dura
En el siguiente enlace explican las diferentes técnicas de andar por la nieve, una de ellas es sobre nieve dura. Es la nieve sobre la que no se deja marca cuando se anda con el pie. Está claro que esta nieve no puede absorber agua tampoco porque es muy densa. En otra página sobre aludes también se hace referencia a este tipo de nieve.
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