Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
"run off"
Spanish translation:
se han corrido fuera de...
Added to glossary by
jeff robson
Feb 15, 2006 09:04
18 yrs ago
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English term
"run off"
English to Spanish
Science
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
molecular biology
I have a photo of an agarose gel in which the last two molecular size markers have "run off" the end of the gel because the migration was set for made for too long of a time. Could some translate this phrasal verb in this context. The usage derives from ink or paint that "runs off" or runs past the page or border.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 | se han corrido fuera de... |
Miriam Garcia
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| 4 +1 | se escurrieron |
hecdan (X)
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| 4 +1 | ... se extienden más allá que (el borde) ... |
Jennifer Levey
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| 4 | expandirse, se expande |
Maria Rueda
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Proposed translations
4 hrs
English term (edited):
run off
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se han corrido fuera de...
En español europeo creo que esto sería lo más inmediato, literal. Una mancha de pintura o tinta "se corre". Suerte.
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Comment: "asi me parece la mejor, gracias a todos"
2 hrs
Maria Rueda
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Excellent translations.
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
English term (edited):
run off
expandirse, se expande
If it is a gel then it is "expandirse" as the effect of water spreading
+1
2 hrs
+1
2 hrs
Jennifer Levey
Chile
Chile
Native in English
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
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4
... se extienden más allá que (el borde) ...
la idéa de 'más allá' es importante en esta frase
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