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informalidad

English translation: unreliability

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Spanish term or phrase:informalidad
English translation:unreliability
Entered by: Robert Mavros

22:42 Feb 23, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Spanish term or phrase: informalidad
Hi, I'd appreciate your interpretation of this term

Context:
"En este orden de ideas, se analizarán también las modalidades de contratación desde la perspectiva de la demanda de los usuarios de servicios logísticos (tipología de contratos, metodología para la fijación de precios, instrumentos empleados, periodo de los contratos, incentivos a la fidelización, manejo de picos estacionales, etc. identificando las diferencias entre segmentos contratantes y los factores que inciden en la informalidad."

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Robert Mavros
Spain
Local time: 20:23
unreliability
Explanation:
unreliability

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Note added at 16 mins (2012-02-23 22:59:16 GMT)
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Definition of the word informalidadspanish.dictionary.com/definition/informalidadEn caché
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informalidad / unreliability. informalidad -noun feminine. 1. [de persona] unreliability. 2. [de lenguaje, reuniónoun] informality (en el vestir) casualness ...
informalidad - Diccionario Inglés-Español WordReference.comwww.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=informalidadEn caché - Similares
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informalidad sustantivo femenino 1 (irresponsabilidad) unreliability 2 (falta de solemnidad) informality. 'informalidad' also found in these Oxford entries: English: ...
informal - Definición de informal - "informal" en significados - que ...que-significa.com.ar/significado.php?termino=informalEn caché
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Significado, sinónimos y antónimos de informal; 'informal' en glosario criollo argentino ... unsound, unreliable, disaffected. informalidad: irregularity, unreliability, ...
informalidad - Definición de informalidad - "informalidad" en ...que-significa.com.ar/significado.php?termino=informalidadEn caché
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Significado, sinónimos y antónimos de informalidad; 'informalidad' en glosario criollo argentino, ... informalidad: irregularity, unreliability, untrustworthiness.

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eski
Mexico
Local time: 13:23
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thanks Tocayo:)
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4 +2unreliability
eski
3informality
Patricia ONeill


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
informality


Explanation:
Entiendo que se refiere a la informalidad en la contratación de los servicios

Informality Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Informality \In`for*mal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Informalities.
The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings.
An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed form or does not conform to the established rule.

Example sentence(s):
  • In the model, the credit method used to collect value-added tax (VAT) creates informality chains-clients or suppliers of informal firms are more likely to be informal.

    Reference: http://www.dictionary30.com/meaning/Informality
Patricia ONeill
Local time: 16:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 20
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
unreliability


Explanation:
unreliability

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Note added at 16 mins (2012-02-23 22:59:16 GMT)
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Definition of the word informalidadspanish.dictionary.com/definition/informalidadEn caché
Haz hecho público que te gusta. Deshacer
informalidad / unreliability. informalidad -noun feminine. 1. [de persona] unreliability. 2. [de lenguaje, reuniónoun] informality (en el vestir) casualness ...
informalidad - Diccionario Inglés-Español WordReference.comwww.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=informalidadEn caché - Similares
Haz hecho público que te gusta. Deshacer
informalidad sustantivo femenino 1 (irresponsabilidad) unreliability 2 (falta de solemnidad) informality. 'informalidad' also found in these Oxford entries: English: ...
informal - Definición de informal - "informal" en significados - que ...que-significa.com.ar/significado.php?termino=informalEn caché
Haz hecho público que te gusta. Deshacer
Significado, sinónimos y antónimos de informal; 'informal' en glosario criollo argentino ... unsound, unreliable, disaffected. informalidad: irregularity, unreliability, ...
informalidad - Definición de informalidad - "informalidad" en ...que-significa.com.ar/significado.php?termino=informalidadEn caché
Haz hecho público que te gusta. Deshacer
Significado, sinónimos y antónimos de informalidad; 'informalidad' en glosario criollo argentino, ... informalidad: irregularity, unreliability, untrustworthiness.

Possibly a better fit for your context.
eski :))

eski
Mexico
Local time: 13:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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thanks Tocayo:)

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agree  patinba
29 mins
  -> Hi Pat: Thanks for your confirmation & saludos. eski :))
agree  Christine Walsh: I also think this is the meaning, at least in this context
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thanks and have a great Sunday, Chris! eski :))
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