Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term
frigoríficos
En un caso de disminución simultanea de compras de ganado por parte de tres grandes ::frigoríficos::, se estableció que “desde el punto de vista jurídico…no interesa a los fines da la configuración de la figura monopólica de dificultacion de la libre concurrencia, el mayor o menor poder que puedan (las empresas) tender sobre el mercado.
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I believe it would be "cold storage" but could find no references. So something along the lines of: "In the case of simultaneous decreases in livestock purchases by three large cold storage companies, it was determined that ..."
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Apr 4, 2013 11:29: patinba Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
meat packers
The meat packing industry handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock. The industry is primarily focused on producing meat for human consumption, but it also yields a variety of by-products including hides, feathers, dried blood, and, through the process of rendering, fat such as tallow and protein meals such as meat & bone meal.
In the U.S. and some other countries, the facility where the meat packing is done is called a meat packing plant; in New Zealand, where most of the products are exported, it is called a freezing works. An abattoir is a place where animals are slaughtered for food.
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If you put "meat processing plant" in Wikpedia, it redirects to meat packers and the text I have quoted.
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Gracias y saludos, Lucia!
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Native in: English (Variants: US, UK, Irish) 
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Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
meat processing plants
frigorífico2 masculino
1 (España) (nevera) refrigerator, fridge
2 (cámara) cold store
3 (América del Sur) (de carne) meat processing plant
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Francesca Samuel
: James, it doesn't necessarily have to be a meat processing plant (P.R.).
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Yes I know, but one of the definitions I provide says it does, and it matches the immediate context here.
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Giovanni Rengifo
: "frigorífico" means "cold storage facility/plant" (at least where I come from).
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I looked at the context, and provided a definition from a dictionary that matched that context. I wasn't even aware that "frigorífico" had this meaning, irrespective of what location it might apply to.
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Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
commercial meat freezers; purveyors (meat wholesalers/retail distribution)
My family's business is still around after 60 years. It is the first link.
frigorífico m (plural frigoríficos)
(Spain) refrigerator
[edit]Synonyms
frío m (Cuba, colloquial)
heladera f (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay)
nevera f (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela - regional usage in Spain)
refrigerador m (Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Mexico)
refrigeradora f (Central America, Ecuador, Peru)
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patinba
: All your dictionary refs relate to the word for a standard home refrigerator, ice chest or whatever, but not to the type of company that buys cattle and processes it. Also, the context indicates that the frigorífico purchased live cattle.
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Hi Patinba. Yes, indeed. I agree. The context does indicate it.
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meat packing plants
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