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make sweeps

Spanish translation: redadas

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English term or phrase:make sweeps
Spanish translation:redadas
Entered by: Lydia De Jorge

18:32 May 11, 2011
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: make sweeps
Sixty percent of those surveyed served for five years or more.'8 This contrasts most sharply with the Chilean case where typically, the state security forces would make sweeps through poor districts (poblaciones) in and around Santiago, making mass arrests for intimidation purposes only.
Analia Cassano
Argentina
Local time: 07:00
redadas
Explanation:
sugg
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 05:00
Grading comment
gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +8redadas
Lydia De Jorge


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
redadas


Explanation:
sugg

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 05:00
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 29
Grading comment
gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Walsh
2 mins
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agree  isabelmurill (X)
4 mins
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agree  bcsantos
10 mins
agree  Erika Pacheco
11 mins
agree  Mónica Algazi: Perfecto.
53 mins
agree  Toni Romero
1 hr
agree  Ricardo Galarza
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agree  Rose Marie Vargas
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