han venido ensayando

English translation: have been trying

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Spanish term or phrase:han venido ensayando
English translation:have been trying
Entered by: Sandra Constantino

19:53 Oct 2, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Botany / Phyllotaxy
Spanish term or phrase: han venido ensayando
Las formas philotaxia nacen como evocaciones abstractas
de formas vegetales. Desde una perspectiva geométrica, las plantas **han venido ensayando** desde hace millones de años agrupaciones de moléculas organizadas en diversos conjuntos y formas: pares, tríos, pentámeros... Han ido probando distintos números, desde el dos hasta el diez y sus respectivos múltiplos, con el fin de resolver, desde la condición de su inmovilidad, el crecimiento vertical (vencer a la fuerza de la gravedad) y la captación del máximo de luz para su particular forma de vida basada en la clorofila (fotosíntesis).
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 18:36
have been trying
Explanation:
Creo que no existe otra posibilidad y suena bien.
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Sandra Constantino
Colombia
Local time: 12:36
Grading comment
gracias Sandra!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1have been trying
Sandra Constantino
3 +1have been doing/practicing...
Lydia De Jorge
4have been refining
S Ben Price
3have kept trying out / have kept on trying out
Donald Scott Alexander


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
have kept trying out / have kept on trying out


Explanation:
"... but sure enough as I kept on trying out different combinations on her there was definite evidence that she had a marked preference for the higher ..."
http://spice-the-cat.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!EF9F6D5F0A8A4B...

"Move things around; try out different groupings and positions."
PDF! http://www.coca.org.nz/media/files/2008/05/Tips_on_exhibitio...

"You can use such devices as grids, matrices, taxonomies, maps, flow charts, causal maps, or networks to help you try out various groupings and relationships ..."
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServ...

"Others are put together by having the coaches try out small groupings of players to see which players have what it takes to play on the team ..."
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"and simply try out many candidate molecules until one finds one that ..."
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S004873339800041...

"..... try out some molecules as potential ligands."
http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199905)29:05<17...

"I just kept on trying out a new pic and got different results."
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"He kept on trying out different options."
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Donald Scott Alexander
Local time: 17:36
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
have been doing/practicing...


Explanation:
..

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 12:36
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andres Pacheco
2 hrs
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
have been refining


Explanation:
... the plants have been [refining/exploring/testing/experimenting with] new molecular variations for millions ...

S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 18:36
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
have been trying


Explanation:
Creo que no existe otra posibilidad y suena bien.

Sandra Constantino
Colombia
Local time: 12:36
Does not meet criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
gracias Sandra!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kironne: Agree.
2 days 10 hrs
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