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253 months ago

natalia (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	frijol soya
Context:	compra de frijol soya en mexic
Keywords:	agriculture

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253 months ago

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soybean

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253 months ago

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soya seeds

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253 months ago

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Soya bean

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253 months ago

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soybeans

My comment:

in the context given, the correct term would be soybeans (pl.) not soybean; thus, "the purchasing of soybeans in Mexico".

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253 months ago

wrote:

Absolutely correct!

253 months ago

wrote:

No, soybean is used in this case, just as wheat or corn, not in the plural, even though people don't buy the beans one at a time!

253 months ago

Sylvia J. Andrade wrote:

100% sure. I agree. This one does take the plural. There are some others, such as corn, wheat which don't need a change in this context. This one does. It's idiomatic. I'm a native English speaker, as well as completely fluent in Spanish.

252 months ago

Sylvia J. Andrade wrote:

I agree, because, in addition to the plural argument by Sylvia, and my own feel for the language, the imagery from the "context" is that of many beans. One bean a buy does not make.

253 months ago

Sylvia J. Andrade wrote:

253 months ago

Sylvia J. Andrade wrote:

253 months ago

Sylvia J. Andrade wrote:

253 months ago

Sylvia J. Andrade wrote:

253 months ago

Sylvia J. Andrade wrote:

No, soybean is used in this case, just as wheat or corn, not in the plural, even though people don't buy the beans one at a time!

253 months ago