English translation of "los envases muchas veces no son de terracota" - "containers often are not made from terracota"

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195 months ago

maria l (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	los envases muchas veces no son de terracota
Context:	Hay que llevar cantaros al rio para traer agua: claro, hoy en día, los envases muchas vece
Keywords:	Hay que llevar cantaros al rio para traes agua: claro, hoy en día, los envases muchas veces no son de terracota sino de plástico

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195 months ago

jaimatadi2408 wrote:

most of the time,the containers are not of terrcota

My comment:

easy

195 months ago

mario51 wrote:

containers often are not made from terracota

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195 months ago

mario51 wrote:

the containers are usually not made of terra cota

My comment:

I would render the whole sentence thus: One must carry jugs to the river to carry water: nowadays, obviously, the containers are often made of plastic rather than terracota...but my colleagues' suggestions are also good.

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195 months ago

Roger Roberto Barbieri Alfaro wrote:

I believe this one is the best.

195 months ago

mario51 wrote:

Very often (most of the time), the amphoras are not made of clay (or terracotta)

195 months ago

mario51 wrote:

the containers are often not made out of terra cotta

195 months ago

tadawood wrote: