English translation of "origen censal" - "where He was born."

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168 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	origen censal
Context:	El Salvador sabía que al pretor (Pontius Pilote) lo intrigaba su verdadera naturaleza, no.
Keywords:	...su origen censal.

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168 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

the city where his birth was registered.

168 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

recorded origin

My comment:

The Savior knew that the praetor was intrigued by his true nature, not by his recorded origin.

168 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

recorded origin

My comment:

The Savior knew that the praetor was intrigued by his true nature, not by his recorded origin.

168 months ago

Vicki Santamaria wrote:

where He was born.

My comment:

Censal would be the adjective form of censo, so someone's "origen censal" would be his place of birth.

My references:

The Diccionario de la Real Academia gives as the first meaning of "censo": Padrón o lista que los censores romanos hacían de las personas y haciendas.

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168 months ago

wrote:

Jesus was supposedly born during the time the Romans were making a population census.

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