Caching (or Hoarding)

Spanish translation: acumulación/almacenamiento/acaparamiento

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English term or phrase:Caching (or Hoarding)
Spanish translation:acumulación/almacenamiento/acaparamiento
Entered by: JM González

02:09 Sep 8, 2015
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology / Animal Behavior
English term or phrase: Caching (or Hoarding)
"After feeding, the cat scrapes up leaf litter or debris to cover and hide the kill, then returns each day to feed until the prey is consumed. This is called caching."

No doy con el término correcto en español. ¡Gracias amigos!
JM González
United States
Local time: 03:11
acumulación/almacenamiento
Explanation:
I think one of these options should be suitable in that context.

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2015-09-09 03:30:38 GMT) Post-grading
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Muchas gracias, JM y suerte:)
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Maria Mastruzzo
Australia
Local time: 21:11
Grading comment
¡Gracias! Me ayudó a decidirme puesto que no parece haber un término exacto. También hallé "acaparamiento". Saludos cordiales.

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Summary of answers provided
5caching es un zulo
Hector Urbina Urbina
4hacer acopio/un escondrijo
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
3acumulación/almacenamiento
Maria Mastruzzo


  

Answers


39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
caching (or hoarding)
hacer acopio/un escondrijo


Explanation:
Un lugar donde se esconde la presa.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 05:11
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 3
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
caching (or hoarding)
caching es un zulo


Explanation:
Escondite para provisiones, ya con fines bélicos ya de alimentación.

Example sentence(s):
  • En el zulo se encontraron huesos de antílope que los Homo Erectus habían escondido deliberadamente (National Geographic)
Hector Urbina Urbina
Mexico
Local time: 04:11
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
caching (or hoarding)
acumulación/almacenamiento


Explanation:
I think one of these options should be suitable in that context.

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2015-09-09 03:30:38 GMT) Post-grading
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Muchas gracias, JM y suerte:)

Maria Mastruzzo
Australia
Local time: 21:11
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
¡Gracias! Me ayudó a decidirme puesto que no parece haber un término exacto. También hallé "acaparamiento". Saludos cordiales.
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