auxilio para alimentación

English translation: food allowance /stipend

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Spanish term or phrase:auxilio para alimentación
English translation:food allowance /stipend
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin

00:41 Oct 31, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Human Resources
Spanish term or phrase: auxilio para alimentación
This is from a text describing how the population of Foz de Iguazú grew with the construction of the Itaipú dam. This is one of the benefits that attracted workers. "nutritional bonus"??
Los sueldos en Itaipú eran bastante elevados en comparación con el mercado laboral de otras ciudades del país, lo que atrajo una ingente migración interna, desplazada de diversas regiones brasileñas . En la construcción, los trabajadores contaban con una cobertura de seguros de riesgos, auxilio para alimentación, auxilios para estudios para los hijos/as, vacaciones cubiertas, atención sanitaria
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 21:49
food allowance /stipend
Explanation:
Given the context it's like a bonus but the most common word would be allowance or stipend.
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Maria Delgado
Chile
Local time: 21:49
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3food allowance /stipend
Maria Delgado
3 +1subsidized meals
David Hollywood
3subsidized food
Lisa Rosengard


  

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food allowance /stipend


Explanation:
Given the context it's like a bonus but the most common word would be allowance or stipend.


    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/example/english/food-allowance
    https://www.compt.io/meal-allowance-food-stipend-guide
Maria Delgado
Chile
Local time: 21:49
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Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Stipend sounds slightly antiquated - I think allowance is better.
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agree  David Hollywood: "allowance" me gusta
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agree  AllegroTrans: food allowance
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
subsidized meals


Explanation:
maybe but I also like María's "food allowance"

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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-10-31 03:01:24 GMT)
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ome companies just provide free tea and coffee.

Some provide treats, fruit, snacks and drinks.

Some provide cheap canteens.

Some provide free food.

Some provide food vouchers so you can buy your own meals.

In all these cases they are providing a subsidy to reduce the cost to you as an employee. In the UK I don't know if this has a tax implication as a 'benefit in kind' which may give rise to an additional tax liability like the provision of a company car.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-10-31 03:33:41 GMT)
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toyed with "food support" too but not really convinced....

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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-10-31 03:35:20 GMT)
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sounds like "food stamps"

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-10-31 04:17:31 GMT)
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"auxilios para estudios para los hijos" could be "child schooling subsidies/support"

David Hollywood
Local time: 21:49
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 172

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  patinba: In the case of construction workes, this is best. Food allowance sounds more what you would grant to an executive on a business trip.
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1 day 12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
subsidized food


Explanation:
"Wages in the region were quite high compared to the labour market in other cities, which attracted a large number of people to the region, who'd moved away from different parts of Brazil. In the field of construction, workers relied on insurance cover against risks, subsidized food, subsidies (grants) to cover student accommodation for grown children, holidays included (covered) with health care."

Example sentence(s):
  • "Los sueldos en Itapú eran bastante elevados comparados con el mercado laboral en otras ciudades del país, lo que atrajo un ingente (enorme) migración interna, desplazada de diversas regiones brasileñas. "
  • "En la construcción los trabajadores contaban con una cobertura de seguros en contra de riesgos, auxilio para alimentación, auxilios para estudios para los hijos, vacaciones cubiertas y atención sanitaria."
Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:49
Native speaker of: English
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