25 cabezas con ocho toneladas

English translation: 25 head totalling 8,000 kilos/eight tonnes

22:59 Jan 29, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry / Beef production
Spanish term or phrase: 25 cabezas con ocho toneladas
Context:

'...se convirtió en el mayor aportador de carne bovina...entregando 25 cabezas con ocho toneladas'


It's the 'ocho toneladas' that I'm particularly unsure of. Is this on top of the 25 heads, or is it the total weight of the 25 animals? I don't really know how much a beef cow weighs.

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Catherine Mactaggart
Australia
Local time: 02:05
English translation:25 head totalling 8,000 kilos/eight tonnes
Explanation:
The plural of head is the same as the singular in this context.
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philgoddard
United States
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4 +625 head totalling 8,000 kilos/eight tonnes
philgoddard
3eight tons of 25 cattle heads
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
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Helena Chavarria

Discussion entries: 3





  

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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
25 head totalling 8,000 kilos/eight tonnes


Explanation:
The plural of head is the same as the singular in this context.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Notes to answerer
Asker: Useful, thanks Phil.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leda Roche
31 mins

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: You beat me to it!
51 mins

agree  Marie Wilson
7 hrs

agree  neilmac
9 hrs

agree  Debora Blake
12 hrs

agree  Alexandra Stephens
5 days
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
eight tons of 25 cattle heads


Explanation:
... delivering 25 cattle heads with eight tons total.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 10:05
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Taña Dalglish: Native English-speakers would never say, "Eight tons of 25 cattle heads".
6 mins

neutral  neilmac: "Head of cattle" is singular. And "cattle heads" evokes decapitated carcasses.
9 hrs
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Reference comments


33 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference

Reference information:
Tipo de ganado

Entre los animales se encuentran cuatro tipos de categorías de peso: Ganado selectivo categoría - peso corporal promedio 450 - 500 kg, primera clase - 400 - 450 kg, segunda clase - 380 - 400 kg, tercera clase - 300 - 380 kg. Una vaca con una dieta adecuada debe pesar en promedio a partir de 350 kilogramos, grandes razas de vacas pesan 700 kg. El peso medio del toro es de 700 - 800 kg.

http://mundodepesaje.over-blog.com/2019/11/calculo-del-peso-...

25 x 500 kilos = 12,500 kilos

25 x 800 kilos (a large bull) = 20,000 kilos

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Note added at 42 mins (2020-01-29 23:41:52 GMT)
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Yes, that's what I thought. Each one must weigh about 320 kilos.

Helena Chavarria
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thanks, that does help with understanding the numbers. So these must be quite small animals.


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  neilmac: About 1/3 of a ton sounds right if they are bullocks/heifers ("3 FAT Bullocks weigh on average 1 ton").
9 hrs
  -> You're the livestock expert, I'm afraid I don't know very much about the subject.
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