"sluice" in Spanish

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"sluice" in Spanish

sluice {noun}

esclusa- paradera- presa- represa- compuerta- canal de desagüe

to sluice {verb}

baldear

to sluice {intransitive verb}

correr a raudales

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sluice {noun}

sluice(also: floodgate, lock)

esclusa {f}

As of 2002, the single currency will get rid of the budgetary shock-absorber, i. e. the monetary sluice-gates that enable different economies to rise to different levels.

A partir de 2002, señor Presidente, la moneda única suprimirá los amortiguadores presupuestarios, es decir, las esclusas monetarias que permiten nivelar las diferentes economías.

As of 2002, the single currency will get rid of the budgetary shock-absorber, i.e. the monetary sluice-gates that enable different economies to rise to different levels.

A partir de 2002, señor Presidente, la moneda única suprimirá los amortiguadores presupuestarios, es decir, las esclusas monetarias que permiten nivelar las diferentes economías.

sluice

paradera {f}

sluice(also: dam, weir, barrage, quarry)

presa {f}

sluice

represa {f} [SAm.]

sluice(also: floodgate, hatch, sluicegate, penstock)

compuerta {f}

The sluices are managed according to common rules.

Las compuertas se gestionan conforme a las normas comunes.

To unilaterally alter the rules of the trade protection instruments would be to weaken the dam in order to avoid managing the sluices.

Modificar las normas de los instrumentos de protección del comercio de forma unilateral debilitaría el embalse para evitar gestionar las compuertas.