Sondeo

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for November 22, 2009

sondeo (masculine noun (el)) — sounding, probing, exploring, poll, inquiry, boring, drilling, investigation, feeler. Look up sondeo in the dictionary

Antes de poner un negocio, debes hacer un sondeo para saber si vas a tener éxito.
Before starting a business, you should test the market to see if you'll be successful.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by DailyWord

Antes de poner un negocio, debes hacer un sondeo para saber si vas a tener éxito.
Before starting a business, you should test the market to see if you'll be successful.

What part of the sample sentence in Spanish implies "the market" part in English?

[hermit]

seems the type of "survey", in this case a "market survey", is implicit
given that the thrust is "poner un negocio".

hermit

[chileno]

Originally Posted by hermit

seems the type of "survey", in this case a "market survey", is implicit
given that the thrust is "poner un negocio".

hermit

And it looks like Mr. Bot did not include the word "survey" in its definitions....

Eh, Mr. Bot?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Lou Ann: word by word, it should have been "un sondeo de mercado" but as hermit said, "de mercado" is already implicit by "poner un negocio".

[laepelba]

I'll take y'all's word for it ... but it doesn't feel implicit to me....... (sigh.....)

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

I'll take y'all's word for it ... but it doesn't feel implicit to me....... (sigh.....)

How about tacit(ly)?

[Elaina]

That word wouldn't work for medical terms, would it?

When you have an endoscopy done you have a probe inserted in your mouth........does it translate to......Cuando le hacen la endoscopía se le introduce un(a) sondeo/sonda ?????????????

Thanks!

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Right, Elaina. Se le introduce al paciente una sonda.

[chileno]

So, laepelba,

You still not see the implicance of getting in business and doing a market survey before putting up the shack?

Chagarro para Elaina y gracias Angelique...