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Old December 11, 2009, 01:19 PM
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Dirección completa
How would I write "dirección completa" in English? For instance:

Escriba su dirección completa (calle, nombre de calle, número, piso, puerta, localidad, etc.) en la casilla:

Write your complete address...?

Thanks.
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Old December 11, 2009, 01:25 PM
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Yes. Write you complete address (or full address) is the correct was of saying it.
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Old December 11, 2009, 01:33 PM
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Thanks, Poli. Full is better than complete?
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Old December 11, 2009, 01:45 PM
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Thanks, Poli. Is full better than complete?
Verdaderamente no. Son intercambiables.
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Old December 11, 2009, 01:49 PM
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Old December 11, 2009, 02:49 PM
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A mí me suena más idiomático "full address".
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Old December 11, 2009, 02:54 PM
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But complete is good enough, isn't it?
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Old December 11, 2009, 03:01 PM
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I've always heard "full name" for "nombre completo", so my guess is "full address" is more commonly used.
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Yes. Write you complete address (or full address) is the correct was of saying it.
Yes I believe it's the more correct.

Please you give me your full address.
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Old December 12, 2009, 01:28 AM
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But complete is good enough, isn't it?
Se entiende pero para mi suena a traducida.
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Old December 12, 2009, 02:52 AM
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Personally I think they are interchangable.
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I would always say 'full postal address'. I've never heard 'complete address'.
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And corpus counts:

So "complete" seems to be an Americanism.
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