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Retirar

English translation: draw

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Spanish term or phrase:Retirar
English translation:draw
Entered by: Tim Jenkins

17:57 Feb 26, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / Pharmaceuticals
Spanish term or phrase: Retirar
: "Abrir el frasco girando el tapón y ***retirar*** la cantidad a tomar utilizando el gotero dosificador. Any ideas of what would look good on a medicine leaflet? Thanks a lot!
Pablo Guazzotti
Local time: 20:17
draw
Explanation:
"extract" or "remove" would work too, but this is what I found....
"Unscrew the cap of the bottle and draw some liquid into the dropper."
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Tim Jenkins
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:17
Grading comment
Defnitely nice. Cheers!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5draw
Tim Jenkins
4 +2extract
David Cahill


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
extract


Explanation:
Suerte


David Cahill
Local time: 01:17
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lila Castillo
4 mins
  -> thanks, lila
agree  patricia scott
1 hr
  -> thanks, patricia
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
draw


Explanation:
"extract" or "remove" would work too, but this is what I found....
"Unscrew the cap of the bottle and draw some liquid into the dropper."


    Reference: http://www.pharmweb.net/pwmirror/pwz/patient/pharmwebpatinf1...
Tim Jenkins
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:17
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Defnitely nice. Cheers!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  John Cutler: I think this option and the one presented by David are correct.
7 mins
  -> thanks for the input John
agree  Maria Bedoya
14 mins
  -> thanks Maria
agree  Lila Castillo: también...
22 mins
  -> gracias Lila
agree  patricia scott
1 hr
  -> thank you Patricia
agree  Yasser El Helw
3 hrs
  -> thanks Yasser
agree  Cinnamon Nolan: Both extract and draw are correct, but this is more normal.
16 hrs
  -> Thanks Cinnamon
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