Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

azúcar común

English translation:

table sugar

Added to glossary by Maria Eugenia Roca Rodriguez
Jul 31, 2003 20:04
20 yrs ago
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Spanish term

azúcar común

Spanish to English Medical Nutrition nutrition
1) Los Azúcares Simples:
Son la sacarosa, o azúcar común, de caña o remolacha; la fructosa, azúcar presente en las frutas y en la miel; la lactosa, el azúcar de la leche.

Proposed translations

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table sugar

There's nothing wrong with the other answers, but I think this option best sets it apart from other sugars.
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agree Marian Greenfield
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agree Jorge Rubino
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agree Claudia Serban : http://www.marylandgeneralhospital.com/ency/article/000359.h...
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agree ACCURATE77 : Late, but this surely is the most use name for "azucar comun" here in the U.S.A.
2 days 9 hrs
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common sugar

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Note added at 2003-07-31 20:22:42 (GMT)
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Sucrose
... Whether from sugar cane (20% by weight) or sugar beets (15% by weight),
and whether raw or refined, common sugar is still sucrose. ...
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/carbohydrates/sucrose.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

Food Constituents: Carbohydrates
... group at any position on the other sugar: lactose (milk sugar), maltose,
sucrose (common sugar). Sucrose (C 12 H 22 O 11 ) is formed ...
interactive.usask.ca/ski/agriculture/food/ foodnut/constit/constit_carbo.html

... Whether it comes from sugar cane (20% by weight) or sugar beet (15% by weight),
and whether it is raw or refined, common sugar is still sucrose. ...
hsb.iitm.ernet.in/~jm/jan_feb02/Sweet%20chat.htm - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

News
... Natural sugars like sucrose (common sugar), glucose, fructose have a
common basic structure made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. ...
www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec24/snt6.asp -

TheHumanGenome
... substrate: the specific substance upon which an enzyme acts. sucrose:
common sugar. It is obtained from sugar cane and sugar beet. ...
www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/genome/glossary/glosss.html - 25k - Cached - Similar pages

Introduction and assignments
... So, a 0.500 molar solution of sucrose, common sugar, can be represented by
0.5 M C12H22 O11 (sucrose) or 0.5 mols sucrose/ 1 liter of solution. ...
www.csubak.edu/~mdutton/C211U4.html
Peer comment(s):

agree Nikki Graham : Why not? This is what it says. Sucrose is also known as white, table or refined..., but you can also say azúcar blanco, de mesa or refinado
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agree Monica Alves
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agree moken : la primera referencia es bien clara. :O)
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plain sugar

Una sugerencia.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Un ejemplo:

\"Sugar (sucrose) is a carbohydrate that occurs naturally in every fruit and vegetable. It is a major product of photosynthesis, the process by which plants transform the sun’s energy into food. **This sugar is commonly known as table sugar or just regular plain sugar.** We carry cane sugar in its unbleached crystalline form. When in this form it is known as natural cane turbinado sugar. ...\"

http://www.bulkfoods.com/sugar.htm
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agree Nitza Ramos : Hola Oso....plain regular sugar:)
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Hola Nitza, sí, muchas gracias ¶:^)
agree blucero : De Oso estoy aprendiendo mucho.
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Muy amable, blucero. Mil gracias y saludos del oso ¶:^)
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White Sugar

www.sugarweb.co.uk/sugar/types

Good Luck!
Peer comment(s):

agree margaret caulfield
1 day 18 hrs
How´s it going, MaggieThank you for your agree.
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Spanish term (edited): az�car com�n

normal cane or beet sugar

for the whole phrase "azúcar común, de caña o remolacha". (This may be brown or white depending on degree of refinement).

Ex:
Metco SA de CV - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Thanks to a METCO patented formula, LC SUGAR preserves all its attributes, -exactly
the same as normal (cane or beet) sugar - with no aftertaste and same ...
www.metco.com.mx/interior_azucarbc2.html
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Table sugar

the simple sugars are sucrose or table sugar from sugar cane or beet root (from sugar beets); fructose, sugar found in fruits and honey; lactose, sugar found in milk

o remolacha; la fructosa, azúcar presente en las frutas y en la miel; la lactosa, el azúcar de la leche.


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Note added at 2003-07-31 21:55:59 (GMT)
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Please disregard the \"o remolacha...\" .
I pasted so that I could see what I was translating


you can also say processed sugar because in its raw form it\'s brown
what they refer to at least where I grew up as \" piloncillo\"

good luck
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