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Catalan term or phrase:
fotre numeros
English translation:
calculate/crunch
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Jeanne Zang
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I know the usual meaning of fotre, but I don't know how to use it in this context. This is from an email that's talking about broadcasting rights for soccer games.
Com alguns inclouen les despeses tecniques dins el pressupost, esta acabant de fotre numeros per veure quin és el total pels drets.
Com alguns inclouen les despeses tecniques dins el pressupost, esta acabant de fotre numeros per veure quin és el total pels drets.
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| 4 +1 | calculate |
Helena Chavarria
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| 4 +2 | calculating, working on |
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This is what a Catalan native has told me. She said it comes from the Spanish expression 'hacer números'.
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In an informal context, you could use 'crunch the numbers'.
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Note added at 22 mins (2017-05-07 21:27:05 GMT)
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In an informal context, you could use 'crunch the numbers'.
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JohnMcDove
: Literally and colloquially, "to put numbers" as in defn. 3 here, http://www.catalandictionary.org/ca/search/?q=fotre&source=p...
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Thank you, John :-)
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Comment: "Thanks! I went with "crunch" since that fit the informal level of my source text. "
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calculating, working on
As some of them are recording technical expenses in the budget, (the company, entity) is working on the numbers to see how much the rights amount to.
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JohnMcDove
: Ditto. :-)
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Tony Isaac
: "working out" is another possibility, perhaps omitting "numbers": As some people include technical costs in the budget, they're working out how much the rights will cost.
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