Aug 8, 2019 17:54
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Spanish term

oligometálica acratópega

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general) thermal guide
COMPOSICIÓN DEL AGUA
Oligometálica acratópega (con composición predominante en bicarbonato sódico) y sulfurada

Relacionado con las propiedades del agua de un balneario.

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Proposed translations

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unremarkable water, low in mineral content

These two words are difficult to render in English, in this context. The term "oligometallic" is used some in geology, mostly in geochemistry. I'm not familiar with its use in English in the description of mineral waters, but that's certainly not my area of specialization. Etymologically, it means "not many minerals" or "few minerals."
Spanish "acratópega" is a very odd word. I found almost no references to it in Spanish, & not much in the way of English equivalents. I did find a reference to "acratopège" in French, in French Wiktionary; Sense 2 is given as "(En particulier) Qui a, en parlant d’une eau, une faible teneur en sels minéraux ou une teneur moindre que celle d’une eau minérale." Roughly translated, "Which has, speaking of a water, a low mineral content, or a content less than a mineral water."
Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac : I'd use this to avoid the more recondite "acratopega", even if the latter does exist.
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Thanks, Neil :-)
agree Marie Wilson
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Thanks, Marie ;-)
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oligomethalic acratopega

Properties of thermal water

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Note added at 22 mins (2019-08-08 18:16:50 GMT)
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Acratopega, ah-krat-o-pa'ge (a, kratos, strength,
peae, a spring). Mineral waters having no marked
chemical qualities.

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Note added at 24 mins (2019-08-08 18:18:41 GMT)
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https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofmedi1893dung/dictiona...
Example sentence:

. The spring provides an acratopega of the HCO3–Cl–Ca–Na+H2S type with the TDS content 0.7 g/dm3 and the H2S content 3.8 mg/dm3

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