Spanish term
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Native in: Spanish 
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para apuntar bien las señas...
Is okay to translate it as to write down the signs of that home?
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Los ladrones, desorientados, pensaron en otro plan. Volvieron a llevar al zapatero al mismo lugar para apuntar bien las señas de la casa de Alí Babá. Se hicieron con 40 tinajas de aceite, pero solo llenaron una. En el resto se escondieron 39..
| 5 +1 | to make a note of where Ali Baba lived |
Shilpa Baliga
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Proposed translations
Chef and ex-restauranteur
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Catalan to English, and 2 more.
to make a note of where Ali Baba lived
| Thanks for your help Shilpa. |
Discussion
Did you get the paragraph? I sent you the entire paragraph for the context.
Thanks. Yugoslavia
I don't really know but I think they are referring to make signs about the house location of Ali Baba. Here are the two paragraphs just in case. Maybe this will help us.
El ladrón hizo una marca con pintura en la puerta de la casa para indicar al resto de sus compañeros en dónde debían entrar, pero Margiana, que es muy lista, al ver la marca, intuyó que no sería nada bueno, e hizo la misma señal en todas las puertas de las casas de la zona.
Los ladrones, desorientados, pensaron en otro plan. Volvieron a llevar al zapatero al mismo lugar para apuntar bien las señas de la casa de Alí Babá. Se hicieron con 40 tinajas de aceite, pero solo llenaron una. En el resto se escondieron 39 ladrones. El cabecilla se hizo pasar por comerciante, y llegó hasta la casa de Alí Babá esa misma noche.
Thanks. Yugoslavia