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JuanZZZ Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Locutorio

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00In my country, making international phone calls is a little bit expensive from a house phone, that´s why there are some businesses that offer this service in a specific place full of phones and where the price is lower. People go and pay certain amount of money for each minute. They are called "locutorios", it's a Spanish word. Is there an English word for this place?0-
  

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0Can it be, telephone booth? 050010id1
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0 I think telephone booth is more like a phone on the street, but in the "locutorio" phones are like the one in a house and are in a position that makes someone have a seat and talk comfortably. 0-
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00I found this one for you. Not sure you'll find the answer there, but...02br
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00Enjoy 0510240hrefhttp://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=7116011id1
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0 I know what a "locutorio" means;). Maybe you are right, but have you thought that the word might not exist in English?:)02br
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00Lets wait for a native:D. 0-
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0 very interesting link Kooyeen, Pucca you should take a look at it. 0-
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0Looking at that link I don't think these really exist in the UK.02br
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00In areas with a large immigrant population, such as parts of London, you get a lot of shops set up offering services to the immigrants but these shops are not really used by British people. The sort of services they offer are internet access, selling phone cards which are used to call overseas at sup
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0Juan, I already read it.05002br
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00Okay, Call centre sounds good but I wouldn't say the same for an internet cafe. Are you able to call from internet cafes? I know that in the locutorios there are also computers, but more telephones than computers while in an internet cafe there are computers.02br
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00So, the right answer is Call Centre, right?
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0 Nona's comment is very useful. In developed countries there are no such places, only something like Internet cafés where other services are included. According to what I read I would call "locutorios" call centers, and also telephone shops sound ok to me. 0-
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0No, sorry Ana, but I don't think it's call center. A call center is where customers of a company call in for help, to place an order, etc. If you want to buy something from a catalog, have a question about your credit card statement or need technical service for your computer, etc., you call the toll-free number and talk to someone in a call center.02br
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0 Thanks for your explanation, Barb!:)02br
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00Then, imagine that I have to use that word in an essay and since that word doesn't exist in English, how should I write it? Just by writing "locutorio" and then the meaning of the word?:)02br
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00Thanks in advance! 0-
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