Hi Chuck, Fernando, Wayne and all,
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> "that green whatever-it-is-called" is an impact water sprinkler head.
From: Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Oh ! - a 'regador'
In Spain we call them "aspersores":
<http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspersor>
which apparently translates to English as "Irrigation sprinkler"
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>According to the Google translator, "regador" translates to "irrigator".
From: Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>An 'irrigador' follows the same hydrostatic / hydrodynamic laws. It has
>a widespread use in medicine and dentistry, and maybe in other fields of
>practice which I ignore. It names an instrument used to clean closed
>cavities
I have heard about vaginal irrigatiors...
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Now I would just say
>"impact sprinkler". According to Google that translates to
>"impacto de rociadores" Oh, my! That's three words! :-) :-)
A more sensible translation would be "rociador de impacto" -- still three
words, though ;-) Never trust a computer...
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Yeah, one I've learnt recently - "tempranillo".
Remember the famous bandit José María "el Tempranillo":
<http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Tempranillo> (sorry, no English version
available)
A diminutive form of "temprano" ("early"), he was nicknamed so because the
early age he started as an outlaw -- 15 years old.
From: Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>You must be near Mexico, but I'm sure in Spain they use that form.
>
>It sounds somehow amusing to a Rio de la Plata Spanish-speaking
>person:
>here we use 'tempranito'.
The diminutive forms ending in -ito/-ita are the standard in Spanish, Spain
or elsewhere. However, in southern Spain the -illo/-illa forms are way more
common. There's a third form: -ico/-ica, which is used in Almería
(sometimes), Murcia (almost always) and, surprisingly, in Aragón (the
provinces of Huesca Zaragoza & Teruel)
Cheers,
--
Carlos J. Santisteban Salinas
IES Turaniana (Roquetas de Mar, Almeria)
<http://cjss.sytes.net/>
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