Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Feb 21, 2008 17:43
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Spanish term
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abolardado
Spanish to English
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Ships, Sailing, Maritime
No context, no idea. This should probably be worth at least a thousand kudoz points, not 4. It is in a glossary for a massive naval (warship) document. The full entry is
- buque abolardado
buque is ship or vessel
- buque abolardado
buque is ship or vessel
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | moored |
Rob Lunn
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| 2 | bell-shaped |
dcanossa
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| 2 | moored (to a bollard) |
Kathryn Litherland
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Proposed translations
+2
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Selected
moored
According to the María Moliner, "bolardo" comes from the English word "bollard". Bollards are the posts found on docks and ships and are used to tie up, or moor, ships.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, I was hopelessly lost on this one"
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Spanish term (edited):
abocardado
bell-shaped
la palabra es "abocardado", pero sin contexto es muy dificil saber a que se refiere... pero quiza se refiera a la forma del buque, donde la punta tiene forma de campana. suerte!
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Note added at 26 minutos (2008-02-21 18:09:52 GMT)
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por cierto... con "la punta" me referia a la proa... :)
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Note added at 26 minutos (2008-02-21 18:09:52 GMT)
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por cierto... con "la punta" me referia a la proa... :)
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Kathryn Litherland
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moored (to a bollard)
This guess is based on the English term "bollard," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard
and the fact that I did find reference to "abolar" as a Portuguese term meaning to anchor to a mooring in some ancient Portuguese dictionary glimpsed darkly through Google books: http://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=abolar barsa&btnG=Searc...
and the fact that I did find reference to "abolar" as a Portuguese term meaning to anchor to a mooring in some ancient Portuguese dictionary glimpsed darkly through Google books: http://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=abolar barsa&btnG=Searc...
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