Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
licuadoras
English translation:
oscillating lights
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Karina Pelech
Mar 20, 2002 19:30
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Spanish term
Mexico
Jose Arnoldo Rodriguez-Carrington
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licuadoras
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Here is another weird Colombian term for lights.
Describing the emergency lights of a fire truck:
"Las siguientes luces de emergencia serán instaladas en el vehículo:
Una barra de luces completa será montada en el techo de la cabina del conductor, con lentes superiores rojos e inferiores blancos. Con licuadoras de 50 watts hacia afuera y una licuadora rápida de 50 watts...
Thank you for your help.
Describing the emergency lights of a fire truck:
"Las siguientes luces de emergencia serán instaladas en el vehículo:
Una barra de luces completa será montada en el techo de la cabina del conductor, con lentes superiores rojos e inferiores blancos. Con licuadoras de 50 watts hacia afuera y una licuadora rápida de 50 watts...
Thank you for your help.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | oscillating lights |
EDelatorre
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| 5 | small motor |
Rafa Lombardino
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| 5 | dynamo |
Karina Pelech
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| 4 | Emergency warning , lights and siren |
Paulina Gómez
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| 2 | mixer |
julitravel
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oscillating lights
Could be also rotating lights. After a quick consultation with my Spanish- speaker husband and a google search for "emergency lights police definition", that is what I found. (I thought police would be easier than fire truck!)
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Comment: "Thanks a lot. It is logical, and I have seen this term used before.
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small motor
José, according to the context you gave us, it seems you're talking about a small motor located inside of the siren which makes the lighs turn round and round.
I came to this conclusion when talking to my husband. He's native American and has learned a lot from his father, who is a mechanic.
Since 'licuadora' is the Spanish word for 'mixer', we understood it would mean the rotative movement that makes the siren lights go round.
I came to this conclusion when talking to my husband. He's native American and has learned a lot from his father, who is a mechanic.
Since 'licuadora' is the Spanish word for 'mixer', we understood it would mean the rotative movement that makes the siren lights go round.
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Karina Pelech
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dynamo
I agree with the above explanation of licuadora - as in mixer or blender, but this sounds like a machine that changes some other type of power directly into electricity.
Since the machine that does this is a dynamo, and lights of this sort are often powered by dynamos, I offer this suggestion.
Hope it helps
Since the machine that does this is a dynamo, and lights of this sort are often powered by dynamos, I offer this suggestion.
Hope it helps
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mixer
I'm not absolutely sure, but, don't you think it could be suitable?
mixer 4.(techn) a device that mixes signals going into it in order to produce a single combined sound or picture. (Oxford Advanced Dictionary)
mixer 4.(techn) a device that mixes signals going into it in order to produce a single combined sound or picture. (Oxford Advanced Dictionary)
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Paulina Gómez
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Emergency warning , lights and siren
José Antonio. Licuadora es un término de uso mas coloquial-descriptivo. Es para denominar el reflector o luz-señal rotatoria de emergencia, en camiones de bomberos, ambulancias, carros de policía, etc.
"On -the -spot research". . Soy colombiana.Como no conocía el término, llamé a una estación de bomberos y pregunté.
"On -the -spot research". . Soy colombiana.Como no conocía el término, llamé a una estación de bomberos y pregunté.
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