Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
'bañeras'
English translation:
bathtubs / baths
Added to glossary by
Charles Davis
Oct 16, 2013 21:28
10 yrs ago
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Spanish term
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'bañeras'
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Hello,
The term 'bañeras' appears in the description of a restaurant for a tour guide of Pamplona and I'm looking for the British English equivalent please. Here's the whole sentence:
Las presentaciones en el xxx son tan insólitas como asombrosas: aquí encontrarás el 'USB marino' (vieira a la plancha con espárrago y perretxicos crudos y verduras), 'bañeras', 'hueveras' y todo tipo de recipientes curiosos donde degustar sus especialidades dignas de concurso, incluidas deliciosas hamburguesas y raciones.
The term 'bañeras' appears in the description of a restaurant for a tour guide of Pamplona and I'm looking for the British English equivalent please. Here's the whole sentence:
Las presentaciones en el xxx son tan insólitas como asombrosas: aquí encontrarás el 'USB marino' (vieira a la plancha con espárrago y perretxicos crudos y verduras), 'bañeras', 'hueveras' y todo tipo de recipientes curiosos donde degustar sus especialidades dignas de concurso, incluidas deliciosas hamburguesas y raciones.
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Oct 18, 2013 19:45: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
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bathtubs / baths
Well, that's what the word means. Or "baths", of course, but that has other meanings apart from the container. I don't think there's any other relevant meaning of "bañera". They must presumably be miniature versions of baths or bathtubs.
As with "hueveras", the inverted commas could indicate that they are using the name to refer to something different. Again, if so, there's no hope of guessing what it is without seeing a picture.
A bath or bathtub is called just a tub in American English.
As with "hueveras", the inverted commas could indicate that they are using the name to refer to something different. Again, if so, there's no hope of guessing what it is without seeing a picture.
A bath or bathtub is called just a tub in American English.
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philgoddard
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Thanks, Phil
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Catarina Lopes
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Thanks, Ana :)
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Taña Dalglish
: Click on photos (No. 3 shows "pinchos en bañeritas"). http://www.tripadvisor.es/ShowUserReviews-g187520-d3913606-r...
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Thanks, Taña (and for the research!) :)
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Thanks, gallagy :). Just tubs for American English, but for British (and Irish?) readers "tubs" could mean all sorts of things, so I think the word "bath" has got to be in there.
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Richard Hill
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Thanks, Rich :)
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Jenni Lukac (X)
: I'd say "tiny plastic bathtubs."
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Thanks, Jenni :) As the photo shows, that's an accurate descriptio.
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So this does indeed refer to a small version of the thing in which you take a bath. This is called a tub or hot tub in AMERICAN English, but the question specified British English, and in Britain and Ireland it is called a bathtub or just a bath, and is only called a "tub" when people are adopting American usage (consciously or not). In BrE "tub" implies a large round bucket-shaped object (as in a water tub) or a container, usually plastic, of the same shape (as in a tub of butter or ice cream).
http://www.tripadvisor.es/ShowUserReviews-g187520-d3913606-r...
Click on photo (13 of them), the 2nd of which shows the "egg carton"
The third photo shows "bañeritas" ("pinchos en bañeritas"), a glass receptacle shaped like a "bathtub" > a tub
https://www.google.com.jm/search?q="bañerita"&rlz=1C1TSNP_en...
Translate "bañera" to English: bathtub, hot tub, tub, bath