Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
calando
English translation:
pentrating into the innermost layer
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BristolTEc
May 31, 2017 14:52
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Spanish term
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calando
Spanish to English
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Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Assemblies
A document from Spain for translation to British English, relating to an assembly.
"...parte exterior del dispositivo atravesando dicha capa más superficial y calando a la capa más interna..."
"...parte exterior del dispositivo atravesando dicha capa más superficial y calando a la capa más interna..."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | pentrating into the innermost layer |
Neil Ashby
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| 5 | fret / make openwork in |
Marina Ilari
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| 3 | permeating |
patinba
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Proposed translations
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Neil Ashby
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pentrating into the innermost layer
Some more context might help....
If we knew what was doing the "calando" (a gel, water, a liquid, crude petrol, blood sample, etc.) it would be very useful and is probably a strong determinant of the best equivalent.
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-05-31 16:45:43 GMT)
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**penetrating**
If we knew what was doing the "calando" (a gel, water, a liquid, crude petrol, blood sample, etc.) it would be very useful and is probably a strong determinant of the best equivalent.
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-05-31 16:45:43 GMT)
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**penetrating**
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permeating
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Marina Ilari
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United States
Native in Spanish
Works in field
United States
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
fret / make openwork in
The above answers are not correct, as in this case the Spanish verb "calar" is not referring in any way to a liquid. If you are assembling a piece of furniture or a machine, in this context you would be "calando" as in the 2nd and 3rd accepted meanings of DRAE:
2. tr. Dicho de un instrumento, como una espada o una barrena: Atravesar otro cuerpo de una parte a otra.
3. tr. Agujerear tela, papel, metal o cualquier otra materia en hojas, de forma que resulte un dibujo parecido al del encaje.
And for example in the case of a piece of furniture, you would be using a caladora:
https://es.pdbmakita.com/images/1_Makita/101_machines/10104_...
Therefore, this is referring to the 3rd option of translation of the word calar in the Oxford dictionary:
3
3.1
(madera/cuero) to fret
3.2
(tela/blusa) to make openwork in
2. tr. Dicho de un instrumento, como una espada o una barrena: Atravesar otro cuerpo de una parte a otra.
3. tr. Agujerear tela, papel, metal o cualquier otra materia en hojas, de forma que resulte un dibujo parecido al del encaje.
And for example in the case of a piece of furniture, you would be using a caladora:
https://es.pdbmakita.com/images/1_Makita/101_machines/10104_...
Therefore, this is referring to the 3rd option of translation of the word calar in the Oxford dictionary:
3
3.1
(madera/cuero) to fret
3.2
(tela/blusa) to make openwork in
Discussion
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A tube, rod, bolt,? And - 'capa' is very likely to mean 'Cover', as in inner and outer cover. Depending on what the inner 'capa' is, it could be cover plate.