En inglés: gallito (teléfono celular)

How to call in English a very basic mobile phone that cannot connect to the internet.

Gallito (Venezuela)

Dumbphone

In Dictionaries:

"The phone was marketed as a very powerful smartphone at dumbphone prices."
Cambridge Dictionary Online

En inglés: Frisar una pared (Venezuela), enyesar una pared (España).

How to say it when you put a wet substance on a wall or ceiling od a house/room. to make it smooth and well-finished How to describe a wall that does not have that susbstance.

Cómo decir en inglés aplicar una sustancia a una pared o techo para hacerlos lisos y darle un buen acabado. Cómo describir paredes que no tienen tal acabado.

To plaster a wall.
To hard plaster a wall.
An unplastered wall.

They moved to a house with unplastered walls.

In Dictionaries: 

"We're plastering the bathroom"
Longman Dictionary.

"f you plaster a wall or ceiling, you cover it with a layer of plaster." 
Collins Dictionary

"The ceiling he had just plastered fell in and knocked him off his ladder."
Collins Dictionary


In French       En francés       En Francais

Plâtrer, faire les plâtres 

 Il a fait les plâtres de la pièce en une journée.
Cambridge French Dictionary.

EN INGLÉS: Pega corriente , da corrientazos.

In English     In English     In English     In English     In English

It shocks. (informal).
An appliance shocks (informal)
An object shocks (someone)..
It gives electric shocks (formal).
You get shocks from it.


Don't touch the door. It shocks.
The refrigerator is giving (electric) shocks.

In Dictionaries:

"Ow! - I got a shock from that lamp!"
Cambridge Dictionary Online

Referring to a wire carrying electricity:
Live /laiv/
That cable is live,  but it does not shock.
A live wire

En inglés: Tu voz se oye entrecortada, se oye entrecortado (una llamada telefónicam Sype, etc).

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You are breaking up.

"(Telecommunications) (intr) (of a person making a telephone call) to be inaudible at times, owing to variations in the signal: you're breaking up. "
Free Dictionary

"Jenny, you're breaking up," said Rick.
Urban Dictionary.

In Videos:



In Cartoons:

In Educational Materials:

• “You’re breaking up. Could you call me back?”
  (breaking up = you can only hear parts of what the other person is saying)   EspressoEnglish

 

Una Foto que se toma uno mismo, autofoto.

Selfie.

Nicolás Maduro took an excellent selfie.

In News:

"Teach me how to take a good selfie,"
Gazette.com 

"Don't use a photo your mother took of you at last year's family beach outing. Don't use a selfie."
Forbes.com

Teléfono de disco

Rotary phone, rotary dial phone, rotary dial telephone.


On Websites:

Pink Retro Old Fashioned Rotary Dial Telephone

Amazon.com

In News:

"A nugget of Philly technology is going the way of the Walkman, rotary telephone, Beta tapes, pet rocks, TurboGrafx 16 and phone booths."

NBC

"For those of us who still remember rotary phones this innovation is truly extraordinary. By and large, such technological developments have been a benefit to our society and our economy."

The Hill.

Un telephone a cadran en anglais en espagnol.

Cielo Falso, Cielo Raso.

Photo: Daily Mail UK

Dropped ceiling.

I will have a dropped ceiling installed in my bedroom.


In Modern Litarature.

¨"Back in the late sisties, in an effort to improve the lighting, a dropped ceiling had been installed."
The Last Juror by John Grisham.

In News:

"The only sign of anything wrong - apart from the missing cables and piping- was a hold in the dropped ceiling."
Daily Mail UK

Arma Blanca

Sharp weapon.

He was killed with a sharp weapon.

In News:

"Mr. Lakshmanan, who went to the house of the suspects in plain clothes, suffered severe injuries when he was suddenly pulled inside and attacked with sharp weapons during the operation"
The Hindu.

"The autopsy reports suggest that the man was attacked with a sharp weapon,"
 Indian Express

Puente levadizo.

Drawbridge.

A drawbridge is a bridge that can be raised or brought down in order to protect a castle from attack or to allow big boats to go under it.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

In News: 

"The North Carolina Department of Transportation will close two or more lanes of the Heide Trask Drawbridge on U.S. Highway 74/76 from ..."
Lumina News.



 

In English:; Llave de paso. (de agua)

How to call a valve in a pipe which controls the flow of liquid through it.
Cambridge Dictionary Online

Stopcock

A stopcock is cock for stopping or regulating flow (as through a pipe) .
Merriam Webster Online.

In News:

"“All we could do was to try and turn the water off to the entire block and the property. We were unable to do this because the stopcock had broken."
Southend Standard.

"At about 2.30am, the property in Hambro Avenue went under water after the stopcock had broken."
Echo.

In French       En francais       En francés

Robinet d’arrêt.
Collins Dictionary

Cerca de Alambre de Púas.

Barbed wire fence.

We climbed the barbed wire fence and got into the paddock.

In News:

"Carol Clamp is offering a £500 reward for information leading to the conviction of the yobs who cut through the barbed wire fence"
Burton Mail.

"The 21-year-old Saskatchewan resident suffered a broken pelvis, collapsed lung, bruised liver and kidneys, and other injuries when a car accident in Alberta threw her 10 metres out of a vehicle and onto a barbed wire fence."

Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/STARS+launches+lottery+fundraiser/6596536/story.html#ixzz1uUV5fPbQ"

The Star Phoenix.

Cerca de Malla.

Chain-link fence.


In Modern Literature:

"Where were the chain-link fences, the metal detectors?
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer.

In News:

"That's how long the kids must wait before the chain-link fence comes down and the new playground at Dolores Park will be theirs for climbing, jumping, ..."
San Francisco Chtonicle.

Telefono Fijo

Landline, fixed-line.

Have you got a landline?

In News:

"Ivan Seidenberg, the Verizon chairman and chief executive, said that the company had focused in 2009 on expanding its wireless businesses, shrinking its landline business and preparing to launch a 4G network this year. "
Times On Line

"Meanwhile, AT&T’s landline business continued to struggle, with revenues down by 5.3 per cent to $16.2bn."
Financial Times.

"But consumers older than 55 were more likely to also have a landline, while those under 35 did not. Just over half of Canadians use Facebook"
Toronto Star.

" In South Africa, fixed-line users account for 8.2% of the population, compared with 76% for mobile users, according to data from World Wide Worx. "
4-traders.

"South Africa's second national operator Neotel is gaining market share in competition with fixed-line incumbent, Telkom SA.

Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2012/03/01/3787675/research-and-markets-south-africa.html#storylink=cpy"

Sun Herald.

In Dictionaries:

"Most fixed-line providers offer indirect access, which means subscribers also have to pay line rental to cable companies."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

"Her cell phone's switched off. I'll try her on her landline."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

First published on February 2nd 2010.

Cajero Automático.

Automated teller machine (ATM)

Excuse me, where is the nearest ATM?


In News:

"The tests, conducted by Kimberly-Clark Corp. as part of its Healthy Workplace Project, showed that 41% of automated teller machine keypads carry germs that can cause colds and the flu."

Computer World.

Darle Cuerda a un Reloj.

To wind up a watch/clock.

If you wind (up) a clock or watch, you cause it to work by turning a key, handle or other device.

Cambridge Dictionary Online.

On Websites:

"Many of my lovely lady customers write to me after they purchase an antique wrist watch with a mechanical movement asking which is the correct way to wind a watch."

Street Directory.

Estrenar un Vehículo, Estrenar un Coche.

To break in a car.

When you buy a new car, it is important to know how to break it in properly.

In Modern Literature:

"My wife, Tere, and I purchased a new car in December. Even Though we had tickets to fly from California to Houston to visit her family for Christmas, we decided to drive to Texas to break in the new car. We packed the car and took off for a wonderful week with Grandma."

Hugh Downs. Attitude-One of Life's Chices. Second Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul."

In the News:

"A brand-new car, shiny and crisp. It makes you want to spend the whole evening walking around it. Pretty soon, the neighbors wander over to congratulate you—and to render advice.Break it in carefully, one says: “No more than 30 miles per hour until it has 1000 miles on the odo.”

Popular Mechanics.

"Breaking in a New Vehicle. Buying a new car is a great experience. There is nothing like the joy of owning something you have wanted and looked forward to for a long time. Of course, you want to do everything right and not damage this new machine. Treating the vehicle right from the time you take possession will extend the life of your new car. Let's look at what the experts suggest."
Atropolis.com

Articles:

How to break in a new car. Popular Mechanics.
How to break in a new car. Atropolis.com

Cables de Electricidad que están en la Calle.

Utility wires.

Watch out for a dangling utility wire near the bakery.




On Websites:

"Stop as quickly as safety permits and stay in the vehicle. Avoid stopping near or under buildings, trees, overpasses, and utility wires."
FEMA.

In the News:

"Yaxley said her daughter worried so much that someone would get hurt that the family nicknamed the leaning pole and its cat’s cradle of utility wires “Lexi’s Pole.”"
Dallas News.

Papel que puede ser reusado .

Scrap paper, scratch paper.

Here I brought you a scrap paper pad for you to take notes.


References in Dictionary:

Scrap paper (US also Scratch paper) loose bits of paper, often partly used, for writing notes on.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Scrap paper: a small piece or amount of paper, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used.
Oxford Dictionaries Online.


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Tiendas donde Venden Modelos de Carros, Helicópteros, Aviones, Barcos, etc. a Control Remoto.

Hobby store.

There is a good hobby store nearby.

References in News:

"Moller said his favorite aspect of running the hobby store is seeing the joy on the faces of his customers when they've purchased a new item."

The Post Journal.


A place where you can buy PC models.

Esfera de Nieve.

Snow globe.

My mother likes collecting snow globes from all over the world.

I would like to have an Eiffel Tower snow globe.

Reference in Websites:

" To make a more elaborate snow globe, add tiny objects to “ float” in the water, use a drop of colored oil to create a swirling effect or use food coloring in the water."

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