velógrafo m. Aparato con que se sacan copias de escritos manuscritos o mecanografiados.

Maybe "tire" means to move but I'm not sure

Did you see it written, or hear it spoken? Are you sure of 'velografo'? Perhaps it is bolígrafo (pen). ...Just a start.

velógrafo m. Aparato con que se sacan copias de escritos manuscritos o mecanografiados.

Thanks, that makes the phrase easier to understand. Is it like those old mimeograph machines?

Btw, where did you find the meaning? I checked even the DRAE and there were no results. Or maybe I didn't search it right.

velógrafo m. Aparato con que se sacan copias de escritos manuscritos o mecanografiados.

Thanks, that makes the phrase easier to understand. Is it like those old mimeograph machines?

Btw, where did you find the meaning? I checked even the DRAE and there were no results. Or maybe I didn't search it right.

Just type the word in google search and you get this link.

velógrafo

Just type the word in google search and you get this link.

velógrafo

You're right. I didn't realize my browser's set to search sites in English. Thanks!

I did some research and it's also called "hectógrafo" (hectograph in English).
Here you can learn a little more if you are interested.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectograph

Could someone please help me translate this phrase which I think is an idiom: tire al velografo una cuartilla.... I can't even find the meaning of "velografo".

**it meaans he or she made a copy of an article he or she wrote....cuartilla is a newspaperperson talk for a news paper columm./color]

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I'll ask my wife to make sure, she explained to me the meaning of "cuartilla" a while back, she was a reporter in Mexico.I know it has to do with a newspaper columm, my doubts have to do with the size of the columm or article.

I did some research and it's also called "hectógrafo" (hectograph in English).

Here you can learn a little more if you are interested.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectograph

Fantastic! I'm learning a lot from this little phrase!

Now, I think the phrase means he/she ran copies of whatever he/she wrote on the one-half ("cuartilla", I found out is 1/4 of a whole 11x17 sheet of paper; the equivalent of what we would call 1/2 of a letter-size paper) using the hectograph.

**it meaans he or she made a copy of an article he or she wrote....cuartilla is a newspaperperson talk for a news paper columm./color]

[color=red]Disclaimmer**

I'll ask my wife to make sure, she explained to me the meaning of "cuartilla" a while back, she was a reporter in Mexico.I know it has to do with a newspaper columm, my doubts have to do with the size of the columm or article.

Thanks! I also found another meaning of "cuartilla": it is 1/4 of a whole 11x17 sheet of paper; the equivalent of what we would call 1/2 of a letter-size paper.