How do you say "man-made"?

Question

How do you say "man-made" as in something made by humans and that is not natural.

Answer 1

Hola, Maxim 121:

¿Cómo se dice en español “Man-made”?

Man-made = Hecho por el hombre o Producido por el hombre

.......................(alternativamente considera ? artificial o sintético)

También

Handmade = Hecho a mano

Recuerdos a todos

Moe

:) - annierats, Jun 2, 2014

very good answer - 00b055e0, Jun 2, 2014

Answer 2

Moe's answer hits it right there.

Artificial o sintético when it is a product created by man. We don;t need to say man made.

Annie and Ron in their last intervention are correct with their contributions which refer to "effects" produced by man.

Edit: if any, we say that it is/was done by humans. See?

Answer 3

Just so you're aware and not learning incorrectly, quite a few of these responses seem to be english as a first language people using a translator machine, or their brains, to translate... rather than interpreting from a correct understanding of the spanish language.

You have to be careful with this kind of thing because it depends on what exactly you're translating. For most of the different "types" of man-made things I can think of, you would need a different translation in spanish.

Man-made mountain or lake etc - Una montaña/lago artificial. Use artificial for something that is found in nature but recreated by man.

Man-made/hand-made furniture, wooden sculpture, food, etc. - "hecho a mano".

Mad-made "problems" or "issues" - por el hombre - "hecho por el hombre" or "inducido por el hobre" etc. ...Something that is caused by man.

This is a really useful and informative answer Kiwaiano. Thank you. :) - GabriellaMonique, Jun 2, 2014

Answer 4

It doesn't sound well if you were to translate man made in Spanish and say it like the English uses. There are, however, a few times only to were the word man would be in the phrase like: a man caused disaster, and a few more (I can't think of them right now).

Answer 5

It seems to me that we would translate "inducida por el hombre" in the following sentence from an article on climate change as "man-made":

En 2012, las emisiones ascendieron a 34.500 millones de toneladas. En lugar de controlarlo, la humanidsd aceleró el cambio inducido por el hombre.

Answer 6

If we're talking about the green-house effect, here are another couple of suggestions.

Las emisiones de gases de invernadero generadas por el hombre// Las actividades humanas traen como consecuencia la emisión de gases..

Answer 7

Hecho a mano-made by hand so hecho a hombre-made by man

Answer 8

I'm pretty sure it is: heco por el humano

*oops - hecho por el hombre - strawberrytoot, Sep 3, 2009