"Counter Tile Trim pieces V-cap, quarter round"

Question

I own a tile store where I currently have no kbilingual speakers. In order that I may make my best attempt to serve my customers I am trying to obtain the correct terminlolgy as well as words that best fit the industry and particular items I need translation for.

I am a retail Tile, Granite, hardwood installer. I would like the specifications on appropriarte terminology re. Trim Pieces: countertop tile, surface bullnose, vcap, beaks, quarter round, inside beaks, beak corners and lastaly hardyBacker.

Thank you in advance

Good luck! Here are some leads. - LateToDinner, Sep 19, 2010

Answer 1

Hi, Tanni, welcome to SpanishDict. You have stumbled into a classroom that is more about learning to speak Spanish, than providing free translations.

And there are a good number of other folk here, working on learning English. It is a great website, an excellent place to start if you want to learn how to pronounce all of those things when you finally do find out what they are in Spanish.

As a shopkeeper myself, I understand your predicament and did a little research for you.

If things like these would be useful, go to Architectural terms

Facade. Fachada.

Face. Frente, cara.

Facia. Imposta, faja.

Facing. Revestimiento de fachada.

Factory. Fabrica, taller.

Faience. Producto de arcilla.

Fan. Ventilador mecánico.

Fatigue. Debilitamiento de un material.

Fauce. Grifo, llave de agua.

Felt. Fieltro.

Fence. Valla.

Fill. Relleno.

Filler. Mezcla de relleno.

Finial. Remate de pináculo.

Finish. Terminado.

Fireclay. Arcilla refractada.

Firedoor. Puerta de emergencia.

Firedog. Soporte de parrilla.

Fire wall. Muro corta fuego.

Fixture. Pavimento.

The Spanish word for woodworking is Ebanistería.

A google search for that might help a little.

Just found bocel for astragal and cuarto bocel for quarter round in:Routledge Spanish Technical Dictionary

Hard to imagine that one of your suppliers doesn't have a multi - or at least a bi - lingual catalog that would give the specific words you are in need of. Ask them. In the mean time,

Best wishes.

Answer 2

encimeras de granito

You might be interested in looking at some of the Spanish vocabulary related to making the counter tops at this site.

Mármol y granito

trim=ribete

moulding=moldura

listel=fillets

listel & molduras

molduras de madera

moldura cuarto redondo liso= 1/4 round straight

look at the link under mulduras madera. It has a few shapes.

1/4 round