Ayudame, por favor...home and garden.

Question

I am making a list of things around the house and garden, mostly nouns, but I need more detailed descriptions. I have found the following but I am not sure if it is just a literal translation or something Spanish speakers would actually say.

cinderblock fence = bloques de hormigón cerca
venetian blinds = persianas veneciano
wrought iron banister = barandilla de hierro foriado
garbage disposal = recogida de basuras
garden hose = la manguera de jardin
sliding glass door = la puerta corredera de vidrio
desk drawer = mesa de cajón
kitchen cabinet = gabinete de la cocina
bathroom mirror = espejo de baño
hedge trimmer = ? (couldn't find this one)

Gracias

"jardín" even... :) - cristalino, Sep 17, 2011

Answer 1

cinderblock fence = Valla de Hormigón

venetian blinds = persianas venecianas

wrought iron banister = barandilla de hierro forjado

garbage disposal = Trituradora de basuras (contendor, papelera)

garden hose = manguera de jardin

sliding glass door = Puerta corredera de cristal

desk drawer = mesa de trabajo

kitchen cabinet = Armario de cocina

bathroom mirror = espejo de baño

hedge trimmer = Cortasetos

I hope it helps.

Gracias Neox...it is a little hard to read. If you hit the space bar 3 times and the return you get a clean break. - foxluv, Sep 17, 2011

Hedge trimmer can also be "podadora de setos"... basically a pruning device.... - cristalino, Sep 17, 2011

Isn't mesa de trabajo a work table? - KevinB, Sep 17, 2011

Cristalino yes you can say thar or "Tijeras de podar" and KevinB yes is work table but desk it's the same translation, "mesa de cajon" no sense - Neox, Sep 17, 2011

Are "cerca" and "valla" synonymous? If made of blocks, why not "pared" or "muro?" I always heard "cerca" to be like chain-link fence... - cristalino, Sep 17, 2011

I was told that "vidrio" was a tougher glass and is used for building{house} doors? - foxluv, Sep 17, 2011

Yes they are synonymous, you must be right, if made of blocks is better "pared" or "muro" yes, but the translating of fence is "cerca" o "vaya" and "pared" o "muro" is wall. - Neox, Sep 17, 2011

foxluv I translate glass by cristal but vidrio is the same word (i think) or vidrio is pane of glass? im not sure :s - Neox, Sep 17, 2011

Answer 2

persiana veneciana

trituradora de basuras

My workers just call it a manguera

cajón de escritorio

I'm not sure about the others.

Any idea why one site calls it "tituradora" (here) and another "titurador" - does it matter in the long run? :) - cristalino, Sep 17, 2011

No, I don't. It doesn't come up in conversation that often. :-) - KevinB, Sep 17, 2011

Just an aside, how would you translate "sawhorses" into Spanish? The ones made from scrap wood that always were handy for most anything! :) - cristalino, Sep 17, 2011

Answer 3

Kevin... I did find "desk drawer" as you translated on a web site for giving instructions. Here is how they wrote it:

Coloca los papeles sueltos en un cajón del escritorio. Crea dos archivadores con los rótulos, 'entrada' y 'salida' de modo que sepas en cuales estás trabajando y cuales están terminados.

Answer 4

Here in the Southwestern USA, we use "reja" a lot to describe any ironwork or grillwork, so more commonly you might hear:

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balaustrada (o pasamanos) de reja= banister made from wrought iron

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I'm just amazed on the variety of words even in Spanish that one can find for any one thing, banister in this case! (with one "n" or 2, both acceptable apparently)