el equivalente

Question

¡Hola! Quiero preguntar si alguien sabe cuál es el equivalente de la palabra pranger en español. Lo he buscado pero no consigo encontrarlo.

Gracias de antemano por la ayuda

Answer 1

I have never heard it used other than as a verb: To prang is to crash, usually a car.

He pranged his car last night, when driving under the influence..

Wartime pilots also frequently pranged their planes.

It's possible that the person who prangs a vehicle is a ' pranger' , but I've never heard it.

Those Wacky Brits :) - dennywells, Dec 29, 2013

Answer 2

I did some image looking and for pranger, I found images of what in the USA we call a prison stock. It is a wood plank that has holes in it to clamp your head and hands to hold you immobile while administering other forms of punishment. The device is a picota in Spanish. I would include a picture but do not know how to include in the answer.

Besides the wood plank device , there were images of other devices used to administer corporal punishment so perhaps the use of word pranger means any type device in a generic sense.

Hope this helps.

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Thank you very much but the thing that I'm referring to looks different to the one that is shown in the image. It's a pole that a convict was tied to in order to inflict punishment. But, as you've written, maybe the word picota refers not only to the - latte_art, Dec 29, 2013

device that the picture shows and would also be correct to use in my sentence. Thank you very much for your help! - latte_art, Dec 29, 2013

Answer 3

Tiene razón MexGuy. La picota, pillory, pranger.

gracias dennywells... - MexGuy, Dec 29, 2013

No, he is ' in stocks'. Barbaric. American practice, no doub.. - annierats, Dec 29, 2013

Yep, we have all the fun! Stocks for feet or wrists, pillory for neck and wrists. : ) - dennywells, Dec 29, 2013

Answer 4

Hopes this helps.... pillory - la picota ? noun 1. Picota, cepo, tabla con agujeros para las manos y cabeza, en donde se ponía a los malhechores a la vergüenz

Mexguy.

Answer 5

Seems it is mainly a British term consistent with annierats. So a "pranger" might be someone who has a history of crashing his car.

prang [præ?] Chiefly Brit slang n 1. an accident or crash in an aircraft, car, etc.

1. (Military) an aircraft bombing raid

2. an achievement

vb 1. to crash or damage (an aircraft, car, etc.)

1. (Military) to damage (a town, etc.) by bombing

You and I , we understand what a pranger might actually be! - annierats, Dec 29, 2013

Answer 6

I was trying to translate this word from my own language and, as I couldn't find it's equivalent in spanish, I tried to first translate it into english. And here is it's definition (from wikipedia):

The pranger is a German physical punishment device related to the stocks and the pillory. The Middle Low German word means "something that pinches badly".

Agreed. Found that one too. Maybe an example of how yiu are using the word would assisit. - MexGuy, Dec 29, 2013

so does either definition fit with how you are using the word "pranger"? Have no idea how to translate if you are using the german punichmeent device. - MexGuy, Dec 29, 2013

We don#t have this in England, you#re welcome to go to America, they are very friendly over there, we're correct but unfriendly. - annierats, Dec 29, 2013

Answer 7

Some genuine "stocks" from Chapeltown, Lancashire, England...

Probably a little more humane than a pillory : ) - dennywells, Dec 29, 2013

Answer 8

That word comes from a text about one city and there is a line in the text that says that in its town square there is a pranger that in the past was used to inflict corporal punishment.

Then it looks like the German punishment device is what you are looking for but I don;t know what that might be in Spanish. AND...hope I never do need to know.....sounds painful :) - MexGuy, Dec 29, 2013

Yes it sounds very painful:) Thanks for trying!!! - latte_art, Dec 29, 2013

Answer 9

Is this an English word you are asking about? I am not familiar with this word. Perhaps an example of how you have seen or heard it used would be helpful.