skate
Hola! I know this is a pretty easy question, but I forgot what it ment so if somebody could help me out that would be great.
How do you say skate in Spanish'
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In Argenrtina we say "patineta". Patín is used for roller skates or roller blades.
OK James. Now I understand your point. Thanks for clarifying it.
James Santiago said:
I don't remenber anyone saying "inline skates" to me.No, you probably won't ever hear it. I just mean that in formal writing or speech (news reports, magazine articles, advertisements, product descriptions, etc.), it is illegal to use the word Rollerblades to refer to anything but a product made by that company, since it is a registered trademark. In everyday speech, though, we do say roller blades.I only mentioned this to you because of your very high level of English fluency.
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Yes, kleenex is an example of a genericized trademark. The word appears in my Webster's dictionary (albeit in uppercase).
Wiki:
A trademark typically becomes "genericized" when the products or services with which it is associated have acquired substantial market dominance or mind share. The term is legally significant in that unless a company works sufficiently to prevent such broad use of its trademark, its intellectual property rights in the trademark may be lost.
He he. In this case Kleenex is in trouble. When's the last time you heard someone say "A piece of facial tissue, please"'!!
James Santiago said:
Whether or not a trademark passes into regular English is really up to the company. It is their responsibility to protect their trademark. For example, Coca Cola is very protective of "Coke," and does not allow anyone to use that word for any cola drink made by another company. They even send people around to places that sell Pepsi-Cola and ask for a coke; if they are given a Pepsi without comment, Coca-Cola presses charges. Therefore, the word coke has not entered English as a synonym of cola (legally speaking).
I don't know how much the Rollerblade company spends on trademark protection, but I do know that "inline skates" is ubiquitous in formal writing, which leads me to believe that the trademark is still being protected.
Companies don't really care what we say in casual speech, but they care very much about such usage in commercial contexts.
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While we're quibbling about details: stingrays bear live young, skates lay eggs so they're not quite synonymous.
I never said they were the same species, but they are both called raya in Spanish. It is extremely common for species with different names in one language to be referred to collectively in another language. And all languages lump species under single names. For example, there are hundreds of moth species, but we call them all moths.
Therefore, when someone says "How do you say skate in Spanish'," one possible answer is raya.
Whether or not a trademark passes into regular English is really up to the company. It is their responsibility to protect their trademark. For example, Coca Cola is very protective of "Coke," and does not allow anyone to use that word for any cola drink made by another company. They even send people around to places that sell Pepsi-Cola and ask for a coke; if they are given a Pepsi without comment, Coca-Cola presses charges. Therefore, the word coke has not entered English as a synonym of cola (legally speaking).
I don't know how much the Rollerblade company spends on trademark protection, but I do know that "inline skates" is ubiquitous in formal writing, which leads me to believe that the trademark is still being protected.
Companies don't really care what we say in casual speech, but they care very much about such usage in commercial contexts.
It looks like the non-trademark version is becoming accepted. From dictionary.com:
- Trademark. a brand of in-line skates.
'verb (used without object) - (often lowercase) to skate on in-line skates.
James Santiago said:
I don't remenber anyone saying "inline skates" to me.
No, you probably won't ever hear it. I just mean that in formal writing or speech (news reports, magazine articles, advertisements, product descriptions, etc.), it is illegal to use the word Rollerblades to refer to anything but a product made by that company, since it is a registered trademark. In everyday speech, though, we do say roller blades.
I only mentioned this to you because of your very high level of English fluency.
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While we're quibbling about details: stingrays bear live young, skates lay eggs so they're not quite synonymous.
James Santiago said:
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I don't remenber anyone saying "inline skates" to me.
No, you probably won't ever hear it. I just mean that in formal writing or speech (news reports, magazine articles, advertisements, product descriptions, etc.), it is illegal to use the word Rollerblades to refer to anything but a product made by that company, since it is a registered trademark. In everyday speech, though, we do say roller blades.
I only mentioned this to you because of your very high level of English fluency.
No, James. I didn't know that. Thanks
By the way, look here:
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/patinar
It won't be the first case where a trademark becomes more popular than the formal word. I don't remenber anyone saying "inline skates" to me.
James Santiago said:
Natasha said:
Cami, you didn't specify if you meant the verb or the noun, or what kind of skating (ice skating, roller skating, roller blading, skating on thin ice). That's one reason you're getting different answers here.
Puede que se refiera a una raya marina!By the way, Guillermo, although "roller blades" is common in casual speech, it is technically a trademark, Rollerblades, and the generic term is inline skates, which would have to be used in formal writing. You may already know this.
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I never knew that . . . about the roller blades -- good thing I am not writing any essays about skating!
James Santiago said:
Natasha said:
Cami, you didn't specify if you meant the verb or the noun, or what kind of skating (ice skating, roller skating, roller blading, skating on thin ice). That's one reason you're getting different answers here.
Or maybe she means una raya marina!
By the way, Guillermo, although "roller blades" is common in casual speech, it is technically a trademark, Rollerblades, and the generic term is inline skates, which would have to be used in formal writing. You may already know this.
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Natasha said:
Cami, you didn't specify if you meant the verb or the noun, or what kind of skating (ice skating, roller skating, roller blading, skating on thin ice). That's one reason you're getting different answers here.
Puede que se refiera a una raya marina!
By the way, Guillermo, although "roller blades" is common in casual speech, it is technically a trademark, Rollerblades, and the generic term is inline skates, which would have to be used in formal writing. You may already know this.
Cami, you didn't specify if you meant the verb or the noun, or what kind of skating (ice skating, roller skating, roller blading, skating on thin ice). That's one reason you're getting different answers here.
In Guatemalan, I would say patín. If, I were rich and had two I would say patínes.
a pair would also be patínes.
I think that now days were are no longer speaking Spanish but regional languages, so we have to say what country we come from.
patinar = to skate
