Jul 18, 2004 20:41
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Patricia
pailero
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Mining & Minerals / Gems
This is a historical and current term, the name given to certain specialized workers in mines or metal works. It is still in use in Mexico. It may have to do with boiler making, but I don't really understand what it means even in Spanish. Source: Juan Luis Sariego, El estado y la minería mexicana, Política, trabajo y sociedad durante el siglo XX (Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1988). It may be an engineering rather than a mining term.
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| 4 +1 | boilermaker |
Nikki Graham
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| 5 | boilermaker |
David Brown
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boilermaker
According to Robb's diccionario para ingenieros, the above is the tanslation. In other wrods, a person who makes boilers.
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Comment: "Thanks. Given that the text refers to (historical) mines and smelters, which don't make boilers, I suspect it refers to the person who is in charge of the (possibly steam) boiler."
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boilermaker
I agree with Nikki, but would just like to offer some extra references...
los elementos de trabajo realizados por un electricista, herrero, calderero (o pailero),obrero de ... PROCESO DE SOLDADO Arco metálico recubierto POSICIÓN Plana. ... 148.202.148.5/cursos/id210/OBJETO5/Objeto5.htm - 101k - Resultado Suplementario -
In my scientific-technical dictionary and in(www.rcglobal.com/wdirese-jpg.htm - 101k) pailero is described as a metalworker.A bit more specific than a (1) Boilermakers (caldereros), cut, shape, assemble and join metal parts to produce or repair containers that have to withstand pressure, such as ships, boilers, storage tanks, and robot shells.
(2) metalworker (metalurgico)- someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
los elementos de trabajo realizados por un electricista, herrero, calderero (o pailero),obrero de ... PROCESO DE SOLDADO Arco metálico recubierto POSICIÓN Plana. ... 148.202.148.5/cursos/id210/OBJETO5/Objeto5.htm - 101k - Resultado Suplementario -
In my scientific-technical dictionary and in(www.rcglobal.com/wdirese-jpg.htm - 101k) pailero is described as a metalworker.A bit more specific than a (1) Boilermakers (caldereros), cut, shape, assemble and join metal parts to produce or repair containers that have to withstand pressure, such as ships, boilers, storage tanks, and robot shells.
(2) metalworker (metalurgico)- someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
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