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beflapje

English translation: dental dam


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Dutch term or phrase:beflapje
English translation:dental dam
Entered by: Els Thant, M.A., B.Tr.
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22:51 May 26, 2006
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Medical: Health Care / prevention of STDs
Dutch term or phrase: beflapje
De koortslip wordt veroorzaakt door een ander type virus dan Herpes Genitalis. Door orale seks kan het koortslipvirus worden overgedragen op de geslachtsdelen. Andersom kun je op deze manier ook Herpes Genitalis overdragen op de mond. Je kunt het risico verkleinen door bij orale seks een condoom of ***beflapje*** te gebruiken.

Thanks a lot!
Els Thant, M.A., B.Tr.
Ecuador
Local time: 02:10
dental dam
Explanation:
expression comes from dental world

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-05-26 23:01:03 GMT)
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American and British English expression
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Jamie Lingwood
Netherlands
Local time: 09:10
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5 +3dental dam
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dental dam


Explanation:
expression comes from dental world

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-05-26 23:01:03 GMT)
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American and British English expression

Jamie Lingwood
Netherlands
Local time: 09:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francina
20 mins

agree  Siobhan Schoonhoff-Reilly
10 hrs

agree  David Haymes: If you go to a Dutch dentist for a root canal, for heaven's sake don't call the dental dam a 'beflapje' - 'bef' is slang for a woman's 'parts' and 'beffen' is a certain kind of sexual act - you have been warned!
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