catalytic converter
Spanish translation: "Convertidor Catalítico"
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catalizador Explanation: Diccionario Oxford Ingles-Espanol es la fuente. Catalizador es el nombre de la pieza en Espana. |
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"Convertidor Catalítico" Explanation: Filtrador que disminuye la emisión de gases venenosos en los automoviles (coches, autos etc) |
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"convertidor catali'tico de tres vi'as" Explanation: Es un dispositivo que vuelve a los cilindros gases de combustible y de lubricante no completamente quemados. Su funcio'on es prevenir la contaminacio'on del ambiente. Vehi'culos con convertidor catali'tico consumen combustible sin plomo. Suerte! |
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convertidor catalítico Explanation: Carmen, this is a widely used term. In order to make sure, an Internet search for convertidor catalítico yields more than 500 hits. Even if you limit your search with, for example, "vehículo" and "combustible", you get more than 100 hits. Below you have an pretty informative link (where you can see the difference between "catalizador" and "convertidor catalítico"). Un saludo. Reference: http://www.icp.csic.es/~cyted/Monografias/A4-115.html |
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catalizador Explanation: In garages, that's what mechanics call it. Given the tone and level of the text, that's the way I'd go. Engineers have other terms, none of which would be needed here. |
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