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liso bruñido

English translation: smooth burnishing


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Spanish term or phrase:liso bruñido
English translation:smooth burnishing
Entered by: peterinmadrid
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15:26 Sep 30, 2007
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Tech/Engineering - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Venetian Plaster
Spanish term or phrase: liso bruñido
En su técnica de acabado más sencilla, el liso bruñido, resuelve bien los contrastes estilísticos, no condiciona las decoraciones.
peterinmadrid
Local time: 17:04
smooth burnish
Explanation:
http://books.google.com/books?id=zpIh221jUeYC&pg=PT76&lpg=PT...
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Thais Maria Lips
United States
Local time: 08:04
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Thank you, Thais.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2smooth burnish
Thais Maria Lips
5solid burnishMargarita Palatnik
4 +1smooth, burnished
psicutrinius
4glossy finish
Katarina Peters
4brushed smooth
neilmac


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
smooth burnish


Explanation:
http://books.google.com/books?id=zpIh221jUeYC&pg=PT76&lpg=PT...

Thais Maria Lips
United States
Local time: 08:04
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you, Thais.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarita Palatnik
54 mins
  -> Thanks Margarita:-)

agree  Kate Major
1 hr
  -> Thanks Kate:-)
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
smooth, burnished


Explanation:
I am quite sure that they mean this:

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) -

smooth –adjective
1. free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.

burnish
1. To make smooth or glossy by or as if by rubbing; polish.
2. To rub with a tool that serves especially to smooth or polish.

n. A smooth glossy finish or appearance; luster.

Important detail here is that burnishing is accomplished by RUBBING. If done with a very fine abrasive, it is then called "lapping"

psicutrinius
Spain
Local time: 16:04
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan

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agree  Sandra Rodriguez
19 hrs
  -> Gracias, Sandra
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
solid burnish


Explanation:
liso is solid, as in with no pattern

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-09-30 16:26:34 GMT)
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or glossy

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-09-30 16:27:32 GMT)
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never mind, should be smooth now that i think about it...

Margarita Palatnik
Local time: 13:04
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
brushed smooth


Explanation:
(effect). "burnished" is obviously NOT the correct translation here, since it applies to metallic surfaces. They means brushed, (probably because burnishing is done by a brushing process and this is over-generalised to describe this type of plaster effect).

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 16:04
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glossy finish


Explanation:
:)

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 10:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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