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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 KudoZ activity Questions: 3099 (6 open) (1 without valid answers) (103 closed without grading) Answers: 18
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

Grading comment

Thank you, Thais.
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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

smooth burnish

Thais Maria Lips

solid burnish

Margarita Palatnik

4 +1

smooth, burnished

psicutrinius

glossy finish

Katarina Peters

brushed smooth

neilmac

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7 mins confidence:

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
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thank you, Thais.

19 mins confidence:

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:

Spanish,

Catalan

59 mins confidence:

solid burnish

Explanation:
liso is solid, as in with no pattern

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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:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

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
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 40

3 hrs confidence:

glossy finish

Explanation:
:)

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 10:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Hungarian,

English
PRO pts in category: 20

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