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Rifle de aire comprimido calibre 5.5 mm

English translation: .22 caliber (compressed) air rifle

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Spanish term or phrase:Rifle de aire comprimido calibre 5.5 mm
English translation:.22 caliber (compressed) air rifle
Entered by: Fenix Alldatime

03:35 Mar 9, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Caza / Hunting
Spanish term or phrase: Rifle de aire comprimido calibre 5.5 mm
El rifle de aire comprimido es un arma de caza para pequeños animales. Como su nombre lo indica, el aire que se comprime en su interior, permite la eyección del proyectil, comunmente llamado "balín".

Hay variables de calibres, pueden ser 4.5 o 5.5 mm.
Fenix Alldatime
Local time: 06:34
.22 caliber (compressed) air rifle
Explanation:
Compressed ir not usually sair, it's an air rifle


.22 inch = 5.58800 millimeters
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David Russi
United States
Local time: 03:34
Grading comment
Thanks, man.
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5 +4.22 caliber (compressed) air rifle
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.22 caliber (compressed) air rifle


Explanation:
Compressed ir not usually sair, it's an air rifle


.22 inch = 5.58800 millimeters

David Russi
United States
Local time: 03:34
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PRO pts in category: 89
Grading comment
Thanks, man.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Tal vez sólo acá en Argentina se utilice el término "comprimido" para llamar a este tipo de armas.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara Cochran, MFA
3 mins
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agree  Kathryn Litherland: Yes, just "air rifle". I've never heard "compressed air rifle"--the compressed part is understood.
12 mins
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agree  Lourdes Sanchez
54 mins
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agree  Nick Robinson: "Compressed" is used in Spanish but not U.K. English. Kathryn is correct.
8 hrs
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