corvo

English translation: corvo knife

07:21 Jul 8, 2008
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / law
Spanish term or phrase: corvo
luego Emerson agarro el corvo y le pego varios machetazos
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English translation:corvo knife
Explanation:
El corvo es un arma blanca tradicional chilena, de carácter ofensivo, apta para la lucha cuerpo a cuerpo.

The corvo is a bladed weapon typically used in Chile. It is a knife with a curved blade of approximately 12 centimetres. Initially a tool, it was widely used in combat during the War of the Pacific, though it was not standard equipment.

Regards,
Marta

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4 +3corvo knife
Marta Valdés Enríquez
4 +1machete
Tom2004
3Homosexual/bent/corrupt/ pervert
Gad Kohenov


  

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Homosexual/bent/corrupt/ pervert


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Gad Kohenov
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corvo knife


Explanation:
El corvo es un arma blanca tradicional chilena, de carácter ofensivo, apta para la lucha cuerpo a cuerpo.

The corvo is a bladed weapon typically used in Chile. It is a knife with a curved blade of approximately 12 centimetres. Initially a tool, it was widely used in combat during the War of the Pacific, though it was not standard equipment.

Regards,
Marta

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Marta Valdés Enríquez
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agree  ganzinblau: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvo_(knife)
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  -> Thank you ganzinblau! Have a nice day!

agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
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  -> ¡Gracias María!

agree  Robert Mota
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machete


Explanation:
corvo is synonymous with "machete" which appears in English dictionaries preisicely as such... machete.

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agree  Nelida Kreer: Agreed. The more so as the character used the "corvo" to apply "machetazos", which you can only apply with a machete.....
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