curpiel
English translation: synthetic/imitation/faux leather
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| 11:01 Feb 16, 2007 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: neilmac Spain Local time: 12:24 | ||||||
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12 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1synthetic leather Explanation: You could call it "leather-look" or something if you prefer. Also known as "Leatherette"® / "leD@"ret / n [u] cuero m sintético, piel f sintética (Esp) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2007-02-16 11:15:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ot "imitiation leather"... the problem is that "synthetic/imitation" do not sound very attractive, which is probably why they invented the name "curpiel"... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2007-02-16 11:16:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, that should be "imitation leather"... |
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