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Spanish: cármica

English translation: formica







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Spanish term or phrase:cármica
English translation:formica
Entered by:Lourdes Martino
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Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
Spanish term or phrase: cármica
es un material muy usado en Uruguay y Argentina para hacer mesas, por ejemplo. no encuentro ni traducción ni equivalente en España. ¡muchas gracias!
Lourdes Martino
Uruguay
formica
Explanation:
It is a hard plastic laminate often found on kitchen and table tops. See reference below.
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John Rawlins
Spain
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thank you both!!!
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Summary of answers provided
4formica
John Rawlins
4carmica David Hollywood


  

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carmica

Explanation:
On top of the enclosure, the tweeter pod is carved from Italian Grigio Carmica or Belgian Black marble - a material not only beautiful to the touch and the ...
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Note added at 5 mins (2007-08-26 19:45:40 GMT)
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The appearing of “carmica” in the market tempted Hobby to have surfaces that couldn’t be scratched on, so new ugly brown and uncomfortable carmica tables ...
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Note added at 12 mins (2007-08-26 19:53:06 GMT)
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1 piece of formica (or carmica) of the same size( It is very thin and is covered withsome kind of hard plastic. It is used to cover furniture, desks, etc.). ...
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Note added at 18 mins (2007-08-26 19:59:06 GMT)
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this is a material that I remember fronm the 60's ... like formica

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Note added at 18 mins (2007-08-26 19:59:23 GMT)
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from...

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Note added at 23 mins (2007-08-26 20:03:50 GMT)
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not too sure of the spelling though so better to wait for comments ...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-08-26 22:18:08 GMT)
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could be "charnica"

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-08-26 22:18:26 GMT)
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"charmica"

David Hollywood
Argentina
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
formica

Explanation:
It is a hard plastic laminate often found on kitchen and table tops. See reference below.


    Reference: http://sandboard.50webs.com/make.html
John Rawlins
Spain
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