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Spanish term

wendy griswold

caldero

Non-PRO Spanish to English Science

This is from a list of subjects in a General Chemistry syllabus.
We have - under "water" - hardness of water
softening
water in the cooling circuit,
water for calderos,
treatment of industrial waste water
sewage treatment

Proposed translations (English)

0 +3	boiler / caldron / kettle	Elinor Thomas
0	"boiler" if for wide-mouthed containers, "heater" if in tubes.	Parrot
0	small cauldron	Luciana Alves

Proposed translations

18 mins

Elinor Thomas

2155 answers

Native in Spanish

Selected

boiler / caldron / kettle

Any medium to small pot to boil or brew is a caldero.

In this case I would use boiler.

HTH :-)

Reference:

Diccionario Robb para Ingenieros

Peer comment(s):

agree	Gregorio Melean : and when it is big, it is a "caldera" as in a steam boiler 19 mins
	yes! :-)
agree	Parrot : I suspect it is a caldera. 23 mins
	to be, or not to be... ;-)
agree	Patricia Lutteral : Agree with Cecilia "caldero" looks like witches' stuff... :-)) 1 day 2 hrs
	jajajajaaaaaaa... :-))

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks for accuracy and timeliness! "

52 mins

Parrot

Spain

10565 answers

Native in English

"boiler" if for wide-mouthed containers, "heater" if in tubes.

There seem to be two types if you search for the term under "aguas residuales". The tube-shaped ones appear in connection with electric cogeneration plants.