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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Tourism & Travel / construction
Spanish term or phrase:potro (in this context)
El camino desemboca en la plaza de XXXX donde encontramos un **potro**, construcción típica de la sierra, en buen estado y aún en uso. Se utiliza para herrar a los caballos o curar al ganado.
Please, would someone know if it is made of wood or stone - and if there is an equivalent to this in English? Thank you very much.
Explanation: The Squeeze Chute (Historic Structure 47)
This squeeze chute of frame construction now stands alone near the south fence line of the west corrals. It once straddled a fence line dividing the largest of the west corrals in half. Cattle being fed and housed in the corral could be worked from either of the two divisions within the corral and channelled into the other if necessary. The fence it was once associated with was vital its location, although it is a freestanding structure now. http://www.nps.gov/archive/grko/hrs/hsr3.htm
*POTRO: Artefacto usado para inmovilizar a las vacas cuando se las hierra. Consiste en un yugo para una sola cabeza, dos largueros o piezas horizontales de madera, una de ellas giratoria, de la longitud aproximada de una vaca, y cuatro troncos clavados verticalmente en el suelo, de unos 50 cm. de altura, sobre los que se apoya la pezuña del animal. Dos correones que iban transversalmente de uno de los largueros al otro inmovilizaban el cuerpo de la vaca por debajo de su barriga. Todo el conjunto suele tener un tejadillo para protegerlo de la lluvia y así evitar que se estropee la madera. En el verano de 1998 se restauró el único que queda en el pueblo, por iniciativa de la Asociación Cultural Llampaces. http://www.geocities.com/llampaces/vocabul/h-p.htm
Thank you very much! All options were very useful. This seems to cover horses and cattle and has no "wood" implied - they come in galvanized iron, wood OR stone (antique) thanks again. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Explanation: Cassell says "shoeing frame"
According to DRAE: Máquina de madera que sive para sujetar los caballos cuando se resisten a dejarse herrar or curar.
Sheilann Spain Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 52
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Asker: Thank you very much Sheilann. I've learnt a lot on this one thanks to you all. In this case, it is made of granite.
Explanation: The Squeeze Chute (Historic Structure 47)
This squeeze chute of frame construction now stands alone near the south fence line of the west corrals. It once straddled a fence line dividing the largest of the west corrals in half. Cattle being fed and housed in the corral could be worked from either of the two divisions within the corral and channelled into the other if necessary. The fence it was once associated with was vital its location, although it is a freestanding structure now. http://www.nps.gov/archive/grko/hrs/hsr3.htm
*POTRO: Artefacto usado para inmovilizar a las vacas cuando se las hierra. Consiste en un yugo para una sola cabeza, dos largueros o piezas horizontales de madera, una de ellas giratoria, de la longitud aproximada de una vaca, y cuatro troncos clavados verticalmente en el suelo, de unos 50 cm. de altura, sobre los que se apoya la pezuña del animal. Dos correones que iban transversalmente de uno de los largueros al otro inmovilizaban el cuerpo de la vaca por debajo de su barriga. Todo el conjunto suele tener un tejadillo para protegerlo de la lluvia y así evitar que se estropee la madera. En el verano de 1998 se restauró el único que queda en el pueblo, por iniciativa de la Asociación Cultural Llampaces. http://www.geocities.com/llampaces/vocabul/h-p.htm
trans4u Local time: 01:58 Native speaker of: Spanish PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you very much! All options were very useful. This seems to cover horses and cattle and has no "wood" implied - they come in galvanized iron, wood OR stone (antique) thanks again.
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