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Bombonas Populares

English translation: 12.5 kg butane gas cylinders/tanks

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Spanish term or phrase:	Bombonas Populares
English translation:	12.5 kg butane gas cylinders/tanks
Entered by:	Kathleen Misson

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17:10 Oct 29, 2009

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Spanish term or phrase: Bombonas Populares

General information for a gas transport company. One of their services:

Transporte de Butano en Bombonas Populares

Thank you!

Kathleen Misson KudoZ activity Questions: 176 (5 open) (1 without valid answers) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 11 Spain
Local time: 20:30

12.5 kg butane gas cylinders/tanks

Explanation:
12.5 kg - at least in Spain - one sees the ubiquitous trucks carrying them around the big cities.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanque_de_gas#Espa.C3.B1a

Selected response from:

bigedsenior
United States
Local time: 11:30

Grading comment

Transport of butane gas in regular 12.5 kg butane gas cylinders.

Thanks for your help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
5	12.5 kg butane gas cylinders/tanks	bigedsenior
4	10-kilo gas cylinders	patinba
3	discounted gas tank program	Enrique Garcia

Answers

8 mins confidence:

10-kilo gas cylinders

Explanation:
In Venezuela

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 17:30
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 48

33 mins confidence:

discounted gas tank program

Explanation:
It seems to me that this refers to a program in Venezuela to provide needy families and individuals with discounted 10-kilo gas tanks.

VENEZUELA
Ternium Sidor alcanza la meta de 100 mil bombonas populares.

Dentro del programa “La Bombona Popular” participaron 93 pequeñas y medianas empresas distribuidoras de gas, para llegar a los sectores más necesitados, muchos de los cuales no contaban con este servicio a precios solidarios.

Reference: http://www.programapropymes.com/demox/noticias_03.asp

Enrique Garcia
United States
Local time: 14:30
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

8 hrs confidence:

12.5 kg butane gas cylinders/tanks

Explanation:
12.5 kg - at least in Spain - one sees the ubiquitous trucks carrying them around the big cities.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanque_de_gas#Espa.C3.B1a

bigedsenior
United States
Local time: 11:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 140

Grading comment

Transport of butane gas in regular 12.5 kg butane gas cylinders.

Thanks for your help!