combustible blanco

English translation: water

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Spanish term or phrase:combustible blanco
English translation:water
Entered by: Mari Hodges

20:07 Mar 31, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Petroleum Eng/Sci
Spanish term or phrase: combustible blanco
The term is used in an historic document from Argentina from a prominent person urging the government to protect its resources from private exploitation:

"Declaremos también propiedad nacional el combustible blanco, el torrente, la cascada ..."

Is this just petroleum?

Any help would be appreciated.
Mari Hodges
Local time: 10:20
white combustible (water)
Explanation:
Non, esto es en sentido figurado.

water, torrent (rushing water), waterfall
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imatahan
Brazil
Local time: 10:20
Grading comment
It seems that this is correct. Thank you all!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1white combustible (water)
imatahan
5 +1white electricity
slothm
4 +1white fuel
margaret caulfield
4hydrocarbons
patinba


Discussion entries: 2





  

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white combustible (water)


Explanation:
Non, esto es en sentido figurado.

water, torrent (rushing water), waterfall

imatahan
Brazil
Local time: 10:20
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
It seems that this is correct. Thank you all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrea Appel
2 mins
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white fuel


Explanation:
Sorry to answer so late!

Please see:

White Fuel in Providence, RI - YellowBot - [ Traducir esta página ]
11 Nov 2009 ... White Fuel at 12 Hylestead St, Providence, RI 02905.
www.yellowbot.com/white-fuel-providence-ri.html

White Fuel Oil | TutorVista | web - [ Traducir esta página ]
"White fuel oil" Introduction. From Wikipedia , TutorVista. Wikipedia. Fuel oil - Fuel oil is a fraction obtained from petroleum distillation, ...
www.tutorvista.com/ks/white-fuel-oil

CKD Boats - Roy Mc Bride: Whies patent white fuel system Hebburn ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
Whies patent white fuel system Hebburn on Tyne. Taken from the Hebburn.org webb site. Aquitania (from the Big River) Posted by kevin blair on 27/12/2009, ...
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Prosport Gauges Amber/White Fuel Pressure Gauge 52mm. Blacked out ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
we offer the full line of gauges including peak recall/warning, Green/white WRX Series, Digital gauges, Wideband air fuel ratio gauges & more..
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margaret caulfield
Local time: 15:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 19

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agree  Juan Vilca: this one
2 hrs
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hydrocarbons


Explanation:
or gas
I was inclined to go with snows or somesuch, although "combustible" did not seem to fit. Then I came across this regarding your prominent person:

Pero X. aprovecha la lentitud para convertirla en una oportunidad de observación permanente. Encuentra restos fósiles, confirma los efectos de las lejanas (o cercanas, según se mire) glaciaciones, detecta, casi premonitoriamente, que en el subsuelo debe haber gas combustible, describe la fauna patagónica, y anota todo lo que le llama la atención en el comportamiento de las escasas poblaciones tehuelches, mucho menos belicosas de las tribus del norte patagónico.


Estados Unidos negocia para iniciar exploraciones petroleras en ...
20 May 2007 ... El país consume un promedio diario de dos millones 795 mil 848 galones de combustible blanco (gasolina, gasoil, fuel oil y gas licuado de ...
www.adnmundo.com/.../eeuu_republica_dominicana_exploracione... - En caché
DECRETO 300 DE 1993
... este artículo deberá contener el nombre y número de la licencia de funcionamiento de la estación de servicio de donde proviene el combustible blanco, ...
dmsjuridica.com/CODIGOS/.../DECRETO_300_1993.htm - En caché
Estufa portátil y liviana Esbit | Guatemala: destinos y lugares ...
En mi experiencia, el combustible blanco original arde perfectamente y dura lo justo, pero las recargas se consumen rápidamente (aunque encenderlas es como ...
www.xplorandoguatemala.com/.../estufa-portatil-y-liviana-es... -

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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-04-01 12:24:04 GMT)
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As he is referring to underground wealth and resources, some kind of general term would probably be best, which is why I chose hydrocarbons. He was probably referring to gas deposits. Oil would never be described as "white" and the other uses of combustible blanco we have found refer to products once they have been refined.

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 10:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 65
Notes to answerer
Asker: I think this is it. But in the context, which is a letter by Moreno to the Min. of Agriculture, it seems odd to say hydrocarbons, no? I suppose just 'fuel' would work. I just realized that 3 sentences before this one it mentions petroleo y carbon in the US. I also found naphtha as a possible translation of combustible blanco, but I don't think that's right either.

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white electricity


Explanation:
Hydraulic power.

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Note added at 17 hrs (2010-04-01 14:02:17 GMT)
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Electricity produced by water not by the burning of fuels.

slothm
Local time: 10:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 92

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agree  Emma Ratcliffe
4 hrs
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