Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

cascajo

English translation:

Cascago/Cascajo Nuggets (small chips of semiprecious stones, ceramic, or glass used as beads)

Added to glossary by Julie Thompson
Dec 25, 2008 13:16
15 yrs ago
Spanish term

cascajo

Spanish to English Other Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting jewelry making
This is a biography of a Ecuadorian jewelry maker. The context is:
"Los materiales que utilizo para mi trabajo como piedra, alpaca y alambre los consigo de comerciantes que traen del Peru, los CASCAJOS y canutillos los consigo en los almacenes de la zona."

I'm not sure if STONES would be accurate enough for this context. I keep seeing translations like RUBBLE and GRIT, but of course that's not going to work for this sentence.

Thanks for your help!

Discussion

Lydia De Jorge Dec 25, 2008:
Julie, In the context of jewelry, 'stones' refers to precious or semi-precious such as diamonds, aquamarines, etc.

Proposed translations

4 hrs
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Cascago/Cascajo Nuggets (small chips of semiprecious stones, ceramic, or glass used as beads)

From a glossary:

Cascago/Cascajo Nuggets -- small chips of semiprecious stones, ceramic, or glass used as beads
http://purewhimsy.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=667003

Pictures:
http://images.google.es/images?hl=es&q="cascajo nuggets"&um=...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-12-25 17:58:04 GMT)
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pictures of "collares de cascajo de cuarzo", so that you can compare them with the above pictures of "cascajo nuggets":

http://artesaniasdelperu123.blogspot.com/2007/11/collares-de...
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2 mins

piece of gravel

pieces of gravel

Oxford

Mike :)

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Note added at 20 mins (2008-12-25 13:36:49 GMT)
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Actually, pieces of gravel make sense when we look at the other material that is coming in from Peru: a rock, alpaca (the mixture of the lama wool with the vicuna wool) and wire.
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38 mins

pebbles

cascajo can also be the shell of a nut
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+1
1 hr

stones

My wife is a professional jewelry maker and her descriptions, as well as her competitors', use the term "stones". It sounds more "jewelryish". Even diamonds, emeralds, etc. are often referred to as "stones".
Anyway, at least it's another option :).
Peer comment(s):

agree Aldona Parra
3 hrs
Thanks Aldona!
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