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el faro (IN THIS CONTEXT)

English translation: Faro.

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Spanish term or phrase:el faro (IN THIS CONTEXT)
English translation:Faro.
Entered by: Stuart Allsop

00:52 May 1, 2007
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Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino
Spanish term or phrase: el faro (IN THIS CONTEXT)
From a document about the history of poker.

CONTEXT : "También en los Estados Unidos, antes y durante la colonización del Oeste, fue cuando los casinos flotantes hicieron su agosto, en los viajes a lo largo de los ríos Mississippi y Misouri. La ruleta, ***el faro*** o el poker, eran los juegos habituales a bordo."
Stuart Allsop
Chile
Local time: 16:42
Faro.
Explanation:
Pues nada, ni idea, pero pregunté por ahí en guguel, y aparece un montón de referencias, como 380 mil.
http://www.bcvc.net/faro/history.htm
Por lo visto, así se deja, faro.
Espero haya suerte en el juego.
Pongo mediano porque no hay mérito.
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Juan Jacob
Mexico
Local time: 14:42
Grading comment
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3 +5Faro.
Juan Jacob
4 +3Faro (do not translate)
Taña Dalglish


  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Faro.


Explanation:
Pues nada, ni idea, pero pregunté por ahí en guguel, y aparece un montón de referencias, como 380 mil.
http://www.bcvc.net/faro/history.htm
Por lo visto, así se deja, faro.
Espero haya suerte en el juego.
Pongo mediano porque no hay mérito.

Juan Jacob
Mexico
Local time: 14:42
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Valeria Verholen (X)
2 mins
  -> Gracias Valeria.
agree  Marina Soldati
37 mins
  -> Gracias, Marina.
agree  Rondina
2 hrs
  -> Gracias.
agree  JaneTranslates: Es correcto. Se pronuncia FE-ro, o FAY-roh si usamos la fonética del inglés, y por lo tanto a veces se escribe "pharoah". Pero entiendo que "faro" es la forma correcta. Es un juego de cartas/barajas.
2 hrs
  -> Gracias por la precisión... no tenía ni idea.
agree  cristina estanislau
6 hrs
  -> Gracias.
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Faro (do not translate)


Explanation:
I would not translate but offer an explanation:

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=187019


"Undoubtedly one of the most popular card games of the 18th century".

Faro: a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.



Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 15:42
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rondina
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Rondina. I appreciate your support. Saludos.
agree  JaneTranslates: Right. I see it frequently in English period novels set in the 18th and 19th centuries. Played in exclusive private "gaming hells."
2 hrs
  -> Ah, my friend Jane from across the waters, thank you. "Gaming hells? May be appropriate as they loose their shirts & a lot more! (smile) Un abrazo.
agree  neilmac: Often turns up in cowboy films like Maverick, or Deadwood
7 hrs
  -> Many thanks as always Neil. Un fuerte abrazo.
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