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sonaja

English translation: rattle

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Spanish term or phrase:sonaja
English translation:rattle

12:43 Nov 29, 2001
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: sonaja
this s for a glosary of baby-related terms. the closest equivalent in my dictionary was sonajero=rattle.
holli
rattle
Explanation:
I think it's the same equivalent: sonaja, sonajero = rattle.
See the definitions in spanish.

Sonaja: par o pares de chapas de metal que, atravesadas por un alambre, se colocan en algunos juguetes o instrumentos rústicos para hacerlas sonar agitándolas.

Sonajero: Juguete con sonajas o cascabeles, que sirve para entretener a los bebés.

Hope it helps.
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Fernando Muela Sopeña
Spain
Local time: 23:19
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thanks =)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7baby rattle
Rick Henry
4rattle
Fernando Muela Sopeña
4I agree
Parrot


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
baby rattle


Explanation:
My L&H dictionary also gives ratle for sonaja.

HTH

Rick

Rick Henry
United States
Local time: 16:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 375

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pablo Fdez. Moriano: Didn't know! Does it say in which countries?
1 min
  -> unfortunately, no.
agree  Yolanda Broad: From the Oxford SuperLex: sonaja f (Méx) rattle
2 mins
agree  Myrtha
5 mins
agree  Juliouno: also applied to the noise maker instruments used by the religious dancers at church cermonies
12 mins
agree  Patricia Myers
1 hr
agree  Terry Burgess: Yep!
1 hr
agree  Carolina Lopez Garcia
2 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
rattle


Explanation:
I think it's the same equivalent: sonaja, sonajero = rattle.
See the definitions in spanish.

Sonaja: par o pares de chapas de metal que, atravesadas por un alambre, se colocan en algunos juguetes o instrumentos rústicos para hacerlas sonar agitándolas.

Sonajero: Juguete con sonajas o cascabeles, que sirve para entretener a los bebés.

Hope it helps.


    DRAE
Fernando Muela Sopeña
Spain
Local time: 23:19
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 251
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thanks =)
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I agree


Explanation:
But look at the pictures below (I suspected it was something else that I had seen in Brazil, strapped to a dancing Amazon tribeswoman) and it turns out to be different enough from either that or what we term a "rattle":


    Reference: http://209.235.44.56/jverdin/juguete/sonaja01.htm
Parrot
Spain
Local time: 23:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 7645
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