mancuernas

English translation: dumbells or weights

06:50 Apr 2, 2005

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Spanish term or phrase: mancuernas

hombre vestido con mancuernas para ir al gimnasio

María Sanz KudoZ activity Questions: 335 (4 open) (3 without valid answers) Answers: 30 Argentina
Local time: 05:26

English translation:dumbells or weights

Explanation:
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-04-02 06:54:58 GMT)
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but it could also mean cufflinks..if he is well-dressed???

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David Brown
Spain
Local time: 10:26

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4 +4

dumbells or weights

David Brown

5 +1

dumbbell

Leopoldo Gurman

3 +3

cufflinks (depends on the context --see)

Carmen Schultz

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dumbells or weights

David Brown
Spain
Local time: 10:26
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 85

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dumbbell

Explanation:
Merriam Webster:
dumb.bell n (1785) 1: a short bar with weights at each end that is used usu. in pairs for exercise 2: one that is dull and stupid

Saludos =:)

Leopoldo Gurman
United States
Local time: 04:26
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 39

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peer agreement (net): +3

cufflinks (depends on the context --see)

Explanation:
It does not make a lot of sense to say he was wearing dumbells; it makes moe sense to say he was carrying dumbells. If the text is being ironic in tone, maybe he is wearing cufflinks. mancuernas or mancuernillas means cufflinks in some Spanish-speaking countries.

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Note added at 4 hrs 31 mins (2005-04-02 11:22:20 GMT)
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Note to David: I also wanted to elaborate more on the possibility of irony in the passage (although there is not much text to go on).
While you chose to include the answer based on the more obvious, I wanted to question the obvious because it it does not altogether jive (at least not the way it is written).

Carmen Schultz
Local time: 03:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 19

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