Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

tíner

English translation:

(paint) thinner

Added to glossary by Michele Fauble
Aug 11, 2005 08:20
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term

tíner

Spanish to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Mexico
Latin American news transcripts (Mexico)

"quienes al amparo, de los jóvenes, a quienes invitan, para actos de tocadas de rock, sin autorización por parte de la autoridad municipal, en, una vez estando en la plaza, los incitan, previa distribución de alcohol, de tíner, ya drogados, proceden a hacer acciones como las del pasado veinticuatro de enero"

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Proposed translations (English)
4 +11 (paint) thinner
5 Turpentine

Proposed translations

+11
4 mins
Spanish term (edited): t�ner
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(paint) thinner

... o el diluyente para pintura (tíner) pueden debilitar el casco de plástico.
... electrical hazard; paint or paint thinner can weaken the plastic shell. ...
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Peer comment(s):

agree Martin Perazzo : Commonly sniffed by Latin American street urchins....
4 mins
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agree Rosario Villaescusa
55 mins
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agree Arcoiris
58 mins
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agree colemh
2 hrs
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agree jrb
4 hrs
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agree Manuela Junghans : diluyente
5 hrs
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agree Daniel Coria
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agree Marsha Wilkie
6 hrs
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agree Yvonne Becker
6 hrs
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agree maryel
7 hrs
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agree Margarita Gonzalez
20 hrs
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Turpentine

Turpentine is another possible translation for "tiner"; thinner
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