mecha - What is the English translation? English translators help medical English translators with the translation of mecha

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210 months ago

Maria (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Medical
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	mecha
Context:	Secoloca una aguja sobre la fisis.Se realizan 2 orificios con mecha en donde van los torni

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209 months ago

trilinguallady wrote:

a wick or a fuse

My comment:

I looked in both the Collins Concise Dictionary and used Google Translate the former says a fuse or a wick and the latter just says a wick.

My references:

Google Translate and Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary

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210 months ago

Translateweb wrote:

drill head

My references:

Wikipedia: Mecha, o broca, herramienta mecánica similar a un tornillo que, usada en conjunción a un taladro, berbiquí o máquina afín, para la creación de un hoyo o agujero durante la acción de taladrar.

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210 months ago

Translateweb wrote:

wick drainage

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210 months ago

K&P Marketing and Consulting wrote:

bit

My comment:

mecha en este texto es el equivalente de broca para el taladro. Mecha se usa en el cono sur de America y Broca es el termino mas usado en Espana y otras partes

My references:

http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=broca
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/electronics_elect_eng/1089765-auger_bit.html

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210 months ago

K&P Marketing and Consulting wrote:

fuse

My comment:

if you use a drill the right name is "fuse"

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210 months ago

K&P Marketing and Consulting wrote:

wick/bundled threads

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