Spanish translation of "pitching fork" - "una horquilla, una horca"

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216 months ago

Araceli Herrera (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > Spanish
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	pitching fork
Context:	They blew through the doorway into the center of the barn, one wielding a pitching fork
Keywords:	Pongo un poco más de contexto que no me cabe en el espacio anterior: "one wielding a pitching fork and the other a spade". Los personajes tratan de capturar al protagonista de la historia que está tratando de robar un cerdito.

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216 months ago

Claudia wrote:

horquete/tridente/tenedor

My references:

En este caso es m�s como una horqueta, con lo que levantan el heno en un establo o pesebrera.

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216 months ago

Roger Roberto Barbieri Alfaro wrote:

horquete hace referencia a un fierro retorcido, tridente es usado por criaturas m�ticas, ej.: Poseid�n, tenedor es un utensilio para comer.

216 months ago

Roger Roberto Barbieri Alfaro wrote:

horquilla

My comment:

Hola Araceli. Pitching fork es lo mismo que pitch fork. Mirra la referencia adjunta.

My references:

Main Entry: pitchfork
Function: noun
Usage: English word
: horquilla feminine, horca feminine

http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/spanish?va=pitchfork

216 months ago

Roger Roberto Barbieri Alfaro wrote:

una horquilla, una horca

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