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Old January 24, 2010, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by irmamar View Post


Reading the DW's post, a jigsaw is a "caladora", and that would be "una sierra de vaivén". Though thinking of the word "vaivén" (va y viene), a handsaw (serrucho) would be "de vaivén", since you must push and bring nearer the saw.
Can you think of a kind of saw which isn't 'va y viene' ?- (apart from a circular saw )
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