Bombilla (Es), foco (Méx), Ampolleta (Chile)

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for December 25, 2009

bombilla (Es), foco (Méx), Ampolleta (Chile) — light bulb, bulb, lamp. Look up bombilla (Es), foco (Méx), ampolleta (Chile) in the dictionary.

La bombilla se ha fundido. (Es) / El foco se fundió. (Méx)
The bulb has gone. (BrE) / The bulb has burnt out. (AmE)

Cuando terminó de hablar, se me prendió el foco.
When she finished speaking, it all became clear to me.

Mi esposo es tan perezoso, que no cambia ni una bombilla/un foco en la casa.
My husband is so lazy he won't even change a light bulb at home.

[Elaina]

Has anyone ever heard the word "ampolleta" used for "shot"..... for example.....

- I received a shot at the doctor's office today.
- Recibí una ampolleta en la oficina del doctor hoy.

I've heard it used by a few patients here at the hospital. It was difficult to understand at first but then I put two and two together and realized that what they were talking about was literally......receiving the medicine from an ampoules (aka: ampules) and maybe this is what they were referring to.

Obviously this has nothing to do with Lightbulb but it does with ampolleta.

Sorry if I went off on a tangent!

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Elaina

Has anyone ever heard the word "ampolleta" used for "shot"..... for example.....

- I received a shot at the doctor's office today.
- Recibí una ampolleta en la oficina del doctor hoy.

I've heard it used by a few patients here at the hospital. It was difficult to understand at first but then I put two and two together and realized that what they were talking about was literally......receiving the medicine from an ampoules (aka: ampules) and maybe this is what they were referring to.

Obviously this has nothing to do with Lightbulb but it does with ampolleta.

Sorry if I went off on a tangent!

Do not apologize, as you have a concern with the word....

The word for ampoule = ampolla or ámpula.

Now ampolla also means blister.

[Satyr]

foco is used in Peru.

Dicen el foco en Peru.

[irmamar]

Here we say "ampollas" (inyectables o bebibles). Y, normalmente, "te ponen una inyección" o, también, "te pinchan".

[Elaina]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Here we say "ampollas" (inyectables o bebibles). Y, normalmente, "te ponen una inyección" o, también, "te pinchan".

"Ampolla" refers only to the container, right? I've heard of "ampolla" to mean a blister.

Ampolleta I've heard as the injection/shot itself....

I hope I don't travel somewhere and get a shot of something when I mean I have a blister......could be disastrous...

[laepelba]

We've had this conversation here previously on Tomísimo, but I'm not sure right now of the thread.... But I learned in Uruguay that bombilla means the straw-like apparatus from which one drinks one's mate. See these images:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/prod...e_bombilla.jpg

http://www.taragui.co.nz/images/Prem...billaRange.jpg

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

We've had this conversation here previously on Tomísimo, but I'm not sure right now of the thread.... But I learned in Uruguay that bombilla means the straw-like apparatus from which one drinks one's mate. See these images:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/prod...e_bombilla.jpg

http://www.taragui.co.nz/images/Prem...billaRange.jpg

Right. And it should be included in this entry as such. In Chile we also call bombilla a somewhat like a straw, but its made of metal and it has one of its ends like a bubble with holes in it, and acts as a colander.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...N%26start%3D18

And we call pajita a drinking straw : http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...N%26start%3D36

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by chileno

In Chile we also call bombilla a somewhat like a straw, but its made of metal and it has one of its ends like a bubble with holes in it, and acts as a colander.

I would say "acts as a filter". For me the purpose of a colander is to keep the solid and lose the liquid, whereas this does the opposite.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Chileno: "también", porque ya fue mencionado ese significado por otros usuarios.