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Old April 24, 2009, 12:00 PM
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I was thinking about some tools to work with bolts and nuts (like screwdriver and wrench), and then it came to my mind: what's the difference between a bolt and a screw?


Stoolpidgeon = Soplón ??
Sí soplon.
tambien en inglés: squeeler=stooly/stoolpidgeon
casi= tattle tale (un poquito menos serio)
bolt are more difficult to un-bolt
a screw can be easily unscrewed with a screwdrivew(destorneador)
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Old April 24, 2009, 12:02 PM
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Funnily enough, Henry James novel The Turn of the Screw is called Otra vuelta de Tuerca en español
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Old April 24, 2009, 12:11 PM
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Sí soplon.
tambien en inglés: squeeler=stooly/stoolpidgeon
casi= tattle tale (un poquito menos serio)
bolt are more difficult to un-bolt
a screw can be easily unscrewed with a screwdrivew(destorneador)
Tattle tale or tell tale (UK) - chivato
Destorneador? Is that the S.Am. way to say it?
Here it's "destornillador"
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Old April 24, 2009, 12:13 PM
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Thank you, Poli, I think I have a better idea now.

@Ambarina: in Mexico, "destornillador" = "desarmador"
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No sé la traducción exacta. En criminalística: Soplón? En caza:Cebo?
Quizás esto te ayude.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/stool-pigeon.html
Mira que seria facil pensar en "pichon de piso (asiento)", porque lo sientan y se pone a cantar....
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Old April 25, 2009, 08:38 AM
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Mira que seria facil pensar en "pichon de piso (asiento)", porque lo sientan y se pone a cantar....
Piso o Pichón de piso = asiento
Si es así, ¿qué tipo de asiento és?
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