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Balatas
This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for August 12, 2009
balatas (feminine noun (las)) — brake pads. Look up balatas in the dictionary Si usas mucho los frenos al bajar de una montaña, se te pueden calentar las balatas. If you use the brakes a lot as you come down a mountain, the brake pads can heat up.
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I don't know what "balata" means, and I can't found it in wordreference dictionary. Could it be "pastillas de frenos"?
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Iba a decir lo mismo. Pastillas si me suena... pero ba... no lo había oído nunca. Debe ser del otro lado del charco.
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"Balata" is in RAE as a Mexican term: http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltCons...3&LEMA=balatas
I have a question about the grammar of the sample sentence. Well, two questions: 1) "al bajar de una montaña" - is this pretty much how you say "to come down a hill/mountain/whatever incline..."? 2) Why use "te"? Can't it just be "se pueden calentar las balatas"? Thanks!!
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1) when coming (as coming) down a mountain (downhill) 2) se te (a ti, a tu auto) pueden calentar las balatas. (Do not use the options within the parenthesis as they are not options in this last answer) |
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Hice algunas búsqueadas yo mismo y no encontré mucho sobre esa palabra.
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Balatas means vehicle brake in Mexico.
Frequently I do a check out to my car to see if the brakes are in excellent conditions.
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Frenos = brakes |
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No, in Mexico Balatas means brakes only that, I have never hear here in my country.
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Es recomendable que cada año compréis (compres) nuevos frenos. Hay muchas cosas las cuales se debieran hacer a sus coches para evitar un accidente.
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