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Old February 03, 2010, 02:44 AM
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Para mí "buró" siempre ha sido un escritorio, tanto en inglés (bureau) como en castellano. Al lado de la cama está la mesita de noche.
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Old February 03, 2010, 05:40 AM
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En un sitio en inglés de muebles de recámara, lo encontré como "night stand". ¿Es un término común o también tiene variantes regionales en inglés?
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The American English term is night table.
I definitely agree with what el chileno says about bureau.
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Night stand is what I call that piece of furniture.
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In English English it's a 'bedside table'
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Yo lo llamo igual que xchic, bedside table.
I would much more commonly say "night stand". Occasionally I would say "bedside table" without any thought that it would sound strange. But I would never say "night table".
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Old February 03, 2010, 05:58 AM
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I started thinking that all my life I should have been saying night stand, but the I googled night table and saw my term is widely used. Perhaps these terms are regional. I have heard the term one night stand, but that usually has to do with musicians performing one night in a city before moving on to another city, or a term for casual sex.
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Old February 03, 2010, 06:03 AM
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I started thinking that all my life I should have been saying night stand, but the I googled night table and saw my term is widely used. Perhaps these terms are regional. I have heard the term one night stand, but that usually has to do with musicians performing one night in a city before moving on to another city, or a term for casual sex.
LOL!!

You know, I would guess that it's a regional thing, but you and I are both from New York (right?) I'm from Western NYS ... are you from in/around the city? Honestly, I would never say "night table"..... Funny.
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Old February 03, 2010, 06:17 AM
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LOL!!

You know, I would guess that it's a regional thing, but you and I are both from New York (right?) I'm from Western NYS ... are you from in/around the city? Honestly, I would never say "night table"..... Funny.
Aquí estoy en este foro para mejorar mi uso del castellano, y lo que pasa es que aprendo inglés
Busco un foro inglés para aprender español.
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Old February 03, 2010, 06:22 AM
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Aquí estoy en este foro para mejorar mi uso del castellano, y lo que pasa es que aprendo inglés
Busco un foro inglés para aprender español.
But isn't that how non-native language learning goes? It improves and expands the knowledge and use of your native language, right?
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Old February 03, 2010, 11:30 AM
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Muchas gracias a todos... me encanta una discusión larga sobre una palabra tan chiquita... y aún más que sea tema de discusión en ambas lenguas.

@Irma: Creo que se trata de un plural "regional". En la escuela enseñan que así es, aunque las reglas para el plural sean diferentes.

@Ambarina: Me acabo de enterar de que no es una acepción universal.
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Old February 03, 2010, 11:34 AM
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I started thinking that all my life I should have been saying night stand, but the I googled night table and saw my term is widely used. Perhaps these terms are regional. I have heard the term one night stand, but that usually has to do with musicians performing one night in a city before moving on to another city, or a term for casual sex.
And you have just heard of this?

Insólito.

I bet someone told you about this...
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Old February 03, 2010, 12:22 PM
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I think people from NYC are legal aliens(many aren't even that). To prove my point
we have night tables not night stands and, what's more, we wait on line not in line.
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Old February 03, 2010, 12:25 PM
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Es una palabra francesa "bureau" y fuera de significar "oficina" por lo menos en Chile es el mueble que se usaba en el comedor (salón para comer) para guardar la vajilla y platería. Generalmente con vidrios para ver su interior y un espejo grande encima en contra de la pared.

Encontré esto pero no es o no eran así de altos más bien eran largos...


Lo que tú llamas buró, en Chile se le llama velador o mesita de noche.
El mueble que describes para guardar la vajilla y la cubertería aquí se llama aparador o chinero.
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