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Old April 04, 2013, 12:49 PM
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Hi,

A cut and shut is where the remains of two or more cars have been welded together to create a 'new' model.

Cut and shut. Is there an equivalent phrase in Spanish?

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Old April 04, 2013, 05:11 PM
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I first thought of the action "cut and paste," cortar y pegar, then of the word for a "mishmash," un batiburrillo, then finally of the saying Del árbol caído todos hacen leña. Do any of those help?
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In Spanish I'd think I'd use "modelo híbrido", if we are talking about a new model from 2 previous ones... (Particularly talking about cars... even if "híbrido" can be used as well for a car that may be a combination of "diesel" and "electrical"... or any other combination of designs.)
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Old April 07, 2013, 02:16 PM
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What about vehiculos chapiaos? Two cars chopped and put together. Does this work?

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I can't think of any Spanish expression for that.

You could perfectly use "hacer un injerto"

About "Del árbol caído todos hacen leña" , that's not even related.
You say that in a situation when everybody abuses someone who has some kind of disgrace.

By the way , "chapiaos" woudn't have a meaning for me...where did you hear that ? may it be from Mexico ?
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Old April 22, 2013, 03:58 AM
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I can't think of any Spanish expression for that.

You could perfectly use "hacer un injerto"

About "Del árbol caído todos hacen leña" , that's not even related.
You say that in a situation when everybody abuses someone who has some kind of disgrace.

By the way , "chapiaos" woudn't have a meaning for me...where did you hear that ? may it be from Mexico ?
It was from a guy in Puerto Rico. Apparently common expression there.

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@powerchisper: that kind of terms are rarely from Mexico. We use "e" rather than "i" in those derivations.
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@powerchisper: that kind of terms are rarely from Mexico. We use "e" rather than "i" in those derivations.
Just a small correction:
Those kinds of terms or that kind of term will work well in this sentence, but that kind of terms doesn't work.
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