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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for August 4, 2008
listón - masculine noun (el) - ribbon. Look up listón in the dictionary Si vas a envolver un regalo de cumpleaños, una de las cosas que necesitarás es listón. If you're going to wrap a birthday present, one of the things you'll need is ribbon.
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In Central America a ribbon is una cinta.
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Would the word tape also be cinta?
For example, measuring tape = cinta de medir Shoelaces = cintas But the word listón would only be ribbon? Right?
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Elaina All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney Last edited by Elaina; August 04, 2008 at 08:14 AM. |
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Both tape and ribbon share the same word (cinta) in Central America.
I believe listón is only used in Mexico and there it only means ribbon. They use cinta for tape, as far as I've heard. |
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Which brings me to the same situation I was writing about in another forum...
Is it........ cinta de medir or cinta para medir Does it matter? Please respond to my post under "Vocabulary" titled... de -vs- para
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Elaina All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney |
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Elaina,
I use metro for measure tape and cordones for shoe laces. A ribbon is una cinta and a bow un lazo.
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Moño = bow........in México at least....
¡Haz un moño con ese listón y póntelo en el cabello, te verás linda!
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Elaina All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney |
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¡ Haz un lazo con esa cinta y póntelo en el pelo, estarás muy guapa!
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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie |
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Also, tape is cinta in general, but they use other specific words too: diurex = scotch tape / clear tape masking / cinta masking = masking tape
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It's the same... Don't get confused because of this...
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