Envasar

[irmamar]

¿Cómo se dice "envasar" en un recipiente de boca ancha? Veo "bottle" y "can", pero no me sirven, ya que no es una lata ni una botella. Me refiero a envasar en un tarro de cristal, por ejemplo.

Gracias.

[Perikles]

No hay otro verbo adequado. To bottle (en botellas), to can (en latas), to pack (en cajas).

I filled the jar with sweets
I preserved the marmalade in jars
I stored the screws in glass jars

[irmamar]

May I say:

Put it into a container with a wide rim.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

May I say:

Put it into a container with a wide rim.

You could say

Put it into a container with a wide mouth.

or

Put it into a wide-mouthed container.

The second is better, because there is no ambiguity about who or what has the wide mouth.

[wrholt]

Si son los tarros de cristal para preservar los alimentos por calentarlos adecuadamente como para destruir los microoganismos y sellarlos herméticamente, decimos "to can" (envasar [verbo]), "canning" (envasado [nombre]) y "canning jar" (tarro [de cristal] de envasar).

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by wrholt

Si son los tarros de cristal para preservar los alimentos por calentarlos adecuadamente como para destruir los microoganismos y sellarlos herméticamente, decimos "to can" (envasar [verbo]), "canning" (envasado [nombre]) y "canning jar" (tarro [de cristal] de envasar).

Maybe where you are you can (hey - a neat pun! ) but you can't in UK English, which is I think what Irma wants. In the UK that would always mean a tin, not glass.

[irmamar]

No quiero hacer conserva de alimentos, sino guardar una preparación de un producto de limpieza en un tarro de boca ancha.

My dictionary says "rim" instead of "mouth" (boca de vasija, de botella).

And I don't think I have a wide mouth...

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

My dictionary says "rim" instead of "mouth" (boca de vasija, de botella).

The rim is the edge round the mouth. Another word for rim is LIP, believe it or not. It doesn't make sense to say 'large rim' or 'large lip'

Originally Posted by irmamar

And I don't think I have a wide mouth...

I'll believe you.

[wrholt]

Originally Posted by wrholt

Si son los tarros de cristal para preservar los alimentos por calentarlos adecuadamente como para destruir los microoganismos y sellarlos herméticamente, decimos "to can" (envasar [verbo]), "canning" (envasado [nombre]) y "canning jar" (tarro [de cristal] de envasar).

Originally Posted by Perikles

Maybe where you are you can (hey - a neat pun! ) but you can't in UK English, which is I think what Irma wants. In the UK that would always mean a tin, not glass.

I see. So what's the UK English word for the process that people use to preserve food at home in vacuum-sealed containers?

Wordreference.com is of little help: the Spanish-English entry for "envasar" says "to bottle" for "botellas" and "to can/tin" for "latas". But in the US, "to bottle" refers only to food/beverage storage in narrow-mouthed glass containers (bottles), and one uses it only for beverages and certain condiments. "To can" refers to storage either in wide-mouthed glass containers (jars), which are used by both individuals at home and by commercial food processors, or else in metal containers (cans) which are used exclusively by commercial food processors.

Originally Posted by irmamar

No quiero hacer conserva de alimentos, sino guardar una preparación de un producto de limpieza en un tarro de boca ancha.

My dictionary says "rim" instead of "mouth" (boca de vasija, de botella).

And I don't think I have a wide mouth...

Ah, then "canning" is not the right word, at least in US English: one cans only foods.

A cleaning product that is in a wide-mouthed glass container is probably relatively solid. If it's a liquid that pours out, I would say "bottled". If it's a thick paste or lotion that doesn't pour out when you tip the jar over, or if its a dry powder, I would say "packed in a jar".

For a bottle or jar, the "rim" is the edge where the inside and outside surfaces meet, and the "mouth" is the opening to the inside that is bounded by the rim.

[irmamar]

Thank you both. I've used "put", but after reading Worlt, I think "storage" can be a good option, too.

Perikles, I only have a widemouth when yawn...