Lienzo

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for October 12, 2009

lienzo (masculine noun (el)) — canvas. Look up lienzo in the dictionary

Un lienzo es la tela en la que se pinta un cuadro.
A canvas is the cloth that you paint a picture on.

[bobjenkins]

La vida es un lienzo creed una buena pintura

[laepelba]

A couple of questions. (I know, I know ... this term is quite straight forward. But I have a pre-disposition to create complications out of simple things!)

First of all, I looked at the definition for this term in RAE. ( http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?LEMA=lienzo ). I easily understand and can apply the first three definitions. But I don't quite follow the latter definitions that refer to buildings and walls. Can someone please give me some examples of this, and/or explain it to me in English?

Second, in English, the word "canvas" is both a noun and a verb. The meanings are closely related. We say "to canvas" when we mean to give thorough coverage to something. For example, "The police canvassed the area looking for the escaped convict." Is there a related Spanish verb?

Thanks for any input you can give me!

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by bobjenkins

La vida es un lienzo creed una buena pintura

Bob - I'm not sure about "creed". Did you mean "creado" or some other form of "crear"?

[chileno]

Originally Posted by bobjenkins

La vida es un lienzo, cread una buena pintura

creed would be for believe.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

A couple of questions. (I know, I know ... this term is quite straight forward. But I have a pre-disposition to create complications out of simple things!)

First of all, I looked at the definition for this term in RAE. ( http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?LEMA=lienzo ). I easily understand and can apply the first three definitions. But I don't quite follow the latter definitions that refer to buildings and walls. Can someone please give me some examples of this, and/or explain it to me in English?

Second, in English, the word "canvas" is both a noun and a verb. The meanings are closely related. We say "to canvas" when we mean to give thorough coverage to something. For example, "The police canvassed the area looking for the escaped convict." Is there a related Spanish verb?

Thanks for any input you can give me!

I am stomped as you are on those. I had never heard of the word lienzo applied like that.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by chileno

creed would be for believe.

Ops, hube escrito cread pero lo cambié

Originally Posted by laepelba

Bob - I'm not sure about "creed". Did you mean "creado" or some other form of "crear"?

Creed es el imperativo de creer y vosotros, pero quise escribir cread

[poli]

Originally Posted by chileno

I am stomped as you are on those. I had never heard of the word lienzo applied like that.

It's a wall made of tarps or other tent-like material used in military encampments, and not for permanent use.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by chileno

I am stomped as you are on those. I had never heard of the word lienzo applied like that.

Chileno - it is stumped, not stomped. I don't know why I find the mistake so funny. Sorry.

[Perikles]

Canvas in English can mean a lot of other things, not just lienza. It can also mean lona, tienda, vela, cañamazo, tela and cuadro. Very confusing.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Chileno - it is stumped, not stomped. I don't know why I find the mistake so funny. Sorry.

hahaha it comes from

"send a self-stomped antelope" (self stamped envelope)...

Yes. Stump is the word....

You bet is funny!!!!!!!!!!

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Chileno - it is stumped, not stomped. I don't know why I find the mistake so funny. Sorry.

Yes, I find it a little funny, too. I have a mental picture of Hernán (looking like Goofy, of course, flat as a pancake, having been stomped upon...)

Originally Posted by poli

It's a wall made of tarps or other tent-like material used in military encampments, and not for permanent use.

THANKS! That's helpful!

Originally Posted by Perikles

Canvas in English can mean a lot of other things, not just lienza. It can also mean lona, tienda, vela, cañamazo, tela and cuadro. Very confusing.

But are any of those the verb like we would use it in English (that I gave in my example)?

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by laepelba

A couple of questions. (I know, I know ... this term is quite straight forward. But I have a pre-disposition to create complications out of simple things!)

First of all, I looked at the definition for this term in RAE. ( http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?LEMA=lienzo ). I easily understand and can apply the first three definitions. But I don't quite follow the latter definitions that refer to buildings and walls. Can someone please give me some examples of this, and/or explain it to me in English?

Second, in English, the word "canvas" is both a noun and a verb. The meanings are closely related. We say "to canvas" when we mean to give thorough coverage to something. For example, "The police canvassed the area looking for the escaped convict." Is there a related Spanish verb?

Thanks for any input you can give me!

About your last question, I've looked it up in a dictionary and I've found "to canvass", but it's something related to "hacer campaña" when there are elections. Without knowing the meaning of this word in this sentence I had translated your sentence into the following: "la policía acordonó el área para buscar al convicto fugado". But I can't see any relation to the elections in my sentence

"Lienzo" is a word related to construction. You can see a "lienzo" here

http://www.andaluciaimagen.com/foto-...44633I0IA0.htm

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by laepelba

But are any of those the verb like we would use it in English (that I gave in my example)?

No. The verb to canvass means to go around asking for votes or favours or opinions. It has no (known) connection with the noun.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by laepelba

We say "to canvas" when we mean to give thorough coverage to something. For example, "The police canvassed the area looking for the escaped convict."

I am not familiar with this use of the verb, unless they mean that the police asked a lot of people whether they had seen the convict.

[CrOtALiTo]

The lienzo is a cloth right?

At least I've knowledge that the Lienzo in any parts of the Mexican Republic are used the Lienzo as a kind to cloth or at least that I'm wrong in the that I'm saying, but at least when I was in Mérida, in the zone of the stores people were buying cloth with some kind to thread in the cloth made there.

As I said before, I'm not very sure if I'm well or I'm wrong.

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Second, in English, the word "canvas" is both a noun and a verb.

Are you sure? My dictionary lists canvass as a verb, but not canvas.

Edit: hah. Didn't notice there was a page 2. Beaten to it.

[irmamar]

Yes, lienzo is a cloth. I think you are catholic; surely you've ever heard about "la Sábana Santa" (el lienzo en el que envolvieron a Jesús).

[laepelba]

You're right about my spelling mistake. It's not a verb that I would usually use in the present tense, so I have misspelled it. Here is an article that I just found about the noun "canvas" and the verb "canvass": http://www.grammar-monster.com/easil...as_canvass.htm

[poli]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Yes, lienzo is a cloth. I think you are catholic; surely you've ever heard about "la Sábana Santa" (el lienzo en el que envolvieron a Jesús).

Is that St. Veronica's veil or the shroud of Turin?