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gotera - feminine noun (la), drip, leak. Look up gotera in the dictionary

Una gotera en la regadera puede desperdiciar miles de litros de agua al año.
A leaky shower can waste thousands of liters of water every year.
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Old June 03, 2008, 05:33 AM
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An amusing use of Spanglish I have heard is:
El rufo tiene un liqueo. (el techo tiene una gotera)
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I thought regadera meant watering can, I had never heard it used as ducha. Live and learn.
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I have heard

gotera = dropper

Es posible?

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A dropper is called un cuentagotas over here. Nice word, isn't it?
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¡Es la única forma de contar gotas!! Creo que tiene sentido la palabra aunque yo nunca la había escuchado!

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An amusing use of Spanglish I have heard is:
El rufo tiene un liqueo. (el techo tiene una gotera)
Also, El rufo está liqueando.

Otra (para que los españoles adivinen a qué se refiere): La loca está rota.
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I thought regadera meant watering can, I had never heard it used as ducha. Live and learn.
Regadera is shower in Mexico at least. I don't know about any of the other countries in the Americas.
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A shower es la ducha en Centroamérica. At least we have the same word for a leak in the roof.

There are other leaks:
agujero (en un contenedor)
escape (de gas o líquido)
filtración (de información)

Gotero and cuentagotas are the words for a dropper.
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David, when you say la loca you mean the lock?
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A dropper is called un cuentagotas over here. Nice word, isn't it?
Me recuerda escalofrio, parabrisas, pasamontañas, paraguas . . . me encantan estas palabras. Me parecen los kennings de sagas alemanes.
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A dropper is called un cuentagotas over here. Nice word, isn't it?

Me recuerda escalofrio, parabrisas, pasamontañas, paraguas . . . me encantan estas palabras. Me parecen los kennings de sagas alemanes.
a mi me gusta traspié.
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David, when you say la loca you mean the lock?
Yep. .
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