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Old July 11, 2009, 05:19 PM
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Hubcaps or wheel covers

What is the correct/best term for hubcaps or wheel covers in Spanish (and in different countries)?

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México: Tapones
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Old July 11, 2009, 10:24 PM
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It mean Tapones de rin.

I hope this can help you.


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¿Tapacubos es una palabra con este significado?
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Tapacubos means other things very different to the first question.
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Tapones (México)
Tapacubos (España)
Tapabocinas (PR)
Tazas (Venezuela)
Copas (Colombia)
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Tapones (México)
Tapacubos (España)
Tapabocinas (PR)
Tazas (Venezuela)
Copas (Colombia)
I didn't know that.


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Tapacubos es la palabra correcta en España. Y como se les llama a las llantas en English ? Y a las cubiertas de las ruedas o neumáticos.
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Tapacubos es la palabra correcta en España. Y como se les llama a las llantas en English ? Y a las cubiertas de las ruedas o neumáticos.
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Creo que las llantas significan "tires (us) / tyres (uk)"
Realmente su nombre correcto es "pneumatic tires", pero se les llama sólo a las llantas "tires/tyres"

No estoy seguro de que ese objeto "la cubierta de la rueda".
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spain: llantas or tapacubos
usually you call "llantas" the good ones, for expensive cars and tuning, and tapacubos the poor ones, whic are only a tiny cover.
for eample, your photo is a "llanta".

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What is the correct/best term for hubcaps or wheel covers in Spanish (and in different countries)?

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In UK we tend to use plastic wheel trims, rather than metal hubcaps
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Yes, it's not weir in my country here also we used the metal hubcaps.
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Yes, it's not weird in my country here also we used the metal hubcaps.
Hay muchos coches aquí tambien, los cuales tienen tapacubos de metal y de plástico

Cro, ¿hay tapacubos/tapones que giran en México? Aquí les llamamos a los tapacubos "spinners"

A veces me dan un doler de cabeza, es raro que sigan girar después del coche ha dejado mover/viene al sémaforo
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En España de plástico nada, ahora están de moda las llantas de aleación (no sé qué metales la componen). Y de esas que giran solas no tengo ni idea, no las he visto nunca.

Estoy de acuerdo con Sosia: llantas - buenas, tapacubos - baratitos
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