touched the shell of the ear

Spanish translation: concha de la oreja

03:59 Aug 3, 2014
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English term or phrase: touched the shell of the ear
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“I’m not sure there’s a point. I’m going to have to lose the metal in my face eventually. I don’t want to be one of those forty-year-old douche bags who’s still holding on to their twenties.”
“What about the industrial?” I touched the shell of his ear.
He smiled. “Everything in the ears can stay.”

Busque en internet que shell of the ear es un cartilogo en la oreja pero no estoy segura
maleja
Colombia
Local time: 15:13
Spanish translation:concha de la oreja
Explanation:
I think this is it
Conch (Ear Cartilage) Piercings – What You Need to Know
Posted on 28 September 2012 by Karen L. Hudson

Your conch is the large, concave area in the center of your outer ear. A single piercing through this area is thus appropriately named a conch piercing, because this part of the ear closely resembles a conch shell.
http://tat2guru.com/conch-ear-cartilage-piercings-what-you-n...

(link below includes picture so you can see exactly where it is.
En el pabellón se pueden distinguir las siguientes estructuras anatómicas:
•Hélix
•Antihélix
•Trago
•Antitrago
•Lóbulo (única región del pabellón auricular que no posee cartílago)
•Concha
http://escuela.med.puc.cl/paginas/publicaciones/apuntesotorr...
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lorenab23
United States
Local time: 13:13
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Gracias por tu respuesta :D
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3 +3concha de la oreja
lorenab23
4toqué el pabellón de la oreja
Estela Quintero-Weldon


  

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concha de la oreja


Explanation:
I think this is it
Conch (Ear Cartilage) Piercings – What You Need to Know
Posted on 28 September 2012 by Karen L. Hudson

Your conch is the large, concave area in the center of your outer ear. A single piercing through this area is thus appropriately named a conch piercing, because this part of the ear closely resembles a conch shell.
http://tat2guru.com/conch-ear-cartilage-piercings-what-you-n...

(link below includes picture so you can see exactly where it is.
En el pabellón se pueden distinguir las siguientes estructuras anatómicas:
•Hélix
•Antihélix
•Trago
•Antitrago
•Lóbulo (única región del pabellón auricular que no posee cartílago)
•Concha
http://escuela.med.puc.cl/paginas/publicaciones/apuntesotorr...

lorenab23
United States
Local time: 13:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 80
Grading comment
Gracias por tu respuesta :D

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JohnMcDove: Espero que en Colombia, "concha" no tenga otras connotaciones... pero es lo que es... :-)
2 hrs
  -> Thank you John and yes I know what you mean ;-)

agree  Susana E. Cano Méndez: Si "concha" no gusta, se puede utilizar lo que propone maleja: "cartílago"
4 hrs
  -> Thank you Susan :-)

agree  GuillermoPerez: En España también se le llama "concha" a esa concavidad de la oreja.
8 hrs
  -> Thank you Guillermo!

agree  lugoben: spot on
20 hrs
  -> Thank you :-)

disagree  SabriR: Concha no, en Argentina y Uruguay es una mala palabra
1 day 8 hrs
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
toqué el pabellón de la oreja


Explanation:
Pabellón de la oreja (pabellón auricular)
http://www.guauquecosas.com/auriculoterapia/anatomia-de-la-o...

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auriculoterapia

Pabellón de la oreja
https://www.google.ca/search?q=anatomia de la oreja humana&e...


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Note added at 5 days (2014-08-08 18:33:31 GMT)
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O pabellón auricular

Example sentence(s):
  • En el pabellón auricular puede distinguirse el hélix que está encargado de delimitarlo, para finalizar en el llamado lóbulo de la oreja (cirugia de la oreja).

    Reference: http://www.plasticacolombia.com/cirugiafacial/otoplastia/la+...
    Reference: http://www.guauquecosas.com/auriculoterapia/anatomia-de-la-o...
Estela Quintero-Weldon
Canada
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Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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