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con una ampolla

English translation: ampule /ampul

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Spanish term or phrase:con una ampolla
English translation:ampule /ampul
Entered by: jude dabo

15:48 May 27, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
Spanish term or phrase: con una ampolla
This is in survey response about a hair product ad:

"intentar hacernos creer que en 3 minutos se puede reparar el pelo con una ampolla"

I know that ambolla can refer to blister on skin, but I can't picture what it means in the context of hair (restoration). Perhaps an unknown idiom in Spanish...?
Seth Phillips
United States
Local time: 21:27
ampule /amul
Explanation:

A hermetically sealed container, usually made of glass, containing a sterile medicinal solution, or powder to be made up in solution, to be used for subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intravenous injection.

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Note added at 10 minutos (2015-05-27 15:58:39 GMT)
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ampule or ampul
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jude dabo
Local time: 02:27
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Summary of answers provided
4ampule /amul
jude dabo
3 +1with a bottle
Barbara Cochran, MFA
1with a bottle
Richard Huddleson
Summary of reference entries provided
Taña Dalglish

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ampule /amul


Explanation:

A hermetically sealed container, usually made of glass, containing a sterile medicinal solution, or powder to be made up in solution, to be used for subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intravenous injection.

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Note added at 10 minutos (2015-05-27 15:58:39 GMT)
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ampule or ampul

jude dabo
Local time: 02:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
with a bottle


Explanation:
Of whatever size or whatever it is that repairs the hair.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 21:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henry Hinds
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Henry.
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25 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
with a bottle


Explanation:
The speaker could be from a Catalan-speaking region and has ended up code-switching.

"Ampolla" in Catalan means 'bottle'.

Not 100% though. Good luck!

Richard Huddleson
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Reference comments


5 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference

Reference information:
https://www.google.com.jm/search?q=ampoule for hair&rlz=1C1T...
hair/scalp treatment ampoules

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  psicutrinius: could be "vial" or "phial" (though I believe the last to be at least somewhat "aged")
4 mins
  -> Thank you. Most links that I looked at refer to "ampoules" https://makeupnbeyond.wordpress.com/tag/maxfactor/
agree  Wendy Streitparth
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Wendy.
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