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poire à poudre

Spanish translation: frasco de pólvora

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French term or phrase:poire à poudre
Spanish translation:frasco de pólvora
Entered by: José Quinones

15:28 Apr 24, 2007
French to Spanish translations [PRO]
Military / Defense
French term or phrase: poire à poudre
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Etui ou poudrière, elle est souvent en forme de poire, de trapèze ou de demi-sphère. Son origine reste mal connue. La poire à poudre constitue un complément nécessaire à la bandoulière du soldat. Il est probable que les plus anciennes aient été d’abord faites avec des cornes naturelles de bœuf ou de chèvre.
Fernando Muela Sopeña
Spain
Local time: 12:51
frasco de pólvora
Explanation:
Vaso hecho regularmente de cuerno, en que se llevaba la pólvora para cargar la escopeta (RAE)
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José Quinones
Djibouti
Local time: 13:51
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Gracias a todos.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3frasco de pólvora
José Quinones
3 +1polvorera
Claude Orquevaux (X)
4polvorín / cebador
Zuli Fernandez


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
polvorera


Explanation:
creo

Claude Orquevaux (X)
Spain
Local time: 12:51
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rosana Tierno (X): ver en http://www.todocoleccion.net/polvorera-española-cuerno-s-xix...
1 hr
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
frasco de pólvora


Explanation:
Vaso hecho regularmente de cuerno, en que se llevaba la pólvora para cargar la escopeta (RAE)

José Quinones
Djibouti
Local time: 13:51
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Gracias a todos.

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agree  Lota Moncada: Con dibujo:http://es.geocities.com/capitancontreras/mosqueteros.htm
15 mins
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agree  Zaida Machuca Inostroza
4 hrs
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agree  Swatchka
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
polvorín / cebador


Explanation:
El diccionario Larousse traduce "poire à poudre" como polvorín o cebador.
En el enlace que agrego, que habla del origen y antigüedad de la marina, aparece la explicación que sigue:
"La dotación del mosquetero consistía en una bolsa de cuero con balas de plomo, un esquero o bolsín con el recado para hacer lumbre (yesca y pedernal), un frasco de pólvora forrado de terciopelo para evitar la porosidad y aislar el contenido que se colocaba cruzado y al costado izquierdo, un polvorín o cebador en el cinto, y una horquilla atada por medio de una tira de cuero de la muñeca izquierda, cuando la tropa de Marina actuaba en acciones terrestres."


    Reference: http://www.gratisweb.com/terciosdelmaroceano/origen.htm
Zuli Fernandez
Uruguay
Local time: 07:51
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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