Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 24, 2005 20:49
19 yrs ago
2 viewers *
English term
Argentina
Accurate, reliable, fast, cost-effective
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
checks (in this context)
English to Spanish
Other
Construction / Civil Engineering
La oración dice (es parte de una garantía):
"We will repair, replace, or refund the purchase and installation price of the defective portion of our siding that blisters, **checks**, crazes, flakes, peels or weathers unevenly due to a defect in our manufacturing process."
¿puede ser que se "marque"? La verdad que mucho no me convence, pero no se me ocurre otra cosa...
"We will repair, replace, or refund the purchase and installation price of the defective portion of our siding that blisters, **checks**, crazes, flakes, peels or weathers unevenly due to a defect in our manufacturing process."
¿puede ser que se "marque"? La verdad que mucho no me convence, pero no se me ocurre otra cosa...
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 5 +4 | cracks |
Ismael Torres
|
| 4 | desconchado, astillado |
lalinded
|
Proposed translations
+4
7 mins
Ismael Torres
Native in Spanish
Efficient Resourceful Confidential
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Selected
cracks
'cracks or breaks'
Merriam Webster Dictionary;
9 : to make checks or chinks : cause to crack *the sun checks timber*
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 8 mins (2005-01-24 20:58:11 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
QUIEBRA
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 9 mins (2005-01-24 20:58:51 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
AGRIETA
Merriam Webster Dictionary;
9 : to make checks or chinks : cause to crack *the sun checks timber*
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 8 mins (2005-01-24 20:58:11 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
QUIEBRA
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 9 mins (2005-01-24 20:58:51 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
AGRIETA
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
María Eugenia Wachtendorff
38 mins
|
| agree |
bigedsenior
: grieta
1 hr
|
| agree |
Maria Carla Di Giacinti
2 hrs
|
| agree |
Silvina Jover-Cirillo (X)
6 hrs
|
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I used "agrieta". Thanks everyone for your help! "
12 mins
desconchado, astillado
De www.wordreference.com
check, chink
make cracks or chinks in
crack, check, break
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
y el sustantivo:
check, chip
a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 13 mins (2005-01-24 21:03:37 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Perdón, me despisté, los verbos correspondientes serían desconcharse o astillarse
check, chink
make cracks or chinks in
crack, check, break
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
y el sustantivo:
check, chip
a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 13 mins (2005-01-24 21:03:37 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Perdón, me despisté, los verbos correspondientes serían desconcharse o astillarse
Discussion
Gracias por el inter�s :)