Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
mantas blancas apaga-llamas
English translation:
white fire blankets
Added to glossary by
Wendy Gosselin
Jan 31, 2019 20:01
5 yrs ago
Spanish term
Argentina
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mantas blancas apaga-llamas
Spanish to English
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Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
THis is a material used by a contemporary Argentine artist:
El artista colgó de cinco mástiles sobre una de las paredes banderas confeccionadas con mantas blancas apaga-llamas ennegrecidas a partir de la acumulación de hollín.
Do flash suppressors have white cloths in them that get stained with soot? Or does the artist use the suppressor to stain a piece of cloth? I am not familiar with the mechanism of a flash suppressor, so can't make the leap.
Many thanks!
El artista colgó de cinco mástiles sobre una de las paredes banderas confeccionadas con mantas blancas apaga-llamas ennegrecidas a partir de la acumulación de hollín.
Do flash suppressors have white cloths in them that get stained with soot? Or does the artist use the suppressor to stain a piece of cloth? I am not familiar with the mechanism of a flash suppressor, so can't make the leap.
Many thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 4 +5 | white fire blankets |
philgoddard
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| 3 +2 | white, fire blankets |
Wendy Streitparth
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Taña Dalglish
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Proposed translations
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philgoddard
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white fire blankets
Manta is blanket, apagar is to put out, and llamas is flames.
http://extintoresmelisan.com.ar/extintores/manta-ignifuga.ph...
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Note added at 12 mins (2019-01-31 20:13:58 GMT)
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A flash suppressor is something that goes on the end of a gun.
http://extintoresmelisan.com.ar/extintores/manta-ignifuga.ph...
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Note added at 12 mins (2019-01-31 20:13:58 GMT)
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A flash suppressor is something that goes on the end of a gun.
Peer comment(s):
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Marie Wilson
: Beat me to it!
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:-)
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Wendy Streitparth
: Sorry, was looking for links
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Peter Guest
: rizando el rizo, "white fire-blankets"???? What is white fire? Forgive me, It's after dinner....
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I wouldn't spoil such a sumptuous repast with a debate about punctuation :-)
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Charles Davis
: I am always in the mood for a debate about punctuation :-) The answer to Peter's point is that without a hyphen it means a fire blanket that is white, and that a blanket for white fire would be a white-fire blanket. The absence of a hyphen is informative.
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I'm a founding member of the Hyphen Appreciation Society, but there's no such thing as a white fire, so the meaning is obvious from the context :-)
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Carol Gullidge
: No hyphen is required here! For the fire to be white in this instance, there would have to be a hyphen between "white" and "fire". A white-fire blanket would be a blanket for white fire. See the Guardian style guide on hyphenating adjectives before nouns
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!!"
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13 mins
Wendy Streitparth
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white, fire blankets
A fire blanket is a safety device designed to extinguish incipient (starting) fires.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_blanket
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_blanket
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: I m voting for your answer because you gave a definition.
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Thank you Muriel, very kind. :-)
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neilmac
: And me, just to even things up a bit :-)
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Many thanks to you too, Neil! :-)
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Reference comments
47 mins
Taña Dalglish
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http://proa.org/eng/exhibicion-proa-proa-21-un-nuevo-espacio...
Franco Basualdo. Nadie es tan bueno como para gobernar a otro, 2018
"La obra se compone de 5 banderas realizadas con mantas blancas apaga-llamas que es imposible quemarla. La combustión de solventes y pólvora en la misma produce la acumulación de hollín que la transforma en negra. Estas banderas hacen referencia a como a través de una serie de procesos sociales pueden convertir una bandera blanca (símbolo de la rendición) en una bandera negra (símbolo e ícono de la bandera anarquista). Me interesó la exposición a la intemperie y como los factores climáticos activan los procesos químicos. Porque el hollín de la bandera poco a poco va desapareciendo y la bandera puede volver a ser totalmente blanca", escribe el artista.
http://www.fundacionelmirador.org/projects/#/franco-basualdo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLtGIiso5s
http://espaciocabrera.com.ar/interno.php?nota=6893&Franco Ba...
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Flame Resistant Equipment
Flame arrester blankets, curtains for protection against sparks in theater, auditoriums, oil companies and others.
So, "white flame-arrester blankets" https://termbank.com/es/espanol-ingles/apagallamas (apaga-llamas/apagallamas)
Franco Basualdo. Nadie es tan bueno como para gobernar a otro, 2018
"La obra se compone de 5 banderas realizadas con mantas blancas apaga-llamas que es imposible quemarla. La combustión de solventes y pólvora en la misma produce la acumulación de hollín que la transforma en negra. Estas banderas hacen referencia a como a través de una serie de procesos sociales pueden convertir una bandera blanca (símbolo de la rendición) en una bandera negra (símbolo e ícono de la bandera anarquista). Me interesó la exposición a la intemperie y como los factores climáticos activan los procesos químicos. Porque el hollín de la bandera poco a poco va desapareciendo y la bandera puede volver a ser totalmente blanca", escribe el artista.
http://www.fundacionelmirador.org/projects/#/franco-basualdo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLtGIiso5s
http://espaciocabrera.com.ar/interno.php?nota=6893&Franco Ba...
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Production of fibers ATOX and APOX - Multivácuo Aeroespacial
https://www.multivacuo.com/main-page?lightbox=i06r3
Flame Resistant Equipment
Flame arrester blankets, curtains for protection against sparks in theater, auditoriums, oil companies and others.
So, "white flame-arrester blankets" https://termbank.com/es/espanol-ingles/apagallamas (apaga-llamas/apagallamas)
Discussion
a black cab driver is a cab driver who is black, whereas a black-cab driver is a driver of black cabs
See the SG under "hyphens"
So, in this case, a white-fire blanket would be a blanket for extinguishing white fires.
Which, come to think of it, might not be as crazy as all that as white heat is supposed to be the hottest, so white-fire blankets would have to be the most effective... ;)