Glossary entry (derived from question below)
español term or phrase:
Descalzadora
inglés translation:
low seat (convenient for changing footwear)
Added to glossary by
Bubo Coroman (X)
May 24, 2008 10:11
16 yrs ago
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español term
Descalzadora
español al inglés
Técnico/Ingeniería
Publicidad / Relaciones públicas
Furniture
Some kind of furniture item. On google images they seem to range from footstools to small armchairs.
"Descalzadora de líneas y suaves formas que completa la decoración de los espacios clásicos"
"Descalzadora de líneas y suaves formas que completa la decoración de los espacios clásicos"
Proposed translations
(inglés)
| 4 | low seat (convenient for changing footwear) |
Bubo Coroman (X)
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| 4 +1 | footstool |
David Hollywood
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| 4 | ottoman |
Jaimie Boyd
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| 3 | commode |
liz askew
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Change log
May 25, 2008 17:50: Bubo Coroman (X) Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
11 horas
Selected
low seat (convenient for changing footwear)
looking at the pictures in Google many of the descalzadoras seem to be of a low height to avoid bending too far to reach one's feet.
http://images.google.es/images?um=1&hl=es&q=descalzadora&btn...
Just out of interest there is this piece of furniture especially designed to sit on while changing footwear, with an attached footrest:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7036887.html
http://images.google.es/images?um=1&hl=es&q=descalzadora&btn...
Just out of interest there is this piece of furniture especially designed to sit on while changing footwear, with an attached footrest:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7036887.html
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Sod it - I'm going to call it "low chair" and that's that! Thanks to everyone for the help on this thorny issue :)"
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2 minutos
David Hollywood
Native in inglés
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: inglés
Works in: español al inglés, alemán al inglés
Related KudoZ points
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47
footstool
has to be ..
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or: foot rest
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-05-24 10:17:27 GMT)
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Discontinued Foot rest with adjustable tilt and height. Foot control to rock or lock in place. With Microban® product protection. ...
www.fellowes.com/fellowes/site/products/productssubcategory... - 42k - Cached - Similar pages
FootrestAdjustable footrest by 3M positions your feet for optimum position to help avoid injury associated with workstation discomfort.
www.fentek-ind.com/footrest.htm - 25k - Cached - Similar pages
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or: foot rest
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-05-24 10:17:27 GMT)
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Discontinued Foot rest with adjustable tilt and height. Foot control to rock or lock in place. With Microban® product protection. ...
www.fellowes.com/fellowes/site/products/productssubcategory... - 42k - Cached - Similar pages
FootrestAdjustable footrest by 3M positions your feet for optimum position to help avoid injury associated with workstation discomfort.
www.fentek-ind.com/footrest.htm - 25k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Egmont
35 minutos
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| agree |
Rosa Elena Lozano Arton
1 hora
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| neutral |
DLyons
: As neilmac says Google images gives many hits on items I wouldn't call footstools!
3 horas
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| disagree |
liz askew
: I think this furniture is aimed at your non-average, non-ordinary person who doesn't do their shopping in Woolworths/Argos/the equivalent in the USA :-)
5 horas
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take your point liz and on vera :)
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4 horas
commode
Well, this picture certainly looks like one!
http://valladolid.loquo.com/pe/for-sale/furniture-appliance/...
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Mind you!
Vaya, y yo en pijama. Justo ahora que el tapicero ha llegado a mi ciudad (espero que tengan otra cinta donde digan localidad o pueblo, porque tal y como está expresado es poco portable). De todas formas el muy pillo se guarda lo mejor para el final: la descalzadora. ¿Qué demonios es una descalzadora?
La palabra no aparece en el diccionario de la RAE, pero tras unas cuantas búsquedas llego a la conclusión de que se trata de una especie de pequeña butaca de cuatro patas que se coloca en los dormitorios y que sirve, como su descriptivo nombre indica, para calzarse y descalzarse, sentado en ella. Vaya, sin duda es un mueble útil. He estado a nada de bajar a hablar con el tapicero y preguntarle cúantas descalzadoras lleva tapizadas en su carrera. Porque vamos, tener un mueble sólo para descalzarse manda huevos. Prefiero antes de eso tener una escupidera, cuyo uso es mucho más intuitivo y en tres lapos la amortizas.
Pero la guinda llega justo después: … y toda clase de muebles. ¡Haber empezado por ahí! ¿Para qué tenías que masacrar nuestros oídos con una sarta de mobiliario tapizable cuando eres capaz de tapizarlo todo? ¿Para qué tanto dolor a a esa hora tan temprana? :-(
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I still think this is a commode as the vast majority of sites with "descalcadora" on describe them as "preciosa/elegante" and some are even on antique sites and are French...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-05-24 15:06:44 GMT)
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But, here is another example of "descalzadora"...
something much more sophisticated than a footstool/commode!!
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:zI-XWqkH8h0J:www.todoco...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-05-24 15:10:31 GMT)
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The more I look, they are either
Antique chairs/armchairs/stools
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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-05-24 15:12:34 GMT)
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Great picture here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PRECIOSA-DESCALZADORA-ESTILO-FRANCES_W...
Reminds me of what Louis XIV/XVI
might have had in his bedroom!
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Here we are
Louis XVI armchair/footrest
Massant.com - Home
Louis XVI Rhine Valley Armchair, » model : MLT01 Louis XVI à la Boromini bed, » model : MLT03 ... Louis XVI Fireside armchair and footrest by Sené ...
www.massant.com/FO/COL_Collection.asp?NODE=12 - 37k - Cached - Similar pages
Footstool/commode
is not really the thing here, now is it? :-) :-)
http://valladolid.loquo.com/pe/for-sale/furniture-appliance/...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-05-24 15:04:01 GMT)
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Mind you!
Vaya, y yo en pijama. Justo ahora que el tapicero ha llegado a mi ciudad (espero que tengan otra cinta donde digan localidad o pueblo, porque tal y como está expresado es poco portable). De todas formas el muy pillo se guarda lo mejor para el final: la descalzadora. ¿Qué demonios es una descalzadora?
La palabra no aparece en el diccionario de la RAE, pero tras unas cuantas búsquedas llego a la conclusión de que se trata de una especie de pequeña butaca de cuatro patas que se coloca en los dormitorios y que sirve, como su descriptivo nombre indica, para calzarse y descalzarse, sentado en ella. Vaya, sin duda es un mueble útil. He estado a nada de bajar a hablar con el tapicero y preguntarle cúantas descalzadoras lleva tapizadas en su carrera. Porque vamos, tener un mueble sólo para descalzarse manda huevos. Prefiero antes de eso tener una escupidera, cuyo uso es mucho más intuitivo y en tres lapos la amortizas.
Pero la guinda llega justo después: … y toda clase de muebles. ¡Haber empezado por ahí! ¿Para qué tenías que masacrar nuestros oídos con una sarta de mobiliario tapizable cuando eres capaz de tapizarlo todo? ¿Para qué tanto dolor a a esa hora tan temprana? :-(
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-05-24 15:05:32 GMT)
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I still think this is a commode as the vast majority of sites with "descalcadora" on describe them as "preciosa/elegante" and some are even on antique sites and are French...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-05-24 15:06:44 GMT)
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But, here is another example of "descalzadora"...
something much more sophisticated than a footstool/commode!!
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:zI-XWqkH8h0J:www.todoco...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-05-24 15:10:31 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
The more I look, they are either
Antique chairs/armchairs/stools
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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-05-24 15:12:34 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Great picture here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PRECIOSA-DESCALZADORA-ESTILO-FRANCES_W...
Reminds me of what Louis XIV/XVI
might have had in his bedroom!
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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-05-24 15:15:15 GMT)
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Here we are
Louis XVI armchair/footrest
Massant.com - Home
Louis XVI Rhine Valley Armchair, » model : MLT01 Louis XVI à la Boromini bed, » model : MLT03 ... Louis XVI Fireside armchair and footrest by Sené ...
www.massant.com/FO/COL_Collection.asp?NODE=12 - 37k - Cached - Similar pages
Footstool/commode
is not really the thing here, now is it? :-) :-)
Note from asker:
| Aren't commodes sort of mobile toilets for aged or incontinent people? The photo certainly looks like what I saw on google. |
| In English, a "commode" can refer either to a toilet more precisely, or a kind of bureau. The word comes from French, where the adjective "commode" means "convenient" or "agreeable," and the noun refers to a piece of furniture with drawers. ... |
5 horas
Jaimie Boyd
Canadá
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Native in: inglés 
Works in: español al inglés, francés al inglés
ottoman
Calling it an ottoman rather than a footstool definitely implies that the thing is fairly chic; I don't know if this term is used in the UK, but it is fairly common in North America.
Reference:
Note from asker:
| They also do "otomanes" which is another item. Thanks anyway ,) |
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