anybody here speak spanish?


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05/08/2007 2:14 am
this is kinda of a last resort but im supposed to do a "how to" project for spanish and you can probably guess what i'm doing.

i cant find the translation for -
pick/plectrum (noun)
pickup (i was thinking of just calling it a micrófono)
chord
and the action of picking a string (verb)

if u know any other words i didnt ask for but you think i'd need, feel free to say em. but i kinda need sum quick replies, as i said - this is kinda of a last resort.
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05/08/2007 2:19 am
I think its freetranslation.com or freetranslator.com , but thats the site I used to get through 2 years of Italian, got b's both years.
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05/08/2007 2:24 am
ive tried english -> spanish translation sites but for these words whenever i go spanish -> english to check the definition, they mean something different.

like pickup ended up meaning harvest :confused:
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05/08/2007 2:56 am
Some words orginated in English and they never went over to other languages. Often times I'll hear my dad talking to my uncle about work and he'll say english words every now and then for that. Could be the same for pickup or other guitar related terms.
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05/08/2007 3:46 am
This may not help at all, but the verb "tocar" is "to play," when referring to an instrument. So I play is toco, he/she plays is toca, etc.

And that's about the extent of my Spanish knowledge. :p
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05/08/2007 9:45 am
I'm studying Spanish at uni, but I've only been doing it for ten weeks, so we haven't gotten onto tech talk yet... :p But yeah, there's the tocar verb like Brendon said - if I'm not mistaken, "I play the electric guitar" is Yo toco la guitarra eléctrico (hopefully I put the accent in the right place :o). Don't know anything else relevant, but I suggest running an advanced web search for some guitar sites in Spanish - perhaps one will have a diagram of a guitar with the parts labelled or something. If that fails, keep trying the online translators, but try to find a Spanish-specific one.
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05/08/2007 9:41 pm
Originally Posted by: purethis is kinda of a last resort but im supposed to do a "how to" project for spanish and you can probably guess what i'm doing.

i cant find the translation for -
pick/plectrum (noun)
pickup (i was thinking of just calling it a micrófono)
chord
and the action of picking a string (verb)

if u know any other words i didnt ask for but you think i'd need, feel free to say em. but i kinda need sum quick replies, as i said - this is kinda of a last resort.

I am native Spanish.
Plectrum = vitela or púa
Pickup = Pastillas or micrófonos
Chord = Acorde
String picking = tocar la cuerda
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05/08/2007 9:54 pm
Man. I wish I was good at spanish. I'm in my 4th year of spanish. (or 5th maybe?) Anyways, I pull off A's and B's in the classes, but unfortunately I don't feel like I've really learned anything. It's really hard to keep your knowledge fresh when you're not speaking the language all of the time.
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05/09/2007 2:45 am
thanks to everyone especially equator
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05/09/2007 3:29 am
Originally Posted by: purethis is kinda of a last resort but im supposed to do a "how to" project for spanish and you can probably guess what i'm doing.

i cant find the translation for -
pick/plectrum (noun)
pickup (i was thinking of just calling it a micrófono)
chord
and the action of picking a string (verb)

if u know any other words i didnt ask for but you think i'd need, feel free to say em. but i kinda need sum quick replies, as i said - this is kinda of a last resort.


In spanish the thing would be:

Pick: plumilla or púa
Pickup: that's pastilla (pastilla is also pill but that's how we call pickups too)
Chord: indeed is "Acorde"
Picking string: is "tocando la cuerda"

now and example...

take the pick with your thumb and index finger...
"toma la plumilla con tu dedo pulgar e índice"

the long thing with small metal dots under the strings are called pickups
"las cosas largas con puntos metálicos bajo las cuerdas se llaman pastillas"

In order to make a chord sound good you must place your fingers in the right notes
"para que un acorde suene bien debes de colocar tus dedos en las notas correctas"

Picking string makes the guitar to resonate
"tocar la cuerda hace resonar a la guitarra"

Hope still at good time bro.

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05/10/2007 1:54 am
thanks guys. i got a 62/75 cuz i used the wrong verb a couple times. i got stupid and thought haber meant "to have" but thats tener's meaning. hah. well its all good. thanks again.
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