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English translation: bits of iron

15:39 Aug 24, 2023

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Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings

Spanish term or phrase: fierrito

This is from a text about the work of Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña who works with bits of trash. My question here is really if fierrito is necessarily a piece of iron or if it could be applied to any metal. Also, I am not finding a nifty phrase from the dimunitive in this case (with the others in the list, I have):

Todo tipo de hebras y fragmentos declinados en diminutivo: hilitos, lanitas, palitos, plumitas, fierritos y vidriecitos atrapados entre las pesadas arenas mojadas y las orillas conquistadas por docas, esas plantas de hojas suculentas que resisten el desarraigo de las arenas. El encuentro de la mar con el río, las dos aguas. Dos veces agua, el origen etimológico ancestral de la toponimia del lugar. Ese lugar que da al ver sus basuritas. Y que fueron revisitadas, reversionadas como una vieja canción que brilla en nuestros tímpanos, como el primer Sabor a mí.

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Wendy Gosselin KudoZ activity Questions: 2022 (2 open) (215 closed without grading) Answers: 2 Argentina
Local time: 00:41

English translation:bits of iron

Explanation:
fierrito puede significar "bits of iron" según el cntexto de basuras encontradas por la artista.

Pero también hace referencia a skewers.

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Ricardo Bustamante Gaviria
Australia
Local time: 13:41

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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

(kebab) skewer

Chloë McQuarrie

3 +2

rebars

liz askew

3 +2

bits of iron

Ricardo Bustamante Gaviria

Discussion entries: 2

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

(kebab) skewer

Explanation:
According to the RAE's Diccionario de americanismos, it is a metal skewer used to cook food over a fire or on a grill.

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The term is used specifically in Chile.

Example sentence(s):

Espetón o varilla metálica con mango de madera en la que se ensartan alimentos para ser cocinados al fuego o a la parrilla, como los anticuchos. (fierro).

https://www.asale.org/damer/fierrito

Chloë McQuarrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:41
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Pretty sure that is not what she is talking about here. It is a bit of trash. Any other ideas?

51 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

rebars

Explanation:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/studebakerchamp/rebar-art/

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sorry,

or WIRES

Visualizando el ensanche del 600 con fierritos (alambre)
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com › watch
4 days ago — Visualizando el ensanche del 600 con fierritos (alambre). 1.2K views · 3 hours ago ...more. Heber Robledo. 11.8K. Subscribe.

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32 ideas de Fierritos | decoración de unas, arte en alambre ...
Pinterest
https://ar.pinterest.com › fierritos
03-may-2022 - Explora el tablero de Andrea Martens "fierritos" en Pinterest. Ver más ideas sobre decoración de unas, arte en alambre, artesanias en alambre.

so, amended answer

Wires

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here is the site:

https://ar.pinterest.com/andreamartens18/fierritos/

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:41
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 28

19 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

bits of iron

Explanation:
fierrito puede significar "bits of iron" según el cntexto de basuras encontradas por la artista.

Pero también hace referencia a skewers.

Example sentence(s):

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/spanish-english/fierro
https://www.asale.org/damer/fierrito#:~:text=II.-,1.,la%20parrilla%2C%20como%20los%20anticuchos.

Ricardo Bustamante Gaviria
Australia
Local time: 13:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

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