Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
alpaca
English translation:
nickel silver
Added to glossary by
Maria-Teresa Zenteno
Jan 13, 2014 15:29
10 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Canada
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alpaca
Spanish to English
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Mining & Minerals / Gems
Quisiera saber si puedo traducir "alpaca" como "plata", o no.
La piedra del colgante es en lapis lazuli y el metal es alpaca.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | nickel silver |
Charles Davis
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| 4 +1 | nickel silver |
Claudia Luque Bedregal
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| 4 | alpaca / nickel silver |
erowe
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| 4 | Alpaca silver or Nickel silver |
Mariano Guirao Davis
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Proposed translations
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nickel silver
"Nickel silver, German silver,[1] Argentan,[1] new silver,[1] nickel brass,[2] albata,[3] alpacca,[4] or electrum[5] is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc.[6] Nickel silver is named for its silvery appearance, but it contains no elemental silver unless plated."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver
"La alpaca, plata alemana, metal blanco, plata nueva o argentán es una aleación ternaria compuesta por zinc (8 a 45 por ciento), cobre (45 a 70 por ciento) y níquel (8 a 20 por ciento), con un color y brillo parecido al de la plata, muy semejante a la plata real."
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpaca_(aleación)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver
"La alpaca, plata alemana, metal blanco, plata nueva o argentán es una aleación ternaria compuesta por zinc (8 a 45 por ciento), cobre (45 a 70 por ciento) y níquel (8 a 20 por ciento), con un color y brillo parecido al de la plata, muy semejante a la plata real."
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpaca_(aleación)
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Comment: "Thank you, Charles!"
+1
6 mins
Claudia Luque Bedregal
Italy
Italy
Native in Spanish
Italy
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
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19
nickel silver
alpaca = metal blanco
1. m. Aleación de color, brillo y dureza semejantes a los de la plata, que ordinariamente se obtiene mezclando cobre, níquel y cinc.
1. m. Aleación de color, brillo y dureza semejantes a los de la plata, que ordinariamente se obtiene mezclando cobre, níquel y cinc.
Note from asker:
| Gracias Claudia por tu ayuda. MTZ |
7 mins
alpaca / nickel silver
Alloy of copper, zinc and nickel. Silver-colored, tarnish-resistant. Often called "nickel silver." Clean with any brass cleaning solution or commercial metal-brightening product.
http://www.richmondvillages.com/products/materials.htm
en.mimi.hu › Jewelry
Alpaca (or alpacca) is an alloy of 65% copper, 19% zinc, 14% nickel and 2% silver. Alpaca , used as a base metal and heavily plated with silver,
http://www.richmondvillages.com/products/materials.htm
en.mimi.hu › Jewelry
Alpaca (or alpacca) is an alloy of 65% copper, 19% zinc, 14% nickel and 2% silver. Alpaca , used as a base metal and heavily plated with silver,
Note from asker:
| Gracias Erowe! |
10 mins
Mariano Guirao Davis
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
&
English
Spain
Technical translation patents, specs etc
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Alpaca silver or Nickel silver
Alpaca silver is a metal alloy of copper with nickel and often but not always zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc. It is named alpaca silver for its silvery appearance, but contains no elemental silver unless plated. (from http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-alpaca-silver);
Nickel silver, German silver,[1] Argentan,[1] new silver,[1] nickel brass,[2] albata,[3] alpacca,[4] or electrum[5] is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc.[6] Nickel silver is named for its silvery appearance, but it contains no elemental silver unless plated. (from Wikipedia)
Nickel silver, German silver,[1] Argentan,[1] new silver,[1] nickel brass,[2] albata,[3] alpacca,[4] or electrum[5] is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc.[6] Nickel silver is named for its silvery appearance, but it contains no elemental silver unless plated. (from Wikipedia)
Note from asker:
| Gracias Mariano! |
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