Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
catalytic converter
Spanish translation:
"Convertidor Catalítico"
Added to glossary by
Carmen Hernaiz
Jun 30, 2000 23:03
23 yrs ago
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English term
Spain
Translation, proofreading, editing.
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Catalan to Spanish
catalytic converter
English to Spanish
Other
...our car had a CATALYTIC CONVERTER that meant it would only drink unleaded fuel... Necesito saber cómo se llama al 'catalytic converter' de un coche, en España. Gracias de antemano, Carmen.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 0 | "Convertidor Catalítico" |
JASO
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| 0 | catalizador |
Anthony Rivas
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| 0 | "convertidor catali'tico de tres vi'as" |
Baruch Avidar
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| 0 | convertidor catalítico |
Gonzalo Tutusaus
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| 0 | catalizador |
Paul García
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Proposed translations
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"Convertidor Catalítico"
Filtrador que disminuye la emisión de gases venenosos en los automoviles (coches, autos etc)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gracias a todos!!"
1 hr
Anthony Rivas
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Spanish
United States
Affordable Fast Accurate Turnarounds
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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46
catalizador
Diccionario Oxford Ingles-Espanol es la fuente. Catalizador es el nombre de la pieza en Espana.
2 hrs
Baruch Avidar
Israel
Israel
Native in English
&
Spanish
Israel
B.Sc.(Mec.Eng.), MBA(Markting), Mil.(R)
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, English to Spanish, and 9 more.
Related KudoZ points
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298
"convertidor catali'tico de tres vi'as"
Es un dispositivo que vuelve a los cilindros gases de combustible y de lubricante no completamente quemados. Su funcio'on es prevenir la contaminacio'on del ambiente.
Vehi'culos con convertidor catali'tico consumen combustible sin plomo.
Suerte!
Vehi'culos con convertidor catali'tico consumen combustible sin plomo.
Suerte!
4 hrs
Gonzalo Tutusaus
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Spanish
Netherlands
Asset Management Specialist
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Dutch to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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2176
convertidor catalítico
Carmen, this is a widely used term. In order to make sure, an Internet search for convertidor catalítico yields more than 500 hits. Even if you limit your search with, for example, "vehículo" and "combustible", you get more than 100 hits. Below you have an pretty informative link (where you can see the difference between "catalizador" and "convertidor catalítico").
Un saludo.
Un saludo.
9 hrs
Paul García
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Spanish
United States
calidad y rapidez / quality and speed
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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274
catalizador
In garages, that's what mechanics call it. Given the tone and level of the text, that's the way I'd go. Engineers have other terms, none of which would be needed here.
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