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carpetitas

English translation: doilies / coasters

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Spanish term or phrase:carpetitas
English translation:doilies / coasters
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin

12:42 Jan 8, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Spanish term or phrase: carpetitas
This is a text about artist Feliciano Cinturion, born in Paraguay and died young of AIDS in Buenos Aires. He did embroidery on blankets, first mass-produced blankets and then ones he made himself or had made .

En la obra de Feliciano Centurión, hacen eclosión sus estrellas o flores. Ha comenzado a confeccionar personalmente sus propias frazaditas a partir del clásico “escocés” que nos acompañara en nuestra infancia. Entonces, Feliciano encarga carpetitas circulares y concéntricas en crochet** y ñandutí*** a mujeres paraguayas y del litoral argentino residentes en Buenos Aires, a menudo madres y abuelas de sus amigos, sin indicarles nada en cuanto forma y color.

This is of course NOT folders. Appliques?

Many thanks
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 04:50
doilies / coasters
Explanation:
an option

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Note added at 29 mins (2020-01-08 13:11:51 GMT)
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https://www.wish.com/product/5696b7e2cbf1462a46245247?hide_l...
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Ruth Rubina
United States
Local time: 03:50
Grading comment
doilies!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4doilies / coasters
Ruth Rubina
4small rugs
José Huarancca
Summary of reference entries provided
Refs.
Taña Dalglish

Discussion entries: 2





  

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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
doilies / coasters


Explanation:
an option

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Note added at 29 mins (2020-01-08 13:11:51 GMT)
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https://www.wish.com/product/5696b7e2cbf1462a46245247?hide_l...


    https://www.wish.com/product/5696b7e2cbf1462a46245247?hide_login_modal=true&from_ad=goog_shopping&_display_country_code=US&_force_currency_c
Ruth Rubina
United States
Local time: 03:50
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
doilies!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  patinba
6 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Francisco Rodriguez
6 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Nedra Rivera Huntington: or perhaps "mats"
8 hrs
  -> Thank you, I will still prefer doilies...
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Doilies
16 hrs
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
small rugs


Explanation:
According to RAE, there is a definition of "carpeta" that is used by people in Argentina in this context.

https://dle.rae.es/carpeta

Look at definitions 7 and 8.

So basically "carpeta" would translate to rug or mat; therefore, "carpetitas" would translate to small rugs or small carpets.

Example sentence(s):
  • We use small rugs to cover the trays.

    https://dle.rae.es/carpeta
José Huarancca
Peru
Local time: 02:50
Native speaker of: Spanish
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Reference comments


39 mins
Reference: Refs.

Reference information:
https://visualaids.org/artists/feliciano-centurion
https://www.ft.com/content/ce34c7a0-ee43-11e8-89c8-d36339d83...
https://www.ceciliabrunsonprojects.com/exhibitions/feliciano...

Feliciano Centurión - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Feliciano_Centurión
Feliciano Centurión was a Paraguayan painter. Feliciano Centurión. Born. Feliciano Centurión. March 20, 1962. San Ignacio Misiones, Paraguay. Died, November 7, 1996. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Nationality, Paraguayan. Known for, Painting. Notable work. “Cielito Argentino” (“Little Argentine Sky”) “La mirada” (“The Look”) ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_v_n8b99NE
Carpeta a crochet - Mini doily crochet (instrucciones en español e inglés)

Carpeta fácil de tejer en crochet paso a paso tutorial DIY parte ...
https://www.pinterest.dk › pin
Como hacer tapete o carpeta a crochet paso a paso DIY parte 1/2 ..... 64 Mini Carpetas circulares en crochet (Patrones) Crochet Doilies, Filet Crochet, Crochet.

Could this be "mini-crochet doilies"?

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40
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