aceite de pie de buey

English translation: neat's foot oil

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Spanish term or phrase:aceite de pie de buey
English translation:neat's foot oil
Entered by: Ignacia Nieto Melgarejo (X)

03:32 Jan 18, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Spanish term or phrase: aceite de pie de buey
Hola es una partida arancelaria de Venezuela y hay una lista de productos entre ellos: aceite de pie de buey
Gracias por sus sugerencias
Ignacia Nieto Melgarejo (X)
Local time: 18:53
neat's foot oil
Explanation:
I've used this on leather.

Neat's foot oil is a yellow oil extracted from the legs of domestic animals, cattle and sheep. It is used for treating leather to keep it pliable. The best quality neat's foot oil comes from the legs of calves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neat's-foot_Oil

mineral oil , aceite mineral; ***neat's foot oil , aceite de pata de buey***; neutral oil , aceite neutro; nut oil , aceite de nuez ; olive oil , aceite de oliva; paint oil , aceite de pintura; palm oil , aceite de palma;
http://www.sapiensman.com/ESDictionary/O/Technical_vocabular...

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neat ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nt)
n. Archaic pl. neat
A cow or other domestic bovine animal.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=neat

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Note added at 4 hrs 39 mins (2006-01-18 08:11:11 GMT)
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Apparently a more common spelling is "neatsfoot oil" - there are over 42,000 references on Google with this spelling.
http://www.google.es/search?num=100&hl=en&q="neatsfoot oil"&...

Specialty Definition: NEATSFOOT OIL
Fixed, pale yellow oil with a peculiar odour; soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform, kerosine; combustible; low toxicity. Source: European Union.
Translations for "NEATSFOOT OIL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses
Spanish aceite de pata de buey (hoof oil, neat's foot oil).
http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/english...
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tazdog (X)
Spain
Local time: 00:53
Grading comment
Muchas gracias por sus valiosas sugerencias a todos los participantes. Este fue el término que se estuvo usando en otra partida arancelaria. Gracias Cindy!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4neat's foot oil
tazdog (X)
3 +2ox foot oil/ bullock foot oil/ ox leg oil (esta opción sería para pata de buey)
Gabriela Rodriguez


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
neat's foot oil


Explanation:
I've used this on leather.

Neat's foot oil is a yellow oil extracted from the legs of domestic animals, cattle and sheep. It is used for treating leather to keep it pliable. The best quality neat's foot oil comes from the legs of calves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neat's-foot_Oil

mineral oil , aceite mineral; ***neat's foot oil , aceite de pata de buey***; neutral oil , aceite neutro; nut oil , aceite de nuez ; olive oil , aceite de oliva; paint oil , aceite de pintura; palm oil , aceite de palma;
http://www.sapiensman.com/ESDictionary/O/Technical_vocabular...

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Note added at 18 mins (2006-01-18 03:51:08 GMT)
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neat ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nt)
n. Archaic pl. neat
A cow or other domestic bovine animal.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=neat

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Note added at 4 hrs 39 mins (2006-01-18 08:11:11 GMT)
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Apparently a more common spelling is "neatsfoot oil" - there are over 42,000 references on Google with this spelling.
http://www.google.es/search?num=100&hl=en&q="neatsfoot oil"&...

Specialty Definition: NEATSFOOT OIL
Fixed, pale yellow oil with a peculiar odour; soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform, kerosine; combustible; low toxicity. Source: European Union.
Translations for "NEATSFOOT OIL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses
Spanish aceite de pata de buey (hoof oil, neat's foot oil).
http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/english...

tazdog (X)
Spain
Local time: 00:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 148
Grading comment
Muchas gracias por sus valiosas sugerencias a todos los participantes. Este fue el término que se estuvo usando en otra partida arancelaria. Gracias Cindy!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henry Hinds
35 mins

agree  Rachel Fell
3 hrs

agree  Neil Crockford
5 hrs

agree  Marina Soldati
8 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ox foot oil/ bullock foot oil/ ox leg oil (esta opción sería para pata de buey)


Explanation:
The most commonly used products are cedar and ox-foot oil, Canadian balsam,
nutritive creams, lanoline, coloured waxes, bitumen and natural waxes with ...
www.unesco.org/webworld/ramp/html/r8817e/r8817e0a.htm - 43k - En caché - Páginas similares

... among others, sperm whale oil, dolphin oil, whale oil, seal oil, sardine oil,
herring oil, shark oil, codliver oil, ox foot oil, lard, horse fat. ...
l2.espacenet.com/espacenet/claims?LG=en&CY=ep&DB=EPD&PNP=US2004170658&PN=US2004170658&... - 17k - Resultado Suplementario -

NB: I have been told that ``ox leg oil'' might be the so-called neats-foot oil,
which is used in the care of harness and other leather goods. ...
clip.dia.fi.upm.es/~boris/gaita/node5.html - 11k - En caché - Páginas similares

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NOTA: las referencias son a modo de ejemplo, y debería decir *ox feet oil* or *bullock feet oil*.

Suerte!!!!!!!

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Note added at 17 hrs 36 mins (2006-01-18 21:08:52 GMT)
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NOTA: como acotó correctamente Brian debería colocarse un guión entre ox y foot: *ox-foot oil*

Gabriela Rodriguez
Argentina
Local time: 20:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carmen Schultz: muy bien, Gabita!! Saludos
3 hrs
  -> Hola Carmen, cuánto tiempo sin cruzarnos, me pone muy feliz volver a cruzarme con vos, sos una genia. Mil gracias y un abrazote!!!!!!!!!!!

agree  Brian Schwarz: I'd put a hyphen between ox and foot; ox-foot oil
15 hrs
  -> Hello Brian, nice to meet you!; you are right, I will put a note. Thank you very much and greetings from Argentina!!!!!!!!
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