Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Apr 22, 2008 12:06
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Spanish term
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English
barilla
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This is a character clue in a game similar to "Where's Wally?". I have no idea what the person described here is doing and unfortunately the client cannot supply me with any visuals to help. Does anyone know what "barilla" might be? I've looked everywhere to no avail. I'm confused! Help!
"Y este para que querra meter esa barilla al edificio."
"Y este para que querra meter esa barilla al edificio."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | rod |
Giovanni Rengifo
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| 5 | stick |
VanesaCS
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| 4 | Barilla |
Ruth Rubina
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Proposed translations
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Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Colombia
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Colombia
Traductores Oficiales Cali
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 2 more.
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Spanish term (edited):
varilla
Selected
rod
I think it's probably "rod" what they're referring to.
To be honest, I didn't know there was also a "barilla" with the meaning provided by Ruth. Interesting!
To be honest, I didn't know there was also a "barilla" with the meaning provided by Ruth. Interesting!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I think you're write. This was probably a typo and they probably meant "varilla" with "v"...but I never did receive the visual so I had to flag this as a guess to the client!"
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Ruth Rubina
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
Accurate, confidential, reliable.
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Hebrew 
, Spanish
Works in: Hebrew to English, Spanish to English, English to Hebrew, and 2 more.
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8
Barilla
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Barilla
Barilla refers to several species of salt-tolerant ("halophyte") plants that, until the 19th Century, were the primary source of soda ash and hence (we now know) of sodium carbonate. The word "barilla" was also used directly to refer to the soda ash obtained from plant sources. The word is an anglicization of the Spanish word for "saltwort" plants (a particular category of halophytes).
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Browse
Barilla
(n.)
The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes.
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(n.)
Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp.
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(n.)
A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.
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WordNet 2.0 Browse
barilla
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Noun
1. bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
(synonym) saltwort, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda
(hypernym) shrub, bush
2. Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate
(synonym) Halogeton souda
(hypernym) herb, herbaceous plant
(member-holonym) genus Halogeton
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Spanish term (edited):
varilla
stick
spelling mistake, it should be varilla not barilla
Discussion
s. barrilla, almarjo, barilla,(álcali obtenido de plantas acuáticas)
Plants from which soda is produced?