Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

hierro mozo

English translation:

gunmetal grey

Added to glossary by Roxane Dow
Mar 5, 2011 00:54
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

hierro mozo

Spanish to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Carpet colors
Letter in Spanish spoken in U.S. (person's origin is unknown)

Se me ha formado una mancha grandisima en lo que es el comedor. Primero se sentia mojado y despues se empezo a manchar como si fuera un color de hierro mozo. Esa parte de alli ya estaba bien manchada cuando yo me mude aqui pero yo le habia dada shampoo con una maquina y se habia aclarado bastante.

Proposed translations

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gunmetal grey

I'm reading mozo as DRAE 7 "cuelgacapas". Hence, the colour of a wire coathanger.
Peer comment(s):

agree Bubo Coroman (X)
3 hrs
Thanks Deborah.
neutral teju : La definición de la DRAE para cuelgacapas dice "mueble para colgar capas y otras prendas", no se refiere a la percha.
9 hrs
Thanks teju, you're quite right. I did think of a more "woody" colour based on that but decided on a metallic colour eventually.
agree Suzanne Donnelly : If it's a "mozo de hierro" it would refer to a wrought iron stand, hence the gunmetal grey.
19 hrs
Thanks Suzanne.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Muchas gracias - this was a tough one."
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dark gray

This is hard to understand but I think they mean to say hierro bien oscuro which would be a dark gray or dark silver.
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14 hrs

reddish-brown oxide

Creo que se refiere al color del hierro al oxidarse. Es otra posibilidad
Peer comment(s):

neutral DLyons : Quite possible. I considered it but went with grey for no very convincing reason.
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