Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
gancho de palo
English translation:
hooked stick
Added to glossary by
liz askew
Apr 6, 2011 19:39
13 yrs ago
Spanish term
United States
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Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
gancho de palo
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Navarre: 18th century // Essay by Julio Caro Baroja
The context here is a description of a physical altercation in 18th century Navarre:
La discusión se puso grave y Etchebarren descargó la rastra “con violencia y de authoridad propia”, echando de mala manera los helechos. Después, se marchó y cuando Garratxia con su hijo Felipe Manuel se dispuso a cargar de nuevo la rastra, volvió Etchebarren con un **gancho de palo** e intentó darle un golpe en la cabeza.
La discusión se puso grave y Etchebarren descargó la rastra “con violencia y de authoridad propia”, echando de mala manera los helechos. Después, se marchó y cuando Garratxia con su hijo Felipe Manuel se dispuso a cargar de nuevo la rastra, volvió Etchebarren con un **gancho de palo** e intentó darle un golpe en la cabeza.
Proposed translations
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| 3 | hooked stick |
liz askew
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| 4 | pole hook |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 3 | (hooked) wooden staff |
Edward Tully
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References
| for the moment |
liz askew
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Change log
Apr 10, 2011 16:32: liz askew changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/55340">Robert Forstag's</a> old entry - "gancho de palo"" to ""hooked stick""
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hooked stick
well, on further reading of the Asturian site, it seems to be a hook made from a branch of a tree, so..
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a billhook would be horrendous, also I don't know whether they were even invented in the 18th Century!!
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a billhook would be horrendous, also I don't know whether they were even invented in the 18th Century!!
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Comment: "A stick containing "a hook that can be used to bend branches within reach" seems to be what fits the context here. Thank you, Liz. Thanks also to Jenni and Edward."
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Edward Tully
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Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: Spanish to English
(hooked) wooden staff
I'm not sure that the "hooked" part is necessary for the purposes of the text - this suggestion would be clear to the final reader...
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pole hook
Whether it was connected to a pole I don't know, but this would make sense in any case as until quite recently the wooden shafts of tools were replaced and one often saw the metal sections stored or stashed in various locations.
Reference comments
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Reference:
for the moment
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bss9Kw7...
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I can only think of billhook at the moment
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gUa2MSr...
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Or
Diccionario nuevo y completo de las lenguas española e inglesa, ... - Google Books Result
Tomás Conelly ((O.P.)), Tomás Higgins ((O.P.)), Imprenta Real (Madrid) - 1797 - 617 pages
A stick with a hook at the end. Horquilla , especie de palo con un gancho á la punta para derribar nueces. NÚTOIL. s. Oil extracted from nuts. ...
books.google.co.uk/books?id=jjJP5aAkfVsC
stick hook
anyway, hope this helps
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Collecting | Grow a tree with BTCV
A stick with a hook can be used to bend branches within reach – but not too ... The first nuts to fall are often empty and mice will clear up any full ones ...
treegrowing.btcv.org.uk/grow/collecting - Cached
SINGLELEAF PINYON
branches into stirring sticks for mixing pine nut soup. Pinyon pitch is melted and applied ... reach ages of more than 600 years, some of the tribal pinyon gathering sites have ... The first method is to use a hooked stick that brings ...
plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_pimo.pd
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Note added at 9 mins (2011-04-06 19:48:47 GMT)
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I can only think of billhook at the moment
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gUa2MSr...
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Note added at 11 mins (2011-04-06 19:50:47 GMT)
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Or
Diccionario nuevo y completo de las lenguas española e inglesa, ... - Google Books Result
Tomás Conelly ((O.P.)), Tomás Higgins ((O.P.)), Imprenta Real (Madrid) - 1797 - 617 pages
A stick with a hook at the end. Horquilla , especie de palo con un gancho á la punta para derribar nueces. NÚTOIL. s. Oil extracted from nuts. ...
books.google.co.uk/books?id=jjJP5aAkfVsC
stick hook
anyway, hope this helps
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Note added at 16 mins (2011-04-06 19:55:47 GMT)
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Collecting | Grow a tree with BTCV
A stick with a hook can be used to bend branches within reach – but not too ... The first nuts to fall are often empty and mice will clear up any full ones ...
treegrowing.btcv.org.uk/grow/collecting - Cached
SINGLELEAF PINYON
branches into stirring sticks for mixing pine nut soup. Pinyon pitch is melted and applied ... reach ages of more than 600 years, some of the tribal pinyon gathering sites have ... The first method is to use a hooked stick that brings ...
plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_pimo.pd
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