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shoe

Aug 11, 2009, 6:52 AM

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Anyone know the Spanish word for finial?

I was in Home Depot asking to see what they had and since I did not know the Spanish word I drew it and they said they did not have any (after 3 people tried to figure out what I drew).

My local hardware store has one type but I am looking for others. The people at the hardware store do not know what to call them either. Once I wanted a kitchen sink drain/strainer as mine had broken, they did not know the word for it either but it was on the box. Their finials come in a plain box and they order them by a picture.

Interesting how descriptive this language is as I find things described many times and a word for them unknown. "Maztique" (putty) is another one that only the glass/mirror places knew. Of course they do not have any nor do they use it in Mexico since silicone came about or so I am told.

In case you do not know a finial is: a decorative, terminal part at the tip of a spire, gable, lamp shade support, etc., or projecting upward from the top of a cabinet, breakfront, etc.

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shoe

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La Isla

Aug 11, 2009, 10:06 AM

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Re: [shoe] Finial

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I may have found the word you're looking for though there's no guarantee that the people in your local hardware store will be familiar with it. After looking through a "Diccionario de Artes Plásticas" I have in the house and checking a few words in the Collins on-line dictionary, this is what I've come up with:

remate sm 1 (=cabo) end
(=punta) tip, point
[+de edificio, mueble] ornamental top

By the way, here's the link for the very useful Collins dictionary website: http://dictionary.reverso.net/