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tombola

English translation: mixer

13:05 Oct 17, 2020
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
Swedish term or phrase: tombola
A list of "Dammande arbete med kvartshaltigt material" contains this:

"Användning av tombola, blandning av betong från säck".

What does the Spanish word "tombola" mean here?

Thank you in advance!
Landsknecht
Ukraine
Local time: 19:50
English translation:mixer
Explanation:
This is a concrete mixer of the barrel type that is often mounted on a heavy-duty truck. The same word is used for those bingo and lottery machines.
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Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 18:50
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5 +4mixer
Paul Lambert


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
mixer


Explanation:
This is a concrete mixer of the barrel type that is often mounted on a heavy-duty truck. The same word is used for those bingo and lottery machines.

Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 18:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JaneD
59 mins
agree  Deane Goltermann
4 hrs
agree  Michele Fauble
7 hrs
agree  Michael Ellis: The OED definiton of Tombola (originally French) shows a fascinating journey from a lottery to the barrel from which the tickets are drawn and which Swedish has now taken further to a cement-mixer.
20 hrs
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