Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
boast his own bowser
Spanish translation:
tener surtidor de gasolina propio
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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boast his own bowser
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¿alguien sabe qué quiere decir esta expresión?
Muchas gracias.
Contexto:
Despite all the adulation, big bucks and fanfare, Michael is a very private person. His wife Corinna Betsch and their two children steer well clear of the spotlight, preferring to keep themselves in his 50 million dollar home in Lake Geneva which is said to incorporate an underground garage and gas station.
Whether or not he does ***boast his own bowser***, the Red Baron clearly can’t get enough of petrol fumes. His obsession with racing started early. He and his brother Ralf used to hare round the local kart race track as boys. Their father was the track’s groundsman and their mother used to sell sausages on race days.
¿alguien sabe qué quiere decir esta expresión?
Muchas gracias.
Contexto:
Despite all the adulation, big bucks and fanfare, Michael is a very private person. His wife Corinna Betsch and their two children steer well clear of the spotlight, preferring to keep themselves in his 50 million dollar home in Lake Geneva which is said to incorporate an underground garage and gas station.
Whether or not he does ***boast his own bowser***, the Red Baron clearly can’t get enough of petrol fumes. His obsession with racing started early. He and his brother Ralf used to hare round the local kart race track as boys. Their father was the track’s groundsman and their mother used to sell sausages on race days.
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tenga o no su propio surtidor de gasolina / su estación de servicio particular
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bow⋅ser [bou-zer] Show IPA
–noun Australian and New Zealand.
a gasoline pump at a filling station.
Origin:
1930–35; said to be after S.F. Bowser and Co., a Sydney manufacturer of gasoline and oil storage systems
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bow⋅ser [bou-zer] Show IPA
–noun Australian and New Zealand.
a gasoline pump at a filling station.
Origin:
1930–35; said to be after S.F. Bowser and Co., a Sydney manufacturer of gasoline and oil storage systems
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disponer de su propio surtidor de combustible
Although it sounds as if it should be an expression, and it certainly rolls off the tongue, but I think it's probably word for word in this particular case. Bowser es un tipo de recipiente enorme, de tanque, generalmente para agua, pero sospecho que en este caso, para combustible.
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haga alarde/se jacte de tener su propio surtidor de gasolina
una opción de acuerdo al contexto
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alardea poseer su propia bomba de gasolina / dispensador de gasolina
A pesar de todas las adulaciones, dinero por montones y gran fanfarria, Michael es una persona muy privada. Corinna Betsch su esposa y sus dos hijos se mantienen muy alejados del escrutinio público, prefiriendo quedarse en su casa valorada en 50 millones de dólares, colindante con el Lago de Ginebra, de la cual se dice que incorpora un garaje subterráneo y gasolinera.
Si ***alardea poseer o no su propia bomba de gasolina / dispensador de gasolina***, el Barón Rojo claramente no puede vivir sin sus vaporones de gasolina. Su obsesión con las carreras de vehículos comenzó / se remonta a una edad precoz. Él y su hermano Ralf solían darle vueltas a la pista de carreras de karts en la localidad donde vivían como niños. Su padre era el guardapista responsable de su mantenimiento y su madre solía vender salchichas en los días que había carreras.
fuentes:
Bowser***En Australia y Nueva Zelanda, se usa la palabra Bowser para nombrar a las bombas de gasolina, (la que encuentras en las gasolineras para cargar combustible***, ...
universomario.galeon.com/bowser.html - 38k -
Fuel dispenser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - The first gasoline pump was invented and sold by Sylvanus F. Bowser in Fort ... For a while, the term bowser was used to refer to a vertical gasoline pump. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_pump - 56k -
Severn Gas Pumps - History - The gas pump was invented by several people over many years. In Fort Wayne, Indiana back in the 1880's a man named Sylvans Bowser Invented a new kind of ...
www.severngaspumps.com/gaspumps/history.html - 6k -
bowser, bowsers- WordWeb dictionary definition - Skip to definition. ... Noun: bowser =petrol pump. [Austral, NZ] A pump in a service station that draws petrol from underground storage tanks ...
www.wordwebonline.com/en/BOWSER - 7k -
Bowser definition by Babylon's free dictionary - Definition of Bowser: Babylon English-English n. gasoline pump.
dictionary.babylon.com/Bowser - 37k -
Si ***alardea poseer o no su propia bomba de gasolina / dispensador de gasolina***, el Barón Rojo claramente no puede vivir sin sus vaporones de gasolina. Su obsesión con las carreras de vehículos comenzó / se remonta a una edad precoz. Él y su hermano Ralf solían darle vueltas a la pista de carreras de karts en la localidad donde vivían como niños. Su padre era el guardapista responsable de su mantenimiento y su madre solía vender salchichas en los días que había carreras.
fuentes:
Bowser***En Australia y Nueva Zelanda, se usa la palabra Bowser para nombrar a las bombas de gasolina, (la que encuentras en las gasolineras para cargar combustible***, ...
universomario.galeon.com/bowser.html - 38k -
Fuel dispenser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - The first gasoline pump was invented and sold by Sylvanus F. Bowser in Fort ... For a while, the term bowser was used to refer to a vertical gasoline pump. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_pump - 56k -
Severn Gas Pumps - History - The gas pump was invented by several people over many years. In Fort Wayne, Indiana back in the 1880's a man named Sylvans Bowser Invented a new kind of ...
www.severngaspumps.com/gaspumps/history.html - 6k -
bowser, bowsers- WordWeb dictionary definition - Skip to definition. ... Noun: bowser =petrol pump. [Austral, NZ] A pump in a service station that draws petrol from underground storage tanks ...
www.wordwebonline.com/en/BOWSER - 7k -
Bowser definition by Babylon's free dictionary - Definition of Bowser: Babylon English-English n. gasoline pump.
dictionary.babylon.com/Bowser - 37k -
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