una nevera de barco

English translation: marine cooler

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Spanish term or phrase:una nevera de barco
English translation:marine cooler
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin

21:28 Apr 23, 2024
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Spanish term or phrase: una nevera de barco
A description of the primitive conditions in a home in Spain in the 1970s:

Allí, a varios kilómetros del pueblo más cercano, sin luz eléctrica ni agua corriente, mis padres crearon el pequeño “edén” que todos disfrutamos fuera invierno o verano. Utilizábamos una nevera de barco y el agua la traíamos desde un manantial
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 02:25
marine cooler
Explanation:
Based on my quick image search

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Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 01:25
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3 +2marine cooler
Darius Saczuk
4a ship's refrigerator
neilmac


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marine cooler


Explanation:
Based on my quick image search

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Note added at 2 hrs (2024-04-23 23:50:47 GMT)
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https://www.google.com/search?q="marine cooler'&client=firef...

Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 01:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or ice chest.
32 mins
  -> Thank you, Phil.

agree  Wardys Mejia
38 mins
  -> Thank you, Wardys.
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a ship's refrigerator


Explanation:
In other words, a refrigerator or cooler taken from a ship or boat.

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Example sentence(s):
  • Kelly, who kept the ship's refrigerator in working order, ...
  • The tuna ...is deposited in the ship's refrigerator...

    Reference: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1954/04/17/the-safecracker...
    Reference: http://es.scribd.com/document/565096245/R30S
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 07:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: There's no electricity, so it can't be a fridge.
7 hrs
  -> There are also battery-powered portable refrigerators, but I get your point.
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