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Ingles

Espaol
A (sulfuric acid)
cido sulfrico
A&r (abandonment and retrievalreference to Abandono y recuperacin
equipment on a pipe laybarge which is used to
place pipeline on the seabed and recover it again
into the vessel)
A.c. ammeter (ammeter: an instrument for Ampermetro ca (aparato que sirve para medir el
estimating the force of electric currents.)
nmero de amperios de una corriente elctrica.)
A/d (analog to digital conversion)
Conversin analgica/digital
A/o (local switch)
A/o (interruptor local)
Aa (analysis alarm)
Aa (alarma de anlisis)
Aa (sour water)
Aa (agua amarga)
Aah (high concentration alarm)
Aah (alarma de alta concentracin)
Ab (drinking water)
Ab (agua para beber)
Abandonment of tender, declare
Declarar desierta la licitacin
Ablution
Instalaciones sanitarias y de aseo personal
Above ground (wiring on a platform)
Elevado
Above mean sea level (amsl)
Sobre el nivel medio del mar (amsl)
Above sea level (asl)
Sobre el nivel del mar (asl)
Above-ground piping
Tubera area
Abreast (vessels abreast of eachother)
Yuxtapuesto
Abs (american bureau of shipping)
Abs (american bureau of shipping)
Absorber
Absorbedora
Absorption absorber (nitrogen gas scrubbing and Absobedor de absorcin
desiccation)
Abutment (arch. The solid part of a pier or wall, Estribo / tope / contrafuerte (machn saliente en el
etc., Against which an arch abuts, or from which it paramento de un muro, para fortalecerlo.)
immediately springs, acting as a support to the
thrust or lateral pressure. In a bridge, the masonry
(or rock) at either end supporting the arches.
Ac power distribution panel (acpdp)

Tablero de distribucin de corriente alterna (acpdp)

Accelerate or decelerate (schedule or work)


Apresurar o moderar la marcha
Accelerometer (an instrument for ascertaining the Acelermetro
acceleration of a moving body or for measuring
mechanical vibrations.)
Accept with qualifications / accept with Aceptar/tomar con reserva
reservations
Acceptable / conforming (solvent speaks to the Solvente (p. Ej. una propuesta solvente solvente: 5.
financial solvency, viability and accessibility to Capaz de cumplir obligacin, cargo, etc., Y ms en
enter into a contract and standing before the law, especial, capaz de cumplirlos cuidadosa y
thus narrowing the spanish to a financial sense celosamente.)
only. The term reliable speaks to a persons
character
Accepted hereforth as if it were quoted to the Tenindose por reproducido como si a la letra se
letter of the word hereto
insertase

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Access floor / raised floor (also called computer Piso falso


floorleaving a space bwteen floor for wiring
purposes.)
Accessory / appurtenances
Accessory driver

Accesorio
Equipo motriz auxiliar/ accionador auxiliar / propulsor
auxiliar
Accident entailing time off
Accidente con baja
Accident retention
Reduccin del ndice de accidentes
Acclimatization (to habituate or inure to a new Aclimatacin
climate, or to one not natural.)
Accommodate (materials)
Dar cabida a / arreglar / recibir / ajustar a
Accommodate (system/capability [e.g.system Con capacidad para / recibir (tendr cabida para)
shall accommodate future upgrades, etc.])
Accommodate, to (personnel)

Con capacidad para recibir / alojar (no acomodar)

Accommodation and construction support vessel

Barco de alojamiento y apoyo a la construccin


(flotel)
Accommodation plan
Plan de alojamiento de personal
Accommodation platform / crew living quarters Plataforma habitacional
platform
Accommodations (personnel)
Alojamiento
Account for ( to include)
Ser representado
Account holder
Cuenta habiente
Accumulator spring
Resorte amortiguador / acumulador
Accumulator tank
Tanque acumulador
Acetal thermoplastic
Termoplstico acetlico
Acetylene torch cutting
Corte con acetileno
Acgih (american conference of governmental Conferencia de higienistas industriales del gobierno
industrial hygienists)
de los estados unidos de amrica
Acia asynchronous communication interphase Adaptador de interface de comunicacin asincrnica
adaptor
Acid gas
Gas cido
Acidize (to treat with acid, to acidify; spec. To Cargar con cido
apply acid to an oil (or other) well in order to
neutralize the lime.)
Acidproof (n.)
Acknowledge (computer, control systems, etc.)

A prueba de cido
Aceptacin

Acknowledgement (of delivery, payment, etc.)


Contrarecibo
Acoustic sensor
Sensor acstico
Acoustic enclosure (turbine generators)
Encabinado acstico
Acoustic packing
Aislante acstico
Acoustic stratigraphy (geological mapping of Estratigrafa acstica (geol. Parte de la geologa, que
strata. The branch of geology that is concerned estudia la disposicin y caracteres de las rocas
with the order and relative position of the strata of sedimentarias estratificadas.)
the earths crust.)

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Acrolein (a colourless acrid liquid, of pungent Acrolena


irritating odour, formed in the destructive
distillation of glycerin (from which it is derived by
the abstraction of two molecules of water, thus,
glycerin c3h5(oh)3, acrolein c3h4o). It is the
aldehyde of
Across flats dimension
Dimensin transversal
Acting secretary
Secretario interino
Action for protection of rights / appeal for Amparo (recurso de amparo)
protection of a constitutional right / actions for
infringement of fundamental rights and freedoms
[eurodicautom] (napoleonic law. Often initiated by
complainant as part of a protest alleging bid
irregularities
Action items
Asuntos que necesitan de accin
Activated carbon filter
Filtro de carbn activado
Active face (of a filter)
Cara activa/lado activo
Actual
Real/existente (no actual)
Actual commencement date: date when work(s) Fecha real de inicio: fecha en la que se dio inicio a el
comprising an activity commenced. This date is o los trabajos de una actividad. Esta fecha es
entered when a project progresses.
introducida cuando se da avance a un proyecto
Actual completion date: date when work(s) Fecha real de terminacin: fecha en la que se dio
comprising an activity is completed. This date is termino a el o los trabajos de una actividad. Esta
entered when a project progressed.
fecha es introducida cuando se da avance a un
proyecto.
Actual cost of work performed (acwp): total cost Monto real del trabajo ejecutado: montos totales
incurred (direct and indirect) for work performed in incurridos (directos e indirectos) en el trabajo
a given time period.
realizado durante un periodo de tiempo dado.
Actual hours
Horas efectivas
Actual investment
Inversin fsica
Actual piping
Tubera existente
Actual progress
Avances logrados
Actual water depth in relation median low low Tirante de agua real respecto al nivel de bajamar
water (mllw)
media (mllw)
Actuator (often on valves)
Actuador
Ad (service water)
Ad (agua de servicio)
Added mass coefficients
Coeficientes de masa adherida
Addenda
Addenda / apndices
Addendum
Addndum / apndice
Additional payment
Contraprestacin, pago adicional al contrato
Add-on structure
Estructura adosada
Address bus, 16 bit
Bus de direccionamiento de 16 bits
Addressed
Atendido

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Adjudicative (of the adjudicative official letter Resolutivo (del presente oficio resolutivo) uso
herein. resolutive or resolutory are false equivocado del adjetivo que significa que resuelve
cognates meaning serving to dissolve or relax. con rapidez y eficacia. Se debera haber utilizado
Nor are resolvable or resoluble adequate resolutorio que significa que resuelve o decide.)
translations as their meaning is admitting of being
resolved
Adjudicative resolution (resolutoria is often used Resolutoria (mxicoemitida por autoridades
in englishspanish should be cited with english) gubernamentales en el caso de permisos, etc.)
Adjustment rheostat
Reostato de ajuste
Adm (administration)
Adm (administracin)
Administrative
cancellation,
avoidance
of Rescisin administrativa
contract.?
Adpcm (adaptive differential pulse coded Adpcm (modulacin adaptable diferencial de
modulation) telecom
impulsos en cdigo
Advance
Avance, progreso, adelanto
Advance payment bond
Pliza de buen manejo del anticipo
Advances (finances)
Anticipos (a veces: adelanto)
Adversely impact the schedule
Impactar negativamente al programa
Advertising injury (loss due to false or misleading Daos y perjuicios por publicidad, propaganda, o
advertising. 1. Means injury rising out of an declaraciones pblicas
offense committed in the course of your
advertising activities, if such injury rises out of
libel, slander, defamation, violation of right of
privacy, piracy
Advertising injury insurance

Seguro contra daos por publicidad o propaganda

Advise, to
Informar/avisar
Ae (cooling water supply)
Ae (suministro de agua de enfriamiento)
Ae (asphalt enamel)
Esmalte de asfalto
Aereated (1. To expose to the free (mechanical) Aereado
action of air, to supply with air. Also fig. 2. To
expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate
(the blood) by respiration. 3. To charge (a
substance) with carbonic acid gas, formerly called
fixed air.
Aero-derivative (turbine designed for airplane use) Aeroderivada
Aerodynamic assembly
Montaje aerodinmico
Aerodynamic assembly
Montaje aerodinmico
Aex (area expeditor)
Expeditador del rea
Af (recycled oil)
Af (aceite reciclado)
Afc (approved for construction)
Aprobado para construccin (planos)
Afd (approved for design)
Aprobado para diseo (planos)
Afe approved for expenditure
Gasto autorizado
Afff (aqueous film forming foam) [fire extinguishing Afff (espuma acuosa que forma pelcula, utilizada
foaming agent]
para extinguir incendios.)

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Affidavit (a statement made in writing, confirmed Manifestacin bajo protesta


by the makers oath, and intended to be used as (mxico) / declaracin jurada
judicial proof. [in legal phrase the deponent
swears an affidavit, the judge takes it; but in
popular usage the deponent makes or takes it.])

de

decir

verdad

Affiliate to (e.g. Social security)


Affirm under oath
Afl/cio am. Fed. Of labor/congress of ind. Orgs.

Afiliar a (ss) / (vincular a en colombia)


Manifestar bajo protesta de decir verdad
Afl/cio - confederacin gremial de estados unidos

Aforementioned

En comento / susodicho / precitado / antemencionado

After cooler
Ag (fresh water)
Ag (reflux water)
Aga (american gas association)

Pos enfriador
Ag (agua dulce)
Ag (agua de reflujo)
Aga (asociacin estadounidense de la industria de
gas natural)
Agents
Apoderados legales
Agglomerate (geol. A mass consisting of volcanic Aglomerado (geol. Roca formada por fragmentos de
or eruptive fragments, which have united under otras rocas, unidos por un cemento, por lo general
the action of heat; as opposed to a conglomerate, poco consistente.)
composed of waterworn fragments, united by
some substance in aqueous solution.)
Agglutinate (united as with glue; glued or Aglutinado
cemented together.)
Aggregate
Agregado
Aggressive target schedule
Programa proyectado dinmico
Agriculture and livestock
Agropecuaria
Ah (ampere/hour)
Amperios/hora
Aht (anchor handling and towingvessel)
Aht (manejo y remolque de anclasembarcacin)
Ai (instrument air)
Ai (aire de instrumentos)
Ai (analog input)
Entrada anloga
Air bay
Recinto de aire / tramo de aire
Air compressor skid
Paquete de compresor de aire
Air cooler
Enfriador con aire
Air cooler structure
Estructura del enfriador con aire
Air gap (machinery)
Entre hierro
Air gap (space between the lowest level of the Espacio entre el nivel ms bajo de la cubierta inferior
cellar deck and the wave crest)
y la cresta de la ola de diseo
Air gun
Sifn
Air Gun (D)
Sifn
Air gun (for underwater survey)
Pistola de aire (para sondeo)
Air intake
Admisin de aire
Air intake filter
Filtro de entrada de aire
Air intake flexible connection
Conexin flexible de la admisin de aire
Air intake plenum
Cmara impelente/pleno de la admisin de aire
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Air intake silencer


Air receiver

Silenciador de la admisin de aire


Tanque receptor de aire/ tanque de aire comprimido

Air water k.o. drum


Air-cooled exchanger/air cooler

Tanque separador de aire y agua


Enfriadores con aire; enfriadores; soloaire (turbinas)

Air-cooled heat exchangers

Intercambiadores de calor enfriados por aire /


soloaire
Intercambiadores de calor enfriados por aire /
soloaire (no intercambiadores de calor de aire
refrescado!!)

Air-cooled heat exchangers

Aircraft hull insurance


Aircraft warning light

Pliza de seguro de fuselaje de aeronave


Luz de advertencia para la aviacin/luz contra
helicptero
Air-lock
Esclusa de aire
Air-side design
Diseo del lado de aire
Airtightness test
Prueba neumtica
Airway bill
Documento o carta de porte areo
Aisl (personnel protection control insulation)
Aisl
(aislamiento de control de proteccin del
personal)
Akal-n oil pipeline pig receiver (akal-n is a platform Trampa de diablos del oleoducto akal-n
where the reciever is located.)
Al (mineral or lube oil)
Al (aceite mineral o de lubricacin)
Alarm horn
Bocina de alarma
Alarm scan (computer internal alarm system)
Barrido de seguridad de alarmas
Alarm summary
Resumen de alarmas
Al-brass
Al-latn
Alcohol soaked cotton swabs in a kidney dish Turonderas (mxico)
(medical supplies)
Align to the requirements
Armonizar con los requisitos
Alignment
Alineacin
Alignment drawings
Planos de alineamiento
Alkaline (of or pertaining to alkalis; of the nature of Alcalino
an alkali. 2. Alkaline metals: the metals whose
hydroxides are alkalis, viz. Potassium, sodium,
csium, lithium, rubidium, to which is sometimes
added the hypothetical ammonium.)
All threads
Esprragos
Allen wrench
Llaves allen
Alleviate the test (be less demanding)
Hacer menos rigurosa la prueba
Allocable share (of negligence)
Pocin (imputable, asignable)
Allocating department (funds)
Departamento afectado
Allocation of resources
Asignacin de recursos
Allowable air approach velocity (to a filter active Velocidad permisible del acercamiento del aire
face)
Allowable forces and moments
Fuerzas y momentos permitidos
Allowables
Factores permisibles
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Allowance (additional allowable size, dimension of Tolerancia de sobreespesor


object)
Allowance (financial compensation)
Estipendio / compensacin
Allowance (space between objects, surfaces)
Tolerancia (margen o diferencia que se consiente en
la calidad de las cosas o de las obras contratadas.
Mxima diferencia que se tolera o se admite entre el
valor nominal y el valor real o efectivo en las
caractersticas fsicas y qumicas de un material,
pieza o producto)
Allowance (time)
All-risk marine cargo insurance
Alluding to the probity and legality of my petition

Plazo de contingencia
Pliza de seguro contra todo riesgo de carga
martima
Aludiendo de justa y legal solicitud

Alluvial (of, pertaining to, or consisting of alluvium; Aluvial


deposited from flowing water; or pertaining to such
a deposit. Applied to various formations, as
alluvial cone, fan, etc.)
Alluvium (a deposit of earth, sand, and other Aluvin
transported matter left by water flowing over land
not permanently submerged; chiefly applied to the
deposits formed in river valleys and deltas.)
Alongside or side to side (vessels)
Acoderado (de buques)
Alp grade
Grado o calidad alp
Altimeter (an instrument for taking altitudes Altmetro
geometrically. A form of aneroid barometer which
indicates the altitude reached.)
Altitude
Cota / altitud
Alum (a whitish transparent mineral salt, Alumbre
crystallizing in octahedrons, very astringent, used
in dyeing, tawing skins, and medicine, also for
sizing paper, and making materials fire-proof;
chemically a double sulphate of aluminium and
potassium (alk(so4)2
Am (seawater)
Amber
Amendatory agreement / covenant
American softwood lumber standard
American
standard code
interchange (ascii)
Amine
Amine carbon filter
Amine solution cooler
Amine surge drum
Ammonia
Amortize the advance payment
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Am (agua de mar)
mbar
Convenio (modificacin de un contrato)
Norma estadounidense de madera de conferas
aserrada
information Ascii (codificacin normalizada estadounidense para
el intercambio de informacin)
Amina
Filtro de carbn en servicio de aminas
Enfriador de solucin de aminas
Tambor de compensacin de aminas
Amonaco
Amortizar el anticipo
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Amount of sums committed to date


Valor de lo comprometido hasta la fecha
Amount paid
Monto ejercido
Amplifier
Amplificador
Anatomy pie chart
Grfico circular de sectores
Anchor bolts
Pernos de anclaje
Anchor legs
Patas de anclaje
Anchorage
Fijacin/anclaje
Anchorage (of equipment or a platform to a base Fijacin
or a foundation.)
And by these presents do make, constitute and Y por medio de las presentes dispongo, doy poder y
appoint
nombro
And so forth
Y as sucesivamente
Aneline
Anilina
Anemogram (an automatically-marked record of Anemograma
wind-pressure, a prepared sheet marked by an
anemograph.)
Anemometer (1. An instrument for measuring the Anemmetro (instrumento que sirve para medir la
force of the wind; a wind-gauge. 2. An apparatus velocidad o la fuerza del viento.)
for indicating the wind-pressure in an organ.)
Angle
ngulo
Angled beam (rays)
Haz angular
Angular unconformity
Discordancia angular
Anhydrite (anhydrous gypsum, or sulphate of Anhidrita
lime.)
Anhydrous sulfide (h2s)
cido sulfhdrico (no cido sulfrico que es h2so4)
Anion (an ion carrying a negative charge which Anin
moves towards the anode (positive electrode)
during electrolysis.)
Annealed
Recocido, / destemplado
Annual fiscal budget
Ejercicio presupuestal
Annual performance budget (budget set aside Presupuesto anual de bonos por desempeo
from profits for employee bonuses based on
performance evaluations)
Annular bop
Preventor anular
Annular BOP (D)
Preventor anular
Annular ram
Ariete anular
Annular ram (D)
Ariete anular
Annunciation (alarm system)
Anunciacin (en los sistemas de alarma)
Anode (a. Strictly, as applied by faraday: the path nodo (electrodo positivo.)
by which an electric current leaves the positive
pole, and enters the electrolyte, on its way to the
negative pole. B. Loosely used for: the positive
pole. In both senses opposed to cathode, which is
app
Anode core void
Ansi (american national standards institute)
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Hueco en el ncleo del nodo


Instituto estadounidense de normas (ansi)
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Answerable, who will be


Quien deber responder
Anti two-blocking device (cranes)
Dispositivo antichoques anti two-blocking
Antiarch (welding)
Antiarco
Anticipated, it is
Prev que, se
Anticlinal, anticline
Anticlinal
Anti-foaming internals
Elementos internos antiespumantes
Anti-recycle timer protection (computer controlled Proteccin por temporizador contra ciclos repetidos
timer to prevent rapid restarts of hvac compressor
equipment to avoid damage)
Anti-ripplets
Anti-ondulas / anti-rizaduras
Anti-scalant (to prevent mineral deposits in piping Desincrustador
or vessels)
Antispark (prevent sparks by design or fabrication Antichispa
of certain materials.)
Anti-surge line (return line on a compressor to Lnea de recirculacin anti-surge
prevent vibration)
Anti-surge system (to prevent pulsations caused Sistema anti-surge
by drop in pressure due to restrictions to the
compressor discharge)
Anti-two blocking (of a crane)

Dispositivo antibloqueo anti-two blocking (se


emplea el ingls)
Anvil (placed over piles for driving by driver Yunque
hammer)
Anvil losses (pile driving energy calculations)
Prdidas en el yunque (hincado de pilotes)
Any...(items)
Cualquier ... (los sustantivos cualesquier o
cualesquiera, no se emplean frecuentemente en
mxico. El indefinido compuesto cualquier implica
una pluralidad potencial del sustantivo que modifique.
Ap (plant air)
Ap (aire de planta)
Ap (accounts payable)
Cuentas a pagar
Apex
Vrtice / pice
Api (american petroleum institute)
Api (instituto estadounidense del petrleo)
Api (american petroleum institute) standards
Normas api / cdigo api
Api gravity
Peso especfico en grados api
Appeal for reversal
Recurso de revocacin
Appellant
Recurrente
Appendage (document)
Apndice
Applicable law / law in question / relevant law Ley de la materia (mxico)
governing this matter (spanish original)
Applicable regulatory agencies
Entidades normativas competentes (es decir con
jurisdiccin y no aplicables)
Applicant (individuals or legal entities that request Solicitante (persona fsica o moral que solicita a la
a permit from cre.)
cre el otorgamiento de un permiso.)
Apportions (shares)
Distribuciones
Apprentice electrician / journey electrician / master Aprendiz de electricista / oficial de electricista /
electrician
electricista de primera
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Approach / criteria
Appropriate (certificate, action, etc.)
Appropriations cost center
Appurtenances (equipment not property)
Apropriations cost center
Aproved for issue (a document)
Aq (combustion air)
Aq (combustion air)
Aquifer (a water-bearing or aquiferous stratum.)
Aquifer replenishment
Aquifier
Ar (analysis recorder)
Ar (asphaltenes inhibitor)
Arc air cleaning (welding)

Criterio
Correspondiente, (certificado, etc.)
Centro afectado
Accesorios
Centro afectado
Aprobado para su distribucin
Aq (aire de combustin)
Aq (aire de combustin)
Acufero (geol. Dcese de la capa, vena o zona del
terreno que contiene agua.)
Recarga de acuferos
Acufero
Ar (registrador de anlisis)
Ar (inhibidor de asfltenos)
Saneo de carga opuesta / arco aire (soldadura
cambiar la polaridad del electrodo para derretir y
quitar el metal en vez de aportarlo)

Arc strike (welding-a discontinuity consisting of Discontinuidades por golpe de arco (soldadura- se
any localized remelted metal, heat affected metal, desva el arco del trayecto deseado por campos
or change in the surface profile of any part of a magnticos desequilibrados. El golpe del arco puede
weld or base metal resulting from an arc).
hacer que la fusin no sea completa y haya un
exceso de salpicaduras).
Arc-gouged (welding)
Acanalado por oxicorte (con soplete)
Archaeological preservation
Rescate arqueolgico
Archaeological study
Estudio de prospeccin arqueolgica
Architects table
Restirador
Archival storage system (vcr)
Sistema de almacenamiento en archivo (vcr)
Area near to sea bottom
Acfm (rea cercana al fondo marino)
Area of exclusive economic domain (200-mile Zona econmica exclusiva (zonas marinas bajo la
mexican jurisdictional waters)
jurisdiccin de mxico en el golfo de mxico)
Area of traffic-related activities (a department)
rea de trfico
Arenaceous
(having
the
appearance
or Arenoso
consistency of sand; sandy; largely composed of
sand or quartz grains.)
Argillaceous (of the nature of clay; largely Arcilloso (adj. Que tiene arcilla. 2. Que abunda en
composed of clay, clayey)
arcilla.)
Armored cable
Cable blindado
Armored rotameter
Rotmetro de tubo metlico
Armored rotameter
Rotametro tubo-metal
Aro (after receiving order)
Despus de recibir la orden (de compra)
Arrange for (something) to be issued to x
Tramitar (algo) para x
Arrange with owners
Pactar con los propietarios
Arrangement (layout of equipment, buildings, etc.) Arreglo / disposicin
Arrangement / method
Arsine
As (synthetic oil)
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Modalidad
Arsina
As (aceite sinttico)
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As amended from time to time

Segn se reformen/modifiquen de tiempo en tiempo

As appropriate
Segn corresponda
As built (drawings based upon actually contructed Segn lo construido
arrangements)
As is its right
Que a su derecho corresponde
As it is evidenced to him
Por constarle
As orig. Defined by rankine the stress was the Solicitar (estructuras) / tensiones / esfuerzos
equal and opposite reaction of the body to the
force, rather than the force itself.)
As regards
En lo que atae
As stepped off (stepping on measuring line to Medidos por cadena pisada
ensure precise measurement of surface)
Asa american standards association
Asa
Asap as soon as possible
Lo antes posible
Ash ( high concentration switch)
Ash ( interruptor de alta concentracin)
Asme (american society of mechanical engineers) Asme (asociacin estadounidense de ingenieros
mecnicos)
Asnt am. Soc. For non-destructive testing
Asnt (asoc. Estadounidense para pruebas no
destructivas)
As-rolled (metal fabrication process)
Tal como sale de la cilindrada (mx.)
Assembly, an
Ensamblaje, ensamble
Assessment (taxes)
Evaluacin ff, contribuciones
Assessor / adjuster (person who assesses Tasador (persona habilitada para tasar o graduar el
damages)
precio de un bien.)
Assigned anchorage
Punto de fondeo
Assignment of collection rights
Cesin de los derechos de cobro
Assignment of collection rights
Cesin de los derechos de cobro
Assignment/transfer (of contract rights , etc)
Cesin (f. Renuncia de alguna cosa, posesin,
accin o derecho, que una persona hace a favor de
otra.
Assistant contracts administrator
Assistant treasurer
Assistence Driller (D)
Associated (items)
Assume (obligations)
Assume the costs and risks
Assume, contractor shall

Assumed, it was
Astm (am. Soc. For testing material)
Astronomical tidal range
Asu (air separation units)
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Subadministrador de contratos
Tesorero adjunto
Segundo
Asociado (algo puede estar relacionado pero no
asociado con el elemento)
Contraer (obligaciones)
Correr con los costos y riesgos
Supone / actuar en el supuesto que, el contratista
(el uso de la palabra asumir como traduccin del
ingls es un error por el hecho que asumir quiere
decir aceptar una responsabilidad, cargo , trabajo o
cosa.
La premisa fue de que...
Astm (asoc. Estadounidense de materiales de
prueba)
Amplitud astronmica de la marea
Unidades de separacin de aire
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Asynchronous communication interphase adaptor Adaptador de interfase de comunicacin asincrnica


(acia)
At (treated water, from spanish)
At (agua tratada)
At (analysis transmitter)
At (transmisor de anlisis)
At (automation)
At (automatizacin)
At (employers) discretion
De su libre eleccin y remocin
At close of business day
Al cierre del da hbil
At its option
Segn su criterio/ a juicio de
At its sole discretion
A su exclusivo juicio/ a criterio nico de
At large (representative, attorney, etc.)
En representacin general
At the national level
Del orden nacional, ...
At the top of the page
A la cabeza de la pgina
Atm (cash machine)
Cajero automtico
Atmospheric drain sump pump
Bomba del colector del drenaje atmosfrico
Attachment
Anexo
Attack with acids (of physical agents: to begin to Atacar (un material por cido)
act upon destructively, to begin to destroy, devour,
waste, decompose, or dissolve. As in, acid testing
of metal / etch)
Attendant (effects, conditions, etc.)
Concomitante / acompaante
Attendant tug
Remolcador acompaante
Attorney general for environmental protection, Procuradura federal de proteccin al ambiente
office of the
(profepa) [mex]
Attributable (responsibility)
Imputable
Attributable to
Causa imputable a
Auditee
Entidad auditada / objeto de la auditora / entidad
fiscalizada
Auditor
Interventor
Auger
Gusano, brok
Auger (a tool for boring holes in wood, etc., Taladro
Having a long pointed shank with a cutting edge
and a screw point, and a handle fixed at right
angles to the top of the shank, by means of which
the tool is worked round with both hands.
Auger (D)
Auntenistic steel
Authenticate (take to a notary)
Authenticate documents
Authority for amendment (afa)
Authority for amendment (afa)
Authorization
for
expenditure
authorization code for funds for
expenditure from budget)
Authorized signatory; agent; proxy
Authorized signature

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Gusano
Acero autenstico
Pasar ante la fe (de un notario)
Legalizacin de los documentos
Autorizacin para rectificacin
Autorizacin para rectificacin
(afean C.a.p. (clave de autorizacin presupuestalpemex)
approved
Poderhabiente, que representa, que tiene poder de
otro
Firma responsable

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Automated external defibrillator (an apparatus Defibrilador para uso externo automatizado
used to control fibrillation of the heart)
Automatic bleeder
Relevador automtico
Automatic bleeder (D)
Relevador automtico
Automatic cement mixer
Mezclador autocementante (mx.)/ Autohormigonero
Automatic gain control (electron, telecom)
Automatic release, the (control valve)
Automation
Automobile fleet (vehicles)
Auto-variable type blade pitch control

Control automtico de ganancia (cag)


Disparo automtico, el
Automatizacin
Parque vehicular
Control automtico de la inclinacin de los labes
(turbinas)
Auxiliary equipment
Equipo auxiliar
Auxiliary gearbox
Caja de engranes auxiliar
Auxiliary services
Servicios complementarios
Av (antifoamer)
Av (antiespumante)
Average interest rate on deposits (cpp) mx.
Cpp (costo porcentual promedio de captacin)
Avoid endangering the health, bodily harm to Evitar arriesgar la salud o poner en peligro in
persons, and damage to property
integridad fsica de las personas o causar daos a la
propiedad
Avoidance of contract / administrative cancellation Rescisin administrativa
Award and execution of contract
Award of bid

Adjudicacin y suscripcin (firma) del contrato


Adjudicacin (adjudicar: declarar que una cosa
corresponde a una persona, o conferrsela en
satisfaccin de algn derecho.) / fallo

Awarded curves (based on awarded contracts)

Curvas generadas con base en los contratos


adjudicados
Plenamente informado del contenido del contrato ( no
es consciente sino ms bien como aware of your
rights = estar informado [no consciente] de sus
derechos)

Aware of contents of contract

Awareness, maintain (safety concept)


Awareness, raise / awareness training

Mantener un estado de conciencia de su entorno y


sus propias acciones
Concientizacin (mxico, colombia y centro amrica;
y respaldado por marina orellana. Trmino no
reconocido por el drae, larousse, ni el diccionario de
salamanca) // concienciar de / concienciacin

A-weighted (statistics/accounting/computing)
Awg (american wire gauge)

Ponderado a
Escala estadounidense para calibres de alambre

Aws american welding society


Awwa (american water works association)

Aws asoc. Estadounidense de soldadura


Awwa (asociacin estadounidense de
hidrulicas)
Juego axial
Eje

Axial play (gears)


Axis

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Axis of rotation (the vertical axis around which the Eje de rotacin
crane superstructure rotates)
B.a. (burner failure alarm)
Ba alarma de falla del quemador
B.o.s. (bottom of steel)
Nivel inferior del acero
Ba (burner failure alarm)
Ba (alarma de falla del quemador)
Babbitted material (a soft alloy of tin, antimony, Material antifriccin
and copper, used in journal-bearings, etc., To
diminish friction.)
Back bond (guarantee on the premium)
Back deck (platform)
Back ream (D)
Back rest (chair)
Back taxes
Back to back guarantee
Back weld passes (welding)

Contra garanta
Cubierta trasera
Repasar
Apoyaespalda / respaldo
Impuestos atrasados
Contrafianza
Pasos de fondeo (los pasos iniciales despus de
colocar la soldadura de respaldo [backing weld])

Backcharge (charges presented to a contractor Contracargo (cobros por costos extraordinarios)


for costs incurred after delivery)
Backcharges or back-charges (charges presented Contracargos (tipo de recargo extraordinario
to a contractor for costs incurred after delivery)
posterior al pago)
Backfill (the filling in again of earth which has been Relleno
removed.)
Backfill tamper (earth work)
Pisonador/ apisonador de relleno
Backfiller
Rellenadora
Backflow (undesired flow back up)
Retorno (o contraflujo)
Backhoe caterpillar tractor
Retroexcavador de orugas
Backing plate (plate installed in front of a strainer Placa de refuerzo perforada (placa que se coloca
to protect it from the impact of flow)
frente a un colador como refuerzo para que la
presion no rompa la malla)
Backlash (gears)
Back-pressure (compressors)
Backshore
Backup reset
Backup (equipment, personnel)
Back-up 1st/2nd stage separator
Backup active

Holgura entre los dientes del engranaje


Contra presin
Playa alta
Reposicin de respaldo
Reserva / respaldo
Separador de reserva de 1era/2da etapa
Respaldo activo (de un panel de control de la turbina)

Backwash (D)
Resaca (mar) / contraflujo (tuberas)
Bad weather
Inclemencias climatolgicas
Badging process (issuing id badges)
Expedicin de gafetes (mex.)
Baffle (any shielding device or structure)
Deflector / mampara
Baffle plate (a plate hindering or regulating the Placa deflectora / placa desviadora
passage of fluid through an outlet or inlet, or the
direction of sound.)
Bails (D)
Balance (of items yet to be dealt with)
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Gafas
Aspectos no considerados / la parte remanente
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Balance of materials

Materiales pendientes de entrega/instalacin/etc.

Balance valve
Vlvula equilibradora
Balance wheel
Rueda catalina, volante
Balanced antenna array
Antena compensada
Ball bearings
Balero/balero de bolas
Ball cleaning system (for heat exchangersballs Sistema de limpieza por bolas
with approximately 1 mm clearance are forced
through tubing under pressure to clean deposits)
Ball joint
Junta esfrica, pivote de rtula
Ball pin hammer
Martillo de bola
Ball type backwater valve
Vlvula de contrapresin tipo bola
Ball valve
Vlvula de bola
Ball, whip linea
Bola (grua)
Ballast (light fixture)
Balastra, la (mx.)
Banded
De polea
Bank (machine shop)
Banco de soporte
Bank holiday
Da feriado de la banca
Banking system mobilization cost average Costo porcentual promedio de captacin del sistema
percentage
bancario
Bare metal
Metal blanco (no metal desnudo)
Bare vessel
Recipiente sin forro
Bargain and sale contract
Compraventa, contrato de
Barge
Barcaza
Barge bumpers
Defensa para barcazas
Barite
Barita
Barite room
Cuarto de barita
Barite tank
Deposito de barita
Barrel (pump)
Cilindro (de una bomba)
Barrel type connectors
Conectores tipo barril
Barrier
Barrera
Baryta (barium sulfate used on drilling muds)
Barita, (marca reg. Para sulfato de bario)
Basal shear (basal = of, at or forming the base;
fundamental, etc.)
Base metals
Base mounted crane
Base of crane
Base plate
Baseboard
Based upon the foregoing, i respectfully pray that
Baseplate
Basic life support supplies (medical)
Basin (drainage area or watershed not a sink)
Basis of payment
Basket
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Cortante basal/efecto de corte basal


Metales de base
Gra de montaje en pedestal
Pedestal de la gra
Placa de base, plancha
Zoclo (mx.)
Por lo anteriormente expuesto solicito de la manera
ms atenta
Placa de base / plancha
Suministros bsicos de sostenimiento de vida
Cuenca
Bases de pago
Canasta

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Basket trap
Cesta (de drenajes)
Bathymetric curve (of or pertaining to the Lnea de sonda / curva batimtrica
measurement of depth)
Bathymetry (the art or science of measuring Sistema batimtrico
depths in the sea)
Batt (construction insulationa discrete piece of Bloques de aislamiento
mat in the form of retangular pieces, generally
between 1 and 3 m. Long, usually supplied flat or
folded.)
Batter
Batteries bank
Battery

Inclinacin (ngulo de pilotes o patas)


Banco de bateras
Batera (conjunto de aparatos anlogos, instalados
en el mismo local, que realizan la misma funcin o
trabajo.)

Battery charger, 24vdc


Cargador de la batera de 24 vcd
Baud rates
Velocidad nominal de transmisin en baudios
Bay (place which is prepared to receive Espacio dedicado / compartimento
something)
Bay of campeche
Sonda de campeche
Bayonet tank heater (heater inserted into a tank) Calentador tipo bayoneta
Bays (computer, etc.)
Bbl barrel
Bbngl (billion barrels of natural gas liquids)
Bcc (block check character)
Be (burner sensor)
Be alert, to
Be disrupted (work)

Compartimentos
Barril
Mil milln de barriles de lquidos de gas natural
Carcter de verificacin de bloque
Be (sensor del quemador)
Estar sobre aviso / andar sobre aviso
Interrumpirse (trabajo/servicios)

Be listed with the trade registry


Be understood
Beacon
Bead (welding)
Bead-like
Beadstall (laybarge)

Ser inscrito en el registro de comercio


Dar como entendido
Faro / baliza
Cordn
Periforme
Primera estacin de soldadura de tubera (en una
barcaza de tendido)
Viga
Abertura del haz / ngulo de radiacin
Perfiles de vigas
Alma de la viga
Vigas
Cojinete
Orientacin / direccin
Porta chumaceras
Caja de cojinetes
Zapata del cojinete
Orificios del pasador del cojinete
Casquillo de cojinete

Beam (structural support)


Beam angle (radar, etc.)
Beam shapes
Beam web
Beams
Bearing
Bearing (compass degrees)
Bearing brackets
Bearing casing
Bearing pad
Bearing pin holes
Bearing sleeve
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Bearing the seal of (document)


Bearing wall
Bearing, journal (supports shaft)
Bed (cranes: layer of cable around cable drum)

Con sello del


Muro de carga (a veces muro portante)
Chumacera
Capa (gras, capas de cable sobre el tambor)

Bedpan (hospital)
Bacinica
Bedrock (geol. The solid rock underlying alluvial Lecho de roca / cama de roca / fondo rocoso
and other superficial formations; also fig. Bottom,
lowest level.)
Before, during and after the commissioning of the Las actividades que precedieron, acompaaron y
new platform..., The activities
siguieron la puesta en servicio de la plataforma
nueva...
Behavior-based training and observation approach Enfoque para la capacitacin y la observacin
basada en la conducta
Bell and spigot fitting (plumbing fittings where the Accesorio tipo macho y hembra
bell is of a larger diameter for the piping to fit into
to make a connection)
Bell crank levers
Palancas acodadas
Bellows pieces
Piezas del fuelle / soplador (blower)
Below water
Debajo del agua
Belt guard (D)
Tolva
Bench mark
Cota de referencia
Bend (piping) /dobar
Curva / codo (de 90 grados)
Bending
Flexin
Bending/buckling of the stick-up length (piles as a Pandeo y flexin del extremo saliente (pilotes)
result of driving)
Beneficial occupation (of a facility, plant, etc.)
Usufructo de
Benefits (health, etc.)
Prestaciones
Benefits rate proportion of salary
ndice de prestaciones
Bent (see jacket bent)
Componente de la subestructura
Bent roll-up, jacket (raising of jacket sides for Levantamiento de los marcos de la subestructura
assembly of jacket for fabrication activities in yard)
Bent stand-ups
Bep (best efficiency point)
Bep (best efficiency pointflow)
Ber (bit error rate)
Berth
Bevel
Bevel gear wheels
Bfd block flow diagram
Bhp - break horse power (hyd.)
Bias (math)

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Izaje de componentes de subestructura


Punto de mejor eficiencia
Punto de mejor eficiencia
Porcentaje de error del bit
Estacin monoboya, amarradero, atracadero / mec.
Compartimento
Bisel
Ruedas dentadas cnicas
Diagrama de flujo de bloque
Caballos al freno
Desviacin / sesgo

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Bid (the company/government body either invites Licitacin


(la
compaa/entidad
estatal
o
bidders to participate in a limited invitation to gubernamental abre la licitacin como el licitador,
bid/tender {tender is british} (concurso) where invitando a los licitantes, con una invitacin a cotizar,
bidders
are
invited
to
submit
a a participar en el concurso (si es por invitacin) o
bid/quote/tender/offer/proposal in response to an abre una licitacin pblica. Los licitantes entregan
rfq (request for quotation) or a public bid is propuestas/ofertas/cotizacin a la licitacin como
opened up for bid / quote / tender / offer / proposal proponentes u ofertantes (bidders)
where bidders purchase bid bases and then
submit an offer / cuote)

Bid conditions (bid conditions is the correct term Bases de la licitacin


but the mistranslation bid basis is often
employed)
Bid due date
Bid tabulation

Fecha mxima para la entrega de licitaciones


Cuadro comparativo de cotizaciones (mx.) /
tabulacin de las ofertas
Estructura soportada por elementos bidireccionales

Bi-directional truss structure


Big chain tongs
Big chain tongs (D)
Bill of lading
Bill of materials
Billet (iron or steel, drawn from a pile, bloom, or
ingot, into a small bar for further manufacture.)

Llave de cadena grande


Llaves de cadena grande
Conocimiento/documento de embarque
Lista de materiales
Tocho

Bind with third parties


Obligarse frente a terceros
Bind/gather/package (documents)
Encuadernar
Binder
Carpeta (mxico)
Binding (of moving machine parts)
Atascado
Bioassay
Ensayo biolgico
Birch (wood)
Abedul
Bit
Barrena
Bit (computers: a bit is either a 1 or a 0. A byte is Bit
8 bits)
Bit (D)
Barrena
Bite stick (medical device)
Protector contra mordedura de lengua
Bitt (mooring, etc.)
Bita
Bi-weekly
Catorcenal
Black and gray water (sewage and soapy water) Aguas negras y jabonosas
Black book ("project black book" is also known as Libro de proyecto (documentacin tcnica)
a "project record book" or "project book". It is the
engineering/technical documentation of the epc
contract work that is compiled by the epc
contractor at the end of the epc contract and
contains the des
Black start (cold start)
Black water (sewage)
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Arranque a partir de cero


Aguas negras
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Black-out curtains / shades

Cortinas de oscuridad total tipo blackout (que eviten


por completo la entrada de luz)
Black-out shades
Cortinas bloqueadoras de luz
Blacks law dictionary, extraordinary designates an Trabajos extraordinarios
accident, casualty, occurance or risk of a class or
kind other than those which ordinary experience or
prudence would would forsee, anticipate or
provide for.)
Bladder tank
Tanque flexible
Blade pitch (turbine)
ngulo de inclinacin del labe
Blade tip (of a turbine)
Punta del labe
Blades
labes (no cuchillas)
Blades (of a fan for a cooler)
Aspas
Blank flange (often used for pressure testing with Brida lisa (sin taladrar a diferencia de una brida ciega
a dummy pump, and a solid orifice plate)
apernada)
Blanket authorization
Autorizacin incondicional / autorizacin en general
Blanket gas (inert gas used to exclude oxygen to Gas de sello / gas de cobertura
prevent explosion danger, etc.)
Blanketing (tanks)
Gas de cobertura
Blanking device
Tapa ciega
Blast profile / anchor pattern (of blasting particles Perfil de impacto del chorro
on surface- for coating/painting purposes. The
anchor patter refers to the indentation pattern
formed by the blasting particles to which the
coating or paint will adhere or anchor.)
Blast walls (safety protection)
Bleed (to let gas out of piping or vessels)
Bleed pressure
Bleed up to (D)
Bleed valves
Bleve (boiling liquids expansion vapor explosion)

Paredes contra explosin


Sangrar / purgar
Desfogar presion
Abatirse a
Vlvulas de sangrado
Egele (explosin de gases de expansin de lquidos
de ebullicin)
Blind (pipe)
Aislamiento Mecnico, Comal
Blind flange
Brida ciega
Blind ram
Ariete ciego
Blind ram (D)
Ariete ciego
Blink (light)
Titilar
Blob (binary large objects a database field that Objeto grande binario (blob)
holds any digitized information. This is one
method of storing multimedia objects (audio,
video) in a dbms, since it holds any binary data.
However, most relational dbmss are better suited
to small field
Block puller
Block valves
Block work / block-work
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Extractor de bloque
Vlvulas de bloqueo
Obras principales de acero
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Blocking and bracing (carpentry)


Blood pressure gage
Blood pressure gage
Blood-born pathogens

Trabajo de refuerzo y arriostramiento


Esfingobaumanmetro / baumanmetro (mx.)
Esfingobaumanmetro
Patgenos de suspensin [transporte] sangunea

Blow count (pile driving)

Conteo denmero de impactos de hincamiento de


pilotes
Blow hole
Sopladura
Blow out
Reventon, erupcin
Blow-by (process term)
Escape de gas por el drenaje de lquidos
Blowcase
Pateo / inyector
Blowdown
Purgar/soplar/despresurizacin
Blower suction knockout
Succionador separador de sopladora
Blowout back (of case)
Cubierta trasera de reventn
Blowpipe (welding)
Soplete
B-n gas pipeline pig receiver (b-n refers to the Trampa de diablos del gasoducto b-n
location)
Board of directors, pemex
Consejo de administracin de pemex
Boat bumper
Defensa de barco
Boat landing
Atracadero
Bode plots / bode diagram (a plot of log amplitude Grficos de bode
ratio and phase angle values on a log frequency
base for a transfer function. It is the most common
form of graphically presenting frequency response
data.)
Bodily injury
Dao corporal
Body of legal writings
Doctrina
Bogie (cranes: an assembly of two or more axles Carretilla
arranged to permit both vertical wheel
displacement and an equalization of loading on
the wheels.)
Boil down data, to / refine
Reducir los datos
Boiler
Caldera / generador de vapor
Boiler compound
Desincrustante para calderas
Boiler maker/ metal plate worker
Pailero
Boiler making / metal plate work
Pailera
Bollard (a large pillar, to which a boat's mooring Bolardo / poste del muelle
lines can be tied.)
Bolt (has a nut)
Perno
Bolt (to)
Apernar/atornillar
Bolt pre-loading force (is the joint bolting assembly Fuerza sobre el perno antes de la carga
load placed on the flange at ambient conditions
prior to process start-up)
Bolted framework
Bolted joint
Bolted pressure type lug
Bona fide tax declaration

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Estructura atornillada
Unin atornillada
Tornillo de presin a rosca
Sinceracin
contributiva
venezolano)
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Bond, advance payment

Garanta/fianza de buen manejo y correcta inversin


del anticipo
Boning knife (kitchen)
Cuchillo de desosar / deshuesar
Bonnet [bolted]
Bonete atornillado
Book and magazine display
Escaparate para libros y revistas
Boom (a member used for supporting the hoisting Pluma
tackle, hinged to a fixed or rotating structure or to
a mast, with its outer end supported by ropes,
chains, rods, or hydraulic cylinder(s).)
Boom kickout (crane)
Boom lacing / chords (crane)
Boom members (crane)

Desenganche de la pluma
Cuerda de la pluma (miembros principales de una
estructura reticulada tipo pluma)
Miembros de la pluma (son las piezas de ngulo
estructural del reticulado que une las cuerdas de la
pluma.

Boom point (the outward end of the load-bearing Punta de la pluma


boom.)
Boom stop (cranes: boom holding device)
Retenedor (es un dispositivo usado para evitar que el
ngulo de la pluma sobre pase la posicin lmite
establecida.)
Boomer (D)
Booster
Booster compressor cooler
Booster compressor discharge scrubber
Booster compressor k.o. drum

Perro
Elevador de potencia
Enfriador del compresor reforzador
Tanque separador del compresor reforzador
Separador de la descarga del compresor reforzador

Booster compressor package


Booster compressor separator tank
Booster compressor suction scrubber

Tanque separador del compresor reforzador


Paquete de compresor reforzador
Separador de la succin del compresor reforzador

Booster compressors
Compresores reforzadores
Booster condensate coalescer
Coalescedor reforzador del condensado
Booster crude dehydrator
Deshidratador de crudo del reforzador
Booster pump
Bomba reforzadora
Booster servomotor
Servomotor de refuerzo
Booster suction
Succin de la reforzadora
Bop (balance of plant equipmentonly on the La parte restante del equipo de planta (bop)
cantarell project! Elsewhere is blowout preventor)
Bop (blow out preventera stack or an assembly Preventor de reventones / vlvula impide
of heavy-duty valves attached to the top of the reventones / impide-erupciones / impide-reventones /
casing to control well pressure; a christmas tree.) protector de erupcin / vlvula de control de
explosin
Bop (blow out preventor)
Bop deck
Bop deck (D)
Bop drill
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Preventores
Piso de preventores
Piso de preventores
Simulacro de descontrol
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Bop drill (D)


Simulacro de descontrol
Bore
Perforacin/perforar
Bore (of piping)
Dimetro interior
Bore hole
Perforacin
Borings (drillings into ground)
Perforaciones para muestras
Boroscope (a fiber-optic camera for inspection Boroscopio
within equipment. Of medical origin.)
Boroscopic inspection points/openings/holes
Boss
Bothersome (flicker, glare, reflection of a screen)

Puntos de inspeccin boroscpica


Protuberancia
Perturbar

Bottom current
Corriente de fondo
Bottom depth
Tirante de agua
Bottom depth (D)
Tirante de agua
Bottom line
Resultado neto
Bottomhole coring assembly (D)
Barril de muestreo
Bounce marks
Marcas de impacto
Boundary layer (bottom sea current)
Franja de transicin
Bourdon gauge (the bourdon tube is oval in cross Bourdn (manmetro)
section and bent into a circular arc. Internal
pressure (hydraulic, pneumatic) straightens the
tube. This motion is transmitted to a 300-degree
graduated arc dial indicating the pressure
measurement)
Box point (a multiple data channel address. This Direccin de puntos de canales mltiples de datos
is a field that defines the location of the physical (box point summary)
address of the data highway port [in which this
data point resides] on the emulated data highway.
For an eplcg, this parameter defines the address
withi
Bpd barrels per day
Barriles por da
Brace
Elemento de arriostramiento
Brace can (used to reinforce jacket joints)
Canuto (mx.) Pitorro (jerga mexicana)
Brace connection
Conexin de abrazadera
Bracing
Arriostramiento, soporte o refuerzo estructural
Brainstorm (a concerted attack on a problem, Echarle cabeza / generacin de ideas
usually by amassing a number of spontaneous
ideas which are then discussed.)
Braising pan (kitchen)
Sartn de dorar y guisar/saltear/ sofreir
Brake (a device, other than a motor, used for Freno (dispositivo que se usa para retardar, parar o
retarding or stopping motion by friction or power limitar el movimiento.)
means.)
Brake shoes
Zapata del freno / balata
Braking means (a method or device for retarding Medios de freno
or stopping motion.
Branch pipes
Ramales de tubera
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Brand

Mca. (abreviatura para marca. Es mejor usar la


palabra completa para evitar confusin.)
Brazing (to solder using metals with a very high Broncesoldeo / latonado
melting point, such as with an alloy of zinc and
copper.)
Break down / fall through, negotiations Venir abajo, negociaciones / fracasaron,
(negotiations fall through for the party that wants negociaciones (para la parte que deseaba algo)
something. Negotiations break down is more of a
neutral statement that they ceased due to
irreconcilable differences)

las

Breaker
Interruptor de circuito
Breaker lifting device
Dispositivo de izaje de interruptor de circuito
Breath guard, glass / sneeze guard (over a food Escudo protector higinico de vidrio / escudo
table)
protector higinico contra estornudos
Breather (vent)
Respiradero
Breccia (a composite rock consisting of angular Brecha
fragments of stone, etc., Cemented together by
some matrix, such as lime: sometimes opposed to
conglomerate, in which the fragments are rounded
and waterworn.)
Bricklayers helpers
Chalanes del albail (mx.)
Bridge cross-section
Seccin transversal
Bridge landing
Base del puente
Bridge support substrucrture
Soporte de puente
Bridge watch-keepers (one who keeps watch or Centinela / vigilante del puente de mando
serves as a member of a watch on board ship; an
officer in charge of a watch; also in gen. Use, one
who keeps watch or acts as a look-out.)
Bridle
Amarre
Bridle (instrument)
Pierna de nivel ( para montar instrumentos)
Bridle (lashing for marine transport)
Amarre de pata de ganso
Bring contract into effect (sign)
Formalizar el contrato
Brittle
Frgil
Broad and sufficient powers to bind
Facultades amplias y suficientes para obligar a
Bromine
Bromo
Brought forward to a line (accounting)
Llevado a un rengln (importe)
Brush (used for cleaning metal surfaces or in Carda (mxico)
textiles)
Brushes (of a generator)
Escobillas
Bs (burner failure switch)
Bs (interruptor de falla del quemador)
Bs (sodium bisulphite)
Bs (bisulfito de sodio)
Bs&w bottoms, sediment and water
Fondos, sedimento y agua
Bts batch tracking software
Software para seguimiento de lotes (sistema de
contabilidad del crudo transportado por tuberas)

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Bubble cap tray (absorption tower, etc.)


Bubble cap trays (of a stripper tower)
Bubble of gas (D)
Bubble-tight (water tight valves)
Bubble-tray column
Buck sheet

Plato de casquetes de burbujeo / campanas


burbujeadoras
Platos con cachuchas
Burbuja de gas
Hermtico contra burbujas
Columna de platos de burbujeo
Informe buck (informe de expeditacin del grado
de avance de todas las actividades relacionadas con
la orden de compra) buck [the buck stops here]
implica responsabilidades

Bucket
Bucket teeth
Buckle (to) (in a structural member.)
Buckle, a (in a structural member.)
Buckling
Buddy system (safety procedure)

Cubeta
Dientes de cuchara
Doblarse / pandear
Doblamiento
Doblndose
Sistema de trabajo en parejas por motivo de
seguridad
Budget percent complete curve
Curva de porcentaje terminado del presupuesto
Budget progress curves
Curva de ejercicio del presupuesto
Budgeted cost of work completed (bcwp): sum of Monto presupuestado de trabajo ejecutado suma de
approved cost estimates for scheduled activities estimados de monto aprobados para actividades (o
(or portions thereof) completed in a given time porciones de actividades) completadas durante un
period.
periodo de tiempo dado.
Buffer
Buffer (absorbtion capacity in reference to gas)

Pulmn
Pulmn

Buffer (cranes: an energy absorbing device for Amortiguador


reducing impact when a moving crane reaches the
end of its permitted travel.)
Buffer gas

Gas buffer (pemex) / gas amortiguador (es correcto


pero pemex emplea el ingls)
Buffer memory
Capacidad de memoria intermedia (buffer)
Buffering liquid
Lquido amortiguador (buffer)
Build, own and operate (bootype of project and Construccin, posesin y operacin (tipo de proyecto
contract)
y contrato)
Building (equipment shack on an offshore Cuarto (an cuando es independiente de otras
platform)
estructuras. Por lo general un edificio implica una
estructura completa cuando en las plataformas no es
mucho ms que una caseta.)
Building footprint area
Building graphics and signage, numbering
Building, (of generator, etc.)
Built-in tanks

rea de planta del edificio / rea de cimentacin


efectiva del edificio
Sealizacin del edificio
Cuarto (del generador)/caseta
Tanques de almacenamiento enterizas/integrados

Built-in wet bar (coffee)


Bulb (light)

Estacin de caf incorporado


Foco (mx.)

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Bulb lens
Bulk (equipment e.g. Valves, etc.)

Mica (mx.)
Por lote (a granel sera como para arandelas o
tornillos, etc. Y no en cuanto a equipos o
instrumentacin.)

Bulk (referring to materials purchased in large A granel


quantities, such as sand, cement, bolts, clamps,
etc.)
Bulk containers
Bulk, unrefined (amounts)
Bulkhead

Recipientes para almacenamiento a granel


En grea, [materia] (para materias no contables i.e.,
Concreto, etc.)
Malecn (obras portuarias); mamparo (embarcacin)

Bulking centers/collection centers/supply points

Centros de acopio

Bull head tee connection


Bull ring
Bullet (paragraph formatting)
Bulleted paragraph
Bulletin board
Bullnosed (rounded edges)
Bumper (vessel, pier)
Bumping
Bumpless (electronic transfer)
Bundle
Bundle (tube)
Bundle, tube (instrument tubing, for cems, etc.)

Conexiones de cabezal de canto en t


Anillo de presin (vlvulas)
Vieta
Inciso encabezado por vieta
Tablero para anuncios (mxico)
Remate redondo
Defensa
Golpeo
Transferencia sin sacudidas
Haces
Haz (de tubos)
Multitubo

Bunk bed (stacked beds)


Bunks
Burn out (of flare)
Burn-in period (electronic term)

Litera (camarote)
Literas
Extincin (del quemador)
Perodo de prueba de circuitos o instrumentacin
energizados
Burning rain (flare system)
Lluvia de fuego
Burr-free
Sin rebabas
Bus (a common pathway, or channel, between Bus
multiple devices. Buses are generally hardware,
although software can be designed and linked via
a so called "software bus." The computer's
internal bus is known as the local bus, or
processor bus.
Bus, ground
Barra de conexin a tierra
Busbar or bus bar (conductor electr., A system of Barra de distribucin de potencia (busbar) / barra
conductors in a generating station on which all the colectora de p
power of all the generators is collected for
distribution or, in a receiving station, on which the
power from the generating station is received for
dist
Buses
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Bushing
Buje, cojinete
Bushings
Bujes
Business travel expenses (in performance of a Gastos de viaje de trabajo
contract)
Butadiene
Butadieno (refinacin)
Butt weld
Soldeo a tope (verbo) / soldadura a tope (sustantivo)
Butterfly throttle valve
Buyer supplier quality representative

Vlvula de estrangulamiento de mariposa


Inspector del comprador de la calidad de los
proveedores
Bv (bureau veritas)
Bv (bureau veritas)
Bvm (bureau veritas mexico)
Bvm (bureau veritas mxico)
By mutual agreement
De comn acuerdo
Bypass
Bypass /desvo
Bypass valve
Vlvula de desvo (by-pass) {incluya el ingls}
Byte
Byte / octeto (espaa)
C : (off operation)
C : (fuera de operacin)
C.e. (carbon equivalent)
Equivalente de carbn
C.p.i. slop oil pump
Bomba de crudo recuperado del separador de placa
corrugada
Ca (client approval [of drawings])
Ca (aprobacin por el cliente)
Ca (contract administrator)
Administrador del contrato
Caa (clean air act)
Caa (ley de aire limpio)
Cab (a housing provided for the operator and Caseta (lugar destinado al operador de la gra y
containing the crane controls.
donde de encuentran los controles de esta. Imp)
Cabinet
Cable clip

Gabinete (no armario)


Perro (para sujetar dos partes de un lazo de cable)

Cable rack/tray
Cable sheath
Cable strands
Cadd computer aided design & drafting
Cadmium
Cadmium plated
Caged ladder

Escalerilla de cable
Funda / carcasa de cable
Torones
Diseo y bosquejo en computadora
Cadmio
Cadminizado
Escalera de mano con jaula de proteccin / escalera
tipo marina
Pasarela con enrejado (jaula de proteccin)
Camisa de succin
Memoria de clculo
Calibrador vernier
Calibradores
Calibradores
Convocatoria
Convocar una licitacin
Aviso de emergencia, matriz de

Caged walkway
Caisson (for pumps)
Calculation sheets
Calipers
Calipers
Calipers (D)
Call a bid
Call for bids
Call-out matrix

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Calorimeter (an apparatus used for measuring Calormetro


heat generated by a chemical reaction, change of
state, or formation of a solution)
Cams, actuating
Levas accionadoras
Can cut (a torch cut of supporting column with Corte de candelero
stabbing guide)
Cannon flare
Quemador tipo can
Canopy exhaust hood
Campana extractora en forma de escudo
Cantarell asset
Activo cantarell
Cantarell asset coordinating department
La coordinacin del activo cantarell
Cantarell asset office
Activo cantarell
Cantilever platform
Plataforma voladiza
Cap
Tapa
Cap screw
Prisionero
Capacitance sensing smart type
Detectores de capacitancia tipo inteligente
Capacity surpluses (the difference in mw between Excedentes de capacidad (diferencia en mw entre la
the project generation capacity and the capacity capacidad de generacin del proyecto y la capacidad
that the project users use.)
que aprovechan los usuarios del proyecto.)
Capep (pep procurement committee)

Capep comit de adquisiciones de pemex


exploracin y produccin, se est utilizando
indistintamente en ingls y espaol solamente con
las siglas.

Capital costs
Gastos de inversin
Capital project
Proyecto de inversin
Capitalization: days, months, nationalities and Caja alta: los das, semanas, meses, nacionalidades
languages in english are all written with the first e idiomas se escriben en espaol con letras de caja
letter capitalized.
baja (minscula) salvo cuando sea la primera o nica
palabra de una frase.
Caps (of jacket pilings for launching, with valves Tapas
for subsequent setting on sea-bottom)
Captain / master (ship)
Capitn
Car (corrective action report qa/qc)
Informe de accin correctiva
Car seal (lead seal on meters, valves, etc. car Precinto de plomo
comes from railroad car. )
Carbon black plant
Planta de negro de humo
Carbon monoxide
Monxido de carbono
Carbon steel
Acero al carbn (mex.) {no al carbono)
Cardan shaft (a shaft having a universal joint at Flecha cardn
one end or at both ends for transmitting motion
from one shaft to another not in a direct line with
it.)
Cardfile
Cargo basket
Carpentry and millwork
Carriage / haulage / trucking
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Archivero de tarjetas
Cajas metalicas
Carpintera y ebanistera
Acarreo
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Carriers (of freight)


Transportistas
Carry-down factor (load calculations)
Factor de reduccin (de la carga)
Cascade ends - soldadura
Extremos en cascada
Case-by-case
Caso por caso
Casehardened and ground
Endurecidas y rectificadas
Cash/collect (bond)
Hacer efectivo
Casing (around drill pipe)
Conductor
Casing (of bearing, parts, )
Caja
Casing (of pump, motor, crankcase)
Carcaza
Casing guide frames (offshore platform well pipe Reticulado de guas de conductores
casing)
Casing joint
Junta de carcaza
Casing pipe
Tuberias d revestimiento
Casing Pipe (D)
Tubera de revestimiento (TR)
Casing slips (D)
Elevador araa
Cast in-place concrete
Concreto colado y curado en el lugar
Cast off (vessels leaving landing mooring)
Desatraque
Cast off (vessels leaving vessel-to-vessel mooring) Desacoderamiento
Casting (metal pieces)
Piezas forjada / pieza de fundicin
Casting vote (the decisive tie-breaking vote at a Voto de calidad
shareholders meeting)
Castle nut
Tuerca almenada
Casts off
Desacoderamiento
Cat head
Cabrestante
Cat head (D)
Cabrestante
Cat line
Cable de maniobras
Cat line (D)
Cable de maniobras, viento
Cat walk
Rampa de tuberas
Catalog cut sheets
Hojas recortadas de los catlogos
Catalyst
Catalizador
Catch (door, lock, etc.)
Aldaba
Catch basin (man-made
Sumidero
Catenary (the curve formed by a chain or rope of Catenaria (dcese de la curva que forma una cadena,
uniform density hanging freely from two fixed cuerda o cosa semejante suspendida entre dos
points not in the same vertical line. The common puntos que no estn situados en la misma vertical.)
catenary is the curve so formed by a chain of
uniform thickness.)
Catering staff
Cation
Catwalk
Caustic soda
Caving collapse
Cavity edge
Cbs (cost breakdown structure)
Cbs (engineering firm in houston)
Cc control center
Cc: - ccp = carbon copy
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Personal de suministro de alimentos


Catin
Pasarela estrecha /pasarela de servicio
Sosa caustica
Derrumbe colapso
Filo de la cavidad
Estructura de desglose de costos
Cbs (firma de ingeniera basada en houston)
Cc - centro de control
Copia carbn, copia
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Cc: (copy to)


Ccp ( mxico: con copia para)
Ccc (care, custody and control)
Ccc (cuidado, custodio, y control)
Ccw (counter clockwise)
En direccin opuesta a las manecillas del reloj
Cd-rom drive
Equipo de cd-rom
Ce (cement)
Ce (cemento)
Cecp (construction environmental compliance Pcac (plan de cumplimiento con los reglamentos del
plan)
medio ambiente durante la construccin)
Cee (external evaluation coordinatorpemex)

Cee (coordinador de evaluacin externa)

Cell
Cellar deck
Cellar deck firefighting package
Cellophane sheet
Cement mill (D)
Cement silos
Cement tank
Cementing
Cems (continuous emissions monitoring system)

Celda
Cubierta inferior
Paquete contra incendio de la cubierta inferior
Lmina / pliego de celofn
Molino para cemento
Silos de cemento
Tanque de cemento
Cementado
Sistema de monitoreo continuo de emisiones

Center line (of a road)

Centro de lnea (de una va)/eje (de una construccin)

Centerline (construction, piping, etc.)/ Cl / c.l.


Eje
Centerline (of an axle or shaft)
Eje longitudinal (mx.)
Central fixing screw
Tornillo central de fijacin
Centralized services window ventanilla nica Ventanilla nica (de pep)
({include spanish} this is a single point of contact
for pep paperwork processing.)
Centrifugal compressor
Centrifuge
Certifiable... (subject to certification)
Certificate for offshore support vessels, section
1.5, marpol 73/78, attachment ii, regulation 13.4

Compresor centrfugo
Centrfuga
Sujeto a la certificacin
Certificado para embarcaciones de apoyo costa
afuera, seccin 1.5, marpol 73/78, anexo ii,
regulacin 13.4

Certificate of fitness ( issued by iacs agency for Certificado de condiciones satisfactorias


platform)
Certification, authentication
Legalizacin
Certified as a "self-withholder" (tax status)
Certificado como auto retenedor
Certified internal auditor (cia)
Auditor interno certificado
Certify with stamping die
Certificar con sello de golpe
Certifying agency (such as abs [american bureau Agencia certificadora / casa certificadora
of shipping] - an independent agency that certifies
the final product & conforms it to specifications,
especially for insurance purposes.)
Cetes (mexican 28-day treasury bonds)

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Cfr ("cost and freight" means that the seller must Costo y flete (la abreviatura va seguida del nombre
pay the costs and freight (infra) necessary to bring del puerto de destino. El precio comprende la
the goods to the named port of destination but the mercadera puesta en puerto de destino, con flete
risk of loss of or damage to the goods, as well as pagado pero seguro no cubierto. El vendedor debe
any additional costs due to events occurring afte despachar la mercadera en aduana y solamente
puede usarse
Cg (center of gravity)
Chain fall
Chain puller (D)
Chain Tongs (D)
Chainlink fence
Chair plates (structural materials)
Chambermaid
Change notice

Centro de gravedad
Diferencial
Extractores de cadena
Llaves de cadena
Malla eslabonada
Placas silletas
Camarera
Notificacin de cambio (no es aviso sino una accin
formal)
Change order (a change is a permanent revision Cambio, orden de
or addition to a project technical requirement and
may be applicable to the entire project. The
document specifying the technical requirement will
be changed or augmented to reflect the new
requirements.)
Change room
Vestidor (mxico)
Change-driven activities
Actividades definidas por los cambios
Changeover valve (to a filter on a pump)
Vlvula de cambio
Characterized (e.g. Valve has certain industry Caracterizado
engineered characteristics)
Charge air blower
Soplador del aire de carga
Charge air bypass
Desvo del aire de carga
Charge air cooler
Enfriador de aire de carga
Charge air waste gate
Compuerta de descarga del aire de carga
Charge limiter
Limitador de carga
Charge offs
Amortizacin de crditos
Charge, to (to direct, contract, instruct)
Encomendar (tarea, contrato, responsabilidad)
Charging protection
Proteccin de carga
Charpy v-notch impact tests (for measuring the Prueba de impacto charpy
strength of metals under impact.)
Chart
Tablas
Chart datum
Datos de la tabla
Charter (a vessel)
Fletamento
Chase, pipe (opening for piping/tubing to pass Roza (de tubos)
between floors, etc.)
Cheater pipe (D)
Tubo de fuerza
Check
Verificar /revisar / comprobar (en mxico es de uso
comn el anglicismo checar en las conversaciones
pero no as en los documentos.)

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Check for deposit only/crossed check

Cheque cruzado (que lleva dos lneas diagonales


para indicar que es para depsito nicamente)

Check valve
Check, to (mark a document with a checkmark)

Vlvula de retencin / vlvula de no retorno


Palomear (mxico)

Checkered plate
Placa estriada /placa antiderrapante
Checklist
Lista de verificacin
Checksum (computers: a value used to ensure Total de control (checksum)
data is transmitted without error. It is created by
adding the binary value of each alphanumeric
character in a block of data and sending it with the
data. At the receiving end, a new checksum is
computed and
Cheek plate / doubler plate (looks like washer Cachete
welded onto padeye/lifting lug for reinforcement)
Cheese-head screw
Tornillo de cabeza cilndrica y plana
Chemical fire extinguishers
Extinguidores de polvo qumico
Chemical injection package (oil)
Paquete de inyeccin qumica (crudo)
Chemical injection skid
Patn de inyeccin qumica
Chemical weathering
Meteorizacin qumica
Cherry picker (a telescoping platform to raise Plataforma de trabajo de brazo telescpico
personal for line repair, etc.)
Chief engineer (ship)
Jefes de mquinas
Chiller
Refrigerante
Chin strap
Barbiquejo
Chinese fingers pipeline tripod support
Dedos chinos (trpode de apoyo/anclaje de ducto)
Chinese lantern riser
Chipping (concrete finish)
Chipping hammer
Chipping hammer (D)
Chisel , crosscut chisel
Chloroform
Choke
Choke (D)
Choke line
Choke manifold (D)
Choke 'n kill manifold (D)
Choke valve
Choke valves (D)
Choke, a
Choke, to
Chords and lacing of crane boom
Christmas tree (wellhead)

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Tubera ascendente de tipo linterna china


Martillar/picar
Piqueta
Piqueta
Cincel
Cloroformo
Estrangulador/ahogador
Estrangulador
Linea de extrangulador
Arbol de estrangulacin
Carrete de trabajo
Vlvula estranguladora
Vlvulas de estrangulacin
Estrangulador
Estrangular
Cables y enlaces de la pluma de la gra
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Chromatography (any of various techniques for Cromatografa ( un mtodo para determinar el


the separation of complex mixtures that rely on contenido porcentual de los componentes de un gas
differential affinities of substances for a gas or o lquido por medio de su separacin).
liquid mobile medium and for a stationary
absorbing medium through which they pass such
as paper, gelatin, or
Chrome plated
Cromado
Chute
Tobogn / cada
Ci (corrosion inhibitor)
Ci (inhibidor de corrosin)
Cigsa (construcciones industriales del golfo s.a. Cigsa (construcciones industriales del golfo s.a. de
de c.v.)
c.v.)
Circuit breaker
Interruptor de circuitos
Circular chart
Grfico circular
Circumference of the pump piston
Circunferencia del pistn de la bomba
Clad pipe (cladding: a coating or covering applied Tubera revestida con acero inoxidable
to the surface of an object, a building, etc.; The
application of such a covering. Often used with
steel cladding)
Claim (official document, legal petition, appeal)

Ocurso (mx.)

Clamp
Clamp offset and dents (in oil pipeline risers)
Clamp-on-ampmeter (fluke)

Abrazadera
Desplazamientos y holguras en abrazaderas
Voltmetro de gancho (mx.) Pinza voltiamperimtrica
(col.)
Vlvula de chapaleta (mxico)
Divergencias / diferencias de opinin, prioridad, etc.

Clapper (valve)
Clashes (administrative)

Clashes with equipment, there shall be no


Interferencias, que no existan
Class 1 highways
Carreteras de primer orden
Clattering (description of mechanical sound)
Ruido metlico
Clause six (spanish original)
Trmino sexto (original en espaol)
Claw couplings
Coples dentados
Clay
Arcilla
Clay soil
Suelo arcilloso
Clean bill of health card (issued for periodic public Tarjeta de salud
health checks for contagious diseases)
Clean diesel storage tank
Tanque de almacenamiento de diesel limpio
Clean fire suppression system
Sistema limpio de supresin de incendios (por gas
inerte)
Clean gas suppression system
Sistema de supresin de incendios por gas inerte
Clean oil filters
Clean pressure drop
Clean slate thinking (management philosophy)

Filtros para la limpieza de aceite


Prdida de presin en limpio
Poltica de hacer borrn y cuenta nueva

Clean/treated diesel filter


Clean/treated diesel storage tank
Clean/treated diesel transfer pump

Filtro de diesel limpio


Tanque de almacenamiento de diesel limpio
Bomba de transferencia de diesel limpio

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Clean-line aesthetics (architectural design)


Buena esttica (que tenga )
Clean-outs (opening for access into piping to Registro de limpieza
clean out obstructions)
Clear lumber (no knots)
Limpia, madera (es decir sin nudos. No es claro)
Clear release discharge ( final checks before
releasing for payment)
Clear to send (ctstelecommunications)
Clearance
Clearance (an inspection) / delivery (of an item)

Finiquitar
Listo para enviar (cts)
Espacio
Libranza (inspeccin final para fines de pago)

Clearance (shut down of process or equipment for Libranza / paro de actividades de produccin
a variety of activities such as maintenance, hot
taps, tie-ins, etc.) / shutdown window
Clearing and stripping
Clearing of title (acts or proceedings necessary to
render title marketable)
Cleat (a t on edge of pier, piling or docking area
to tie up vessels
Clinker [material]
Clips (metal clamps)
Clips (metal pieces welded onto vessel exterior to
connect attachments such as ladders)

Desmonte
Regularizacin (de ttulos)

Clock (computer)
Close grain (fine grain cast iron)
Closed drain header
Closed drain storage vessel

Temporizador
Hierro fundido de grano fino
Colector de drenaje cerrado
Recipiente de almacenamiento del drenaje cerrado

Closed drainage collector


Closed drains pump
Closed drains slop oil pump

Colector de drenaje cerrado


Bomba del drenaje cerrado
Bomba de crudo recuperado del drenaje cerrado

Closed drains sump pump


Closed drains water pump
Close-out (of project)
Closet (for clothes)

Bomba del colector de drenajes cerrados


Bomba de agua del drenaje cerrado
Finalizacin / terminacin (de la obra)
Closet (mxico. En mxico armario es un
wardrobe en ingls que es un closet con colgadero
y algunos estantes, cajones, etc. Pero es
independiente y no es empotrado.)

Closure
Closure (pipe)
Club strategy financing

Compuerta
Compuerta (dispositivo de acceso al gasoducto u
oleoducto)
Estrategia de financiamiento por sindicacin cerrada

Cluster

Grupo

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Cornamuza
Escoria
Sujetadores
Placas de soporte soldadas al recipiente para
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Clutch
(a
means
for
engagement
or Embrague
disengagement of power.)
Clutch carrier flange
Brida del conductor de embrague
Clutch stub shaft
Gorrn del embrague
Cm (medium press. Condensate)
Cm (condensados de presin media)
Cmtr (certified mill test report){issued as to the Certificado de molino (mx.) / informe certificado de
chemical composition of metal, e.g. Ss 316}
prueba de material
Co (fuel oil)
Co (combustleo)
Co2 vent snuffing skid (gas is used to exclude Patn del gas de exclusin co2 del sistema de alivio y
oxygen from vent/relief system to prevent danger venteo
of explosion)
Coal tar epoxy/ coal tar enamel (cte)
Epxico de alquitrn de hulla
Coalesce
Conglutinar
Coalescer (it contains a fibrous coalescing media Conglutinador
/
filtro
coalescedor
(mx.)
(e.g., Polypropylene) that enhances oil removal. [conglutinador es correcto pero conforme a las
Oil/water enters the coalescer, by gravity flow from instrucciones de pemex no se emplea el trmino]
the cpi and bulk oil separates and coalesces into
the free oil layer. The water, containing oil
disbursed as small droplets, passes through
(generally downward) the coalescer media where
the oil droplets collect and form larger droplets
which float upward to the free oil layer. Thickness
of the oil layer is controlled by an adjustable weir
that regulates oil flow into the oil compartment. Oil
flows from the oil compartment under level control
to the slop oil tank. The oil free water flows under
level control to the sour water stripper.)

Coalescer pump
Bomba del coalescedor
Coalescer slop oil pump
Bomba de crudo recuperado del coalescedor
Coarse filter
Filtro de malla ancha
Coated line pipe
Tubera revestida
Coating
Revestimiento - recubrimiento
Coating (inside)
Revestimiento de tubera
Coating (outside)
Recubrimiento de tubera
Coaxial cable (a high-capacity cable used in Cable coaxial
communications and video, commonly called coax. It contains an insulated solid or stranded wire
surrounded by a solid or braided metallic shield,
wrapped in a plastic cover. Fire-safe teflon
coating is optio
Cock, to (machinery)
Cocked
Code
Code of accounts (accounting term)

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Montar
Cargado / amartillado / montado
Cdigos / ley / normatividad
Catlogo de cuentas contables

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Cofferdam (in order to make an on-shore pipeline Atagua / dique de presa


approach. A water-tight enclosure used for
obtaining a dry foundation for bridges, piers, etc.;
Usually constructed of two rows of piles with clay
packed between them, extending above highwater mark; the w
Cogeneration agreement (this is an agreement in Convenio de cogeneracin (convenio por el cual el
which the process operator agrees to use the operador del proceso se compromete a utilizar la
thermal energy produced in the cogeneration plant energa trmica producida en la planta de
or to deliver the thermal energy or fuel produced cogeneracin o entregar la energa trmica o
by its process to the cogeneration plant.)
combustible producido en su proceso a la planta de
cogeneracin.)
Cogeneration company (the artificial person that is Sociedad de cogeneracin (persona moral que se
established with the purpose of operating a establece con el fin de operar un proyecto de
cogeneration project so that its associated cogeneracin para que sus establecimientos
establishments use the electric energy that is asociados
aprovechen
la
energa
elctrica
generated.)
generada.)
Cogeneration establishments associated (the Establecimientos asociados a la cogeneracin
facilities belonging to the individuals or legal (instalaciones de las personas fsicas o morales que
entities that use or produce the steam, the thermal utilizan o producen el vapor, la energa trmica o los
energy or the fuels that are the basis for the combustibles que dan lugar a los procesos base de
cogeneration processes, that are partners of the la cogeneracin, que sean socios de la sociedad de c
cogeneration c
Cogwheel
Coil tubing
Coil tubing
Coil tubing (D)
Coiled

Rueda dentada / rueda catalina


Tubera flexible
Tubera flexible
Tubera flexible
Espiral/vuelta/circunvolucin/enrollado/en serpentn

Coiling/overhead doors
Cold packs
Cold packs/hot packs (first aid)
Coldfinger condenser

Puerta persiana (colombia)


Compresa fra
Compresas fras/compresas calientes
Condensador a base de glicol para deshidratar el gas
(coldfinger)
Colapso de la tubera
Lastra barrenas
Lastrabarrenas
Perno de collar
Garantizar los anticipos
Va ejecutiva, cobrar por la
Ducto colector
rgano colegiado (comit tcnico de compras
coteco)
Codificacin por colores
Colombio vanadio
Eje (estructuras)
Patas de los ejes

Collapse of pipe
Collar
Collar (Drill Collar) (D)
Collar pin
Collaterize advance payments
Collect by enforcement procedure
Collector pipeline
Collegiate body
Color coding
Columbium-vanadium (steel alloy process)
Column row (platform steel structures)
Column row legs

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Comb binding, assemble a document in a

Engargolar (de documentos) / engargolado (mxico)

Combination wrench
Llave mixta
Combination wrench
llave mixta
Combustion gas turbine
Turbina de combustin de gas
Come along (winch used to pull together: chains, Montacargas / polipasto / cabrestantes de
cables, etc. The winch crawls along the chain.)
aproximacin (para aproximar objetos o tensar
cables. No es para izaje)
Come-along-clamp

Mordaza giradora de alambre, cadena; pateca (p.r.);


malacate (mexico)
Coming into full effect
Para todos los efectos
Commencement order (given at kick-off meetings) Orden de inicio (dada en la junta de arranque)
Commented
Observ
Comments
Observaciones
Commercial mandate (scots law: mandatea Mandato mercantil (mandato: en general, orden,
contract by which one employs another to act for encargo, pedido. Ms particularmente, contrato
him in the management of his affairs, or in some consensuado por el que una persona (mandatario) se
particular department of them, of which obliga a realizar algo o prestar algn servicio por
employment the person accepts, and agrees to cuenta de otra (mandante).
act)
Commercial proposal
Propuesta econmica
Commissioned by: (name of person, company Patrocinador: (nombre de la persona, compaa
requesting/funding a study/work)
solicitando, subvencionando un estudio, trabajo)
Commissioned into service ( a single piece of Puesta en servicio
equipment like a crane
Commissioning
(activities
required
before Puesta en servicio
chemicals or process fluids are introduced into the
system. Startup will follow, but it will be a distinctly
different operation and will only proceed after
commissioning has been successfully completed.
Initial
Commissioning (a group of equipment or a piece Pruebas costa afuera
that is part of an off-shore system, like a
compressor package)
Commissioning, pre- (tests following factory Pruebas previas a la puesta en servicio
acceptance test (fat) and prior to actual
commissioning.
Usually but not always in
fabrication yard.)
Commitment authority
Committing an error
Common header for pump suction
Common return / commoned (wiring)

Facultad para contraer compromiso


Cae en un error
Cabezal comn de succin de bombas
Retorno comn (conductor de retorno comn a dos o
ms circuitos)
Communications
Transmisin de documentacin y informacin
Communications policy and standards general Direccin general de poltica de comunicaciones y
directorate (mexican governmental agency within normas (del sct)
the sct)
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Communications tool
Communiqu
Community (spanish original)
Compaction
Compaa de nitrgeno de cantarell (cnc)
Company background

Herramienta de comunicaciones
Oficio
Ncleos de poblacin
Compresin / compactacin
Compaa de nitrgeno de cantarell (cnc)
Informacin bsica de la empresa / antecedentes de
la compaa
Company or person (contract)
Persona natural o jurdica
Compensate
Resarcir/indemnizar/compensar
Compensating needle valve
Vlvula de aguja de compensacin
Compensation link
Eslabn de compensacin
Compensator
Compensador
Compensator (D)
Compensador de olas
Competency
Aptitud
Competition or competitiveness (e.g. The bid Oposicin o contradiccin (carcter de competencia y
process should be marked by.)
demostracin de idoneidad de los concursantes en el
proceso licitatorio)
Competitive rates
Precios competitivos
Complainant /party contesting /aggrieved Inconforme, el
party/protesting party
Complaint/ petition (also libel)
Libelo
Complaints window
Mdulo de atencin de inconformidades
Complete quadratic combination (cqc) (for Mtodo de combinacin cuadrtica completa (ccc)
structural modeling)
(para la representacin de fuerzas en modelos
estructurales)
Completed

Terminado (no completado) completar es agregar


algo que faltaba!!!
Completed (to add onto something)
Completar (adicionar algo que faltaba)
Completed operations hazard (insurance)
Riesgo para operaciones terminadas
Completely fill out forms
Los formatos sern contestados en su totalidad
Complex (group of buildings, platforms, etc.)
Complejo (conjunto de plataformas en que se
efectan diversos procesos)
Compliance (with contract, work, etc.)
Cumplimiento
Compliance (with laws, requirements)
Acatamiento
Component areas
reas integrantes
Composite crew
Cuadrilla compuesta
Composite outline drawing (same as general Plano de arreglo general (de equipo mecnico)
arrangement drawings & mechanical installation
drawings)
Composite record
Composite unit price
Composition (dcs inputs/outputs)

Registro combinado
Precios unitarios compuestos
Composicin (o producto relativo es un mtodo
matemtico para combinar funciones en forma
secuencial. El proceso de ejecutar la composicin es
una operacin entre funciones de clases
convenientes.

Compound (an enclosed area)

Recinto

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Compound (as in pemexs compound for Recinto cercado


employee living)
Comprehensive construction all-risk insurance Pliza de seguro contra todo riesgo de construccin
(commonly known as builders insurance)
Comprehensive detailed schedule
Programa integral detallado
Comprehensive personal injury and property Pliza de seguro de responsabilidad civil a terceros
damage liability insurance
contra todo riesgo por lesiones personales y daos
materiales
Comprehensive personal injury and property Pliza de seguro de responsabilidad civil a terceros
damage liability insurance
contra todo riesgo por lesiones personales y daos
materiales
Compression flare k.o. drum
Tanque de desfogue de compresin
Compressor head
Extremo del compresor
Compressor wheel
Rotor del compresor
Computation cycle time
Tiempo del ciclo de cmputo
Computerized maintenance management system Sistema computarizado de control de mantenimiento
(cmms)
Con (construction)
Con (construccin)
Concave vessel head
Tapa torriesfrica de recipiente (cncava)
Concentric conductor (a group of uninsulated Conductor concntrico
wires twisted together and containing a center
core with susequent layers spirally wrapped
around the core to form a single conductor.)
Concerns and action items
Concrete batch plant
Concrete pavement

Motivos de inquietud y acciones a tomar


Planta de mezclado de lotes de concreto
Pavimentacin a base de concreto hidrulico (mx.)

Concrete weight coating


Concrete weight jackets
Concur (to agree in opinion [with].)

Recubrimiento de concreto de lastrado


Camisas de lastrado de concreto
Asentir a / asentimiento (mostrar su acuerdo con [una
cosa o propuesta]el asinti a la propuesta /
expres su asentimiento a la propuesta)

Concurrent delay
Demora contempornea (es decir simultnea)
Condensate separator
Separador de condensacin
Condensate trap
Trampa de condensados
Condensate/water separator
Separador de agua/condensado
Condition
Habilitar (algo)
Conditional stipulation
Condicionante
Conditions governing commercial relations Bases que regulan la relacin comercial entre
between petrleos mexicanos and its subsidiaries petrleos mexicanos y organismos subsidiarios con
with its suppliers
sus proveedores
Conduct a meeting
Conductor
Conduit
Conduit stubbed out to a distance of __
Conduit(s)
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Dirigir una junta/reunin


Conductor
Tubo conduit (conducto portacables)
Conduit desarraigado hasta una distancia de __
Conduit (mx.)
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Confer title to collection and term


Dar derecho a cobro y plazo
Confidentiality / secrecy agreement
Acuerdo de confidencialidad
Confined spaces
Espacios encerrados
Confirm (compare and confirm that all is in order Homologar (documentos, sistemas, etc.)
and compliance)
Confirming purchase order (requisitions or Orden de compra que requiere confirmacin
purchase orders usually for more than $10,000
that require further confirmation)
Conform to
Ajustarse a / cumplir con
Conform to the specs (spanish original)
Ceirse a las especificaciones
Conformed copy of contract (meaning signed and Ejemplar autntico del contrato
all pages initialed, not merely a photo copy)
Conglomerate
Conglomerado
Congruous
Congruente
Conjugate
Conjugado
Connecting hub
Cubo de unin
Connecting rod shaft
Cuerpo de la biela
Connecting rod split
Hendidura de la biela
Connecting stud
Perno de conexin
Connecting stud
Perno de conexin
Connection plate
Placa de unin
Connections
Conexiones, interconexiones
Connector gland (elastomer sheathing around the Conector con glndula
connector ferrule creating a seal when connection
is made.)
Consequence factor (an additional factor to be Factor de consecuencias
applied in assessing the structural strength of
lifting points and primary structure)
Consequential damages / indirect damages / Dao emergente (detrimento o destruccin de los
damnum emergens
bienes, a diferencia del lucro cesante.)
Considered / held to be duly submitted
Se tienen por presentadas
Considered to be authorized to, are
Se tiene por autorizado
Consist of, shall
Consistir en (no consistir de que es un
anglicismo)
Consistent
Consecuente / compatible / coherente / lgico /
sistemtico
Constructability
Facilidad de construccin
Construction abatement
Mitigacin de los efectos de la construccin
Construction environmental control plan (cecp)
Plan de control ambiental para la construccin (pcac)
Construction manager
Construction regulations for the federal district

Encargado de construccin
Rdf (reglamento de construccin del distrito federal)

Construction service orders

rdenes de servicios de construccin

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Construction tower crane (a tower crane that is Gra de torre para construccin de obras
regularly assembled and disassembled for use at
various sites. It may include features for climbing
or telescoping.)
Construction yard
Patio de construccin
Consumable
Consumible /fungible
Consumer division
rea usuaria
Contacts / points (electricity)
Toques
Contending party
La parte contenciosa / la parte contendiente
Contested matters
Conceptos de la inconformidad
Continental drift
Deriva continental
Continental rise
Cuesta continental
Continental shelf
Plataforma continental
Contingent employers liability (insurance)
Responsabilidad patronal contingente
Continuous emission exhaust gas monitoring Sistema de monitoreo continuo de gases de emisin
system
del escape
Continuous emission exhaust gas monitoring Sistema de monitoreo continuo de gases de emisin
system
del escape
Continuous gasket
Empaque estanca / continua
Contract formation
Conformacin del contrato
Contract or acceptance document estimate Nmero de contrato en estimacin y documento de
number (contractor submits this estimate number aceptacin
[with or without client acceptance number] for
payment)
Contracting methods / type
Contribution (part of indemnity)
Control air receiver
Control cabin
Control edges
Control joint (carpentry)
Control lever
Control linkage
Control pods
Control Pods (D)
Control power (24vdc for control system)
Control rooms
Control wiring
Controls system engineer

Modalidades de contratacin
Parte alcuota
Receptor de aire de control
Cabina de control
Bordes de control
Junta de control
Palanca de control
Articulacin de control
Control de preventores
Control en preventor
Corriente de control
Cuartos de control
Cableado de controles
Ingeniero de sistemas de control (instrumentista)

Conversion yard (dry dock for ship)


Convey
Conveyor type toaster (for bread)
Cook-off (remove substance by heating)
Cool-down
Cooler
Cooler fans
Cooling jacket

Dique de conversin
Comunicar
Tostador de pan de banda
Despojar
En enfriamiento
Enfriador
Ventiladores del enfriador
Chaqueta de enfriamiento

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Coon steel members, to (english slang for the way Trepar o asirse las vigas
a racoon crawls up a tree)
Cope with emergency situations, to
Reaccionar adecuadamente frente a circunstancias
de emergencia / poder hacer frente a las
emergencias
Core
Core business
Core processes (of a system)
Core team
Corer
Corner bead (carpentry)
Corporate income tax

Ncleo, testigo, alma


Negocios vitales
Procesos vitales
Grupo central
Muestreador de ncleos/testigos
Cantonera de esquina
Irpf (impuesto sobre la renta de las personas fiscales)

Corporate name / company style


Correspondence record
Correspondence, incoming
Correspondence, outgoing
Corridor
Corrosion allowance

Razn social
Registro de las cartas
Comunicaciones recibidas
Comunicaciones despachadas / emitidas
Corredor
Tolerancia
de
corrosin
/
corrosin
permisible/sopreespesor de corrosin
Recubrimiento anticorrosivo
Muestras de material para pruebas de corrosin
Paquete de inyeccin del inhibidor de corrosin (gas)

Corrosion coat
Corrosion coupons
Corrosion inhibitor injection pkg (gas)

Corrosion inhibitor package/skid


Paquete/patn de inhibicin de corrosin
Corrosive marine environment
Ambiente marino corrosivo
Corrugated plate interceptor (cpi)
Separador de placa corrugada
Corrugated plate interrupter
Separador de placa corrugado
Corrugation
Corrugado
Cost accounting standards (cas)
Normas de contabilidad de costos
Cost elements
Insumos de costos
Cost estimate
Estimado de gastos / montos ejercidos
Cost incurred
Cargo realizado
Cost variation (cv)
Variacin del monto (cv)
Cost-plus
Costo ms porcentaje por administracin
Cost-plus agreed to amount
Costo ms cantidad convenida
Cost-plus-fee contract
Contrato de costo ms honorarios
Costs schedule: calendar-based distributed price Cdula de importes: es la distribucin calendarizada
of each activity represented in a work package. del monto de cada actividad representada en un
This schedule will be associated with the activities paquete de trabajo. Estas cdulas estarn asociadas
network and will contain the contractual price for a la red de actividades y contendrn el monto
pemex refinacin for each of the activities within th contractual para pemex refinacin de cada una de las
ac
Cotter pin
Couch potato
Counter guarantee
Counternut
Counterpressure
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Pasador de chaveta, chaveta


Teledevorador, un
Contrafianza
Contratuerca
Contrapresin
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Countersunk connectors
Conectores tipo avellanado
Countervailing duties
Cuotas compensatorias
Counterweight (weight used to supplement the Contrapeso
weight of the machine in providing stability for
lifting working loads; it swings with the crane.
Country of registry (ship)
Couple, to
Coupled to (to driver or driven equipment)
Couples
Coupling ( motor)
Coupling (actual device)
Coupling (pipe)
Coupling end of shaft (turbine)
Coupling flange
Coupling guards
Coupling half
Coupling hub
Course completion recognition
Cover
Cover (to include a point, topic, etc.)

Pas de abanderamiento
Acoplar
Acoplado a
Coples
Acople
Cople (en mxico no se emplea las palabras
acoplamiento ni acople.)
Unin
El extremo de la flecha en el cople
Brida de acoplamiento
Guardas del cople
La mitad al lado del cople
Cubo del acoplamiento
Reconocimiento del curso
Tapa/cubierta
Abordar / abarcar / incluir (cubrir no es preferible)

Cover plate gasket faces


Junta de superficie de tapa
Coverage (coating/paint)
Integridad (del recubrimiento o pintura)
Cp probe
Sonda cp
Cpi (corrugated plate interrupter) coalescer
Separador de placas corrugadas
Cpi corrugated plate interruptor
Separador de placas corrugadas
Cpm critical path method
Mtodo de ruta crtica
Cpr (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
Resucitacin cardiopulmonar
Cpu (central processing unitthe computing part Unidad de procesamiento central (cpu)
of the computer. Also called the processor, it is
made up of the control unit and alu. A personal
computer cpu is a single microprocessor chip. A
minicomputer cpu is contained on one or more
printed circu
Cr client review
Revisin del cliente
Crack (in materials)
Grieta
Cracked
Agrietado
Craft labor
Personal de oficio / especializado
Crane
Gra
Crane barge
Barcaza gra
Crane, standby (crane which is not in regular Gra de reserva
service but that is used occasionally or
intermittently as required.
Crank case venting
Crank levers
Crank pin
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Respiradero del crter


Palancas de cigeal
Mun del cigeal
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Crank pin bearing cover


Tapa de la chumacera del mun del cigeal
Crank soak wash internal engine cleaning system Sistema de limpieza interno de la turbina tipo lavado
(turbine)
durante rotacin
Crankcase
Crter
Crankshaft
Cigeal
Crankshaft journals
Muones del cigeal
Crankshaft torsion vibration damper
Amortiguador de vibraciones de torsin del cigeal
Crates
Cajas de madera
Credenza (furniture)
Credenza (conjunto de escritorio)
Creditors: inland revenue - tax retained.
Hp acreedor retenciones a cuenta irpf
Creep (geol. A. A slow, imperceptible movement Deformacin/reptacin. Eformacin con el tiempo en
en masse of soil, talus, etc., Usu. Downhill under un material sometido a una tension constante
the influence of gravity but freq. With other
processes (such as successive freezing and
thawing) contributing to the effect. B. A slow
displacement of strat
Creep (structural stresses: the continuous Fluencia (deformacin con el tiempo en un material
deformation of a material (esp. A metal) under sometido a una tensin constante.)
stress, esp. At high temperatures.)
Creep stress
Esfuerzo por fluencia
Crescent wrench
Llave perico
Crest of an ultimate strength wave (500 year Cresta de la ola de resistencia ltima (perodo de
storm occurrence)
retorno de 500 aos)
Crest plates
Placas de coronamiento (de los pilotes)
Crew foreman
Cabo de oficios (mxico)
Crew quarters
Cuarto de cuadrilla
Crimped wall plates
Paredes de placa corrugada
Crimp-on type connector (wire)
Conector tipo cpsula / glndula
Criteria (plural)
Criterios
Criterion (singular)
Criterio
Critical path method (cpm): technique of network Mtodo de la ruta crtica: tcnica de anlisis de una
analysis used to predict project duration by red usada para predecir la duracin de un proyecto
analyzing which activities sequences have mediante al anlisis de cual secuencia de actividades
minimum float. Therefore, this method defines tiene mnima holgura. Este mtodo define por lo
project critical activities. (involves identifying the tanto las actividades crticas de un proyecto.
different operati
Criticality rating register
Crock (kitchen)
Crooked
Cross brace
Cross check

Registro del ndice de criticidad


Cntaro
Encorvado
Riostra diagonal / chafln [mxico]
Conexin cruzada (a diferencia de la interconexin)

Cross connect (telecommunications term for Cotejo (de datos, etc.)


connections between different systems or
manufacturers, as opposed to interconnection
between units of a like system or same
manufacturer.)
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Cross induction / flutter (telecom); crosstalk Diafona (f. Comunic. Perturbacin electromagntica
(inform&pd)
producida en un canal de comunicacin por el
acoplamiento de este con otro u otros vecinos.
Cross liability & severability of interest

Responsabilidades recprocas y la separacin de


intereses / responsabilidades recprocas e intereses
disociables

Cross over
Cross over (D)
Cross section
Cross, to
Cross-brace
Cross-braces and trusses (steel structures)
Cross-break (diagonal kink or x break in sheet
metal for strength)
Cross-check
Crossover (for piping, cabling, etc.)
Crossover valve
Crow foot (D)
Crowded
Crown
Crown (D)
Crown-o-matic (D)
Crt - cathodic ray tube
Crude collector tank
Crude main pumps
Crude metering package
Crude pump suction filter
Crude pumps suction filters
Crude surge drum
Crust
Cs (carbon steel)
Csa (civil/structural/architecture)
Ct (circuits)
Ct (current transmitter)
Cto
Ctr (contracts)
Cts (clear to send)
Cumulative rights and remedies which may not be
waived
Cup tester (D)
Curb
Curbed
Current density

Cruce (de tubera, miembros)


Combinacin
Corte transversal
Transversal a
Reforzar con miembros
Diagonales y refuerzos
Doblez en cruz diagonal para atiesamiento

Current public health license


Current regulations
Current sensing binary switches
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Cotejo (de datos, etc.)


Cruce para paso
Vlvula de paso
Cazuela
Congestionado (demasiado cosas)
Corona
Corona
Freno automtico del block
Pantalla (tubo de rayos catdicos)
Tanque colector de crudo
Bombas principales de crudo
Patn de medicin de crudo
Filtro de succin de la bomba de crudo
Filtros de succin de las bombas de crudo
Trampa neumtica de crudo recuperado
Corteza
Acero al carbn (mex.)
Csa (civil/estructural/arquitectura)
Circuitos
Transmisor de corriente
Cto (coordinacin tcnica operativa)
Ctr (contratos)
Cts (listo para transmitir)
Irrenunciabilidad
de
derechos
y
recursos
acumulativos
Probador de copas
Cordn
Acordonado
Densidad de la corriente (corriente elctrica/por
unidad de rea)
Registro sanitario vigente
Normatividad vigente
Interruptores binarios sensorias de corriente

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Current source analog


Current status forecast
Current transformers (ct)
Curve radii
Cushion block (pile driving calculations)
Custody meter package (by others)

Fuente de corriente anloga


Proyeccin situacin actual
Transformadores de corriente (tc)
Radio de la curva
Bloque de amortiguamiento
Patn de medicin para la transferencia de custodia
fiscal (por terceros)
Custody transfer (gas to client)
Transferencia de custodia
Custody transfer metering control panel
Tablero de control del medidor de la transferencia de
custodia fiscal
Custody transfer nitrogen metering skid
Patn de medicin de nitrgeno para transferencia de
custodia fiscal
Custom equipment
Equipo hecho a la medida/por encargo
Custom programming language (computer)
Lenguaje personalizado de programacin
Custom programming routines (computer)
Rutinas personalizadas de programacin
Customer connections
Conexiones a instalaciones del cliente
Customer service center
Centro de atencin al cliente
Customs compound / bonded warehouse (these Recintos aduaneros
are compounds or holding areas at ports, airports,
border crossings for customs processing.)
Customs office administrator
Administrador de la aduana
Customs valuation
Valoracin (de aduana)
Cut (process distillation)
Corte
Cut and slip (D)
Corte y deslizamiento
Cut back (production)
Merma
Cut water diameter (point beyond which pump Dimetro mximo (de una bomba)
cavitation occurs)
Cutoff
Corte
Cutoff (date)
Corte
Cut-off (part of piling stick-up which is deformed by Longitud sacrificable
driving and is cut off by torch to place stabbing
guides for deck stabbing cones)
Cut-off point, pile or leg (top of pile which is cut off Lmites de pilotes o patas
with
Cutout (usually floor or wall for wiring, etc.)
Abertura de acceso / perforacin
Cut-out cylinder housing for regulating linkage
Envoltura del cilindro recortada para la regulacin de
la articulacin
Cutout device
Dispositivo de escape
Cutout, to
Cortar un espacio (para colocar algo posteriormente)
Cutouts
Perforaciones
Cut-over plan (transition from one system to Plan de transicin de sistema
another)
Cutting board
Tabla para cortar con cuchillo
Cutting torch
Soplete para corte
Cutting trap
Trampa de cortes
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Cutting trap (D)


Trampa de recortes
Cuttings (D)
Recortes de formacin
Cuttings (geol. Pet) (D)
Cortes de pozo
Cuttings mud
Recorte de formacin
C-van (shipping containers)
Contenedor
Cw [clockwise]
En direccin de las manecillas del reloj
Cycle deck program (performance predicting Software de pronstico de comportamiento
software. Deck refers to a complete deck of
computer program cards once used for function.)
Cycle, to (turn a motor, compressor, generator, Pasar/manipular el ______ por
etc.)
operaciones
Cylinder cover hoods
Cubierta de las tapas de los cilindros
Cylinder cover studs
Esprragos de la tapa del cilindro
Da (high pressure relief)
Da (alivio de alta presin)
Dado
Socket
Daf
(dynamic
amplification
factorfactor Factor de amplificacin dinmico
accounting for the global dynamic effects which
may be experienced during lifting]

un

ciclo

de

Daisy chain, to (connected in series, one after the Conexin en cadena


other. Transmitted signals go to the first device,
then to the second and so on.)
Damper
Regulador de aire
Damper (a metal plate made to turn or slide in a Rejillas reguladores de aire
duct, so as to control air flow by regulating or
stopping the draught.)
Damper winding (electr. Engin. One of a set of Devanado amortiguador
short-circuited conductors in the pole faces of a
synchronous electric motor or generator which
resist any tendency of the machine to hunt, i.e.
Oscillate by running alternately faster and slower
than the s
Damper winding (generator)
Dampers
Dampers (that open and close)
Dampers, fire
Damping
Dangerous area
Data (general information, documents
numbers)
Data (numbers)
Data base management system (dbms)
Data entry
Data highway
Data logging
Data sheets
Date-stamped (correspondence)
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Devanado amortiguador
Compuertas - regulador de tiro/rejillas reguladoresde aire, de incendio
Persianas (aun de metal)
Rejillas reguladores contra incendio
Amortiguacin
rea peligrosa
and Informacin/documentos
Datos
Sistema de manejo de la base de datos (dbsm)
Captura de datos
Pista informtica
Registro de datos
Hojas de datos
Sellado con la fecha de recepcin o de envo
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Davit
Davits for life boats (1 set of 4 per boat)
Day tank
Days off
Db (low pressure relief)
DBA (Double Stud Adaptor)
Dbfo (design, build, finance & operate)

Pescante (gra de bote salvavidas)


Pescante para botes salvavidas (1 juego de 4 por
bote)
Tanque de da
Das de descanso
Db (alivio de baja presin)
Brida adaptadora, brida adapter
Diseo, construccin, financiamiento y operacin

Dbrop (decibel reference output power [telecom.]) Dbrop (potencia de salida de referencia en decibles)
Dc (acid blowout)
Dccl - design control checklist
Dcd (data carrier detecter )
Dcs (distribuited control system)
Dcte (tel.data circuit termination equipment)

Dc (ruptura de cido)
Lista de pendientes de control de diseo
Detector de onda portadora de datos
Sdc (sistema de control distribuido)
Dcte (equipo de terminacin de circuito de datos)

Dd (oily open drain)


Ddc (direct digital controller)
Ddd (detailed design documents)
Ddp (delivered duty paid)

Dd (drenaje abierto de aguas aceitosas)


Controlador digital directo
Documento del diseo en detalle
Entregada derechos pagados (el vendedor asume las
mismas obligaciones que en d.d.u. ms los derechos,
impuestos y cargas necesarias para llevar la
mercadera hasta el lugar convenido.)

De (sanitary drain)
De (drenaje de aguas residuales)
Dea (de-ethanol-amine)
Dea (dietanolamina)
Deadleg supports (at corner of piping)
Soportes muertos (de tubera)
Dead-mans handle/switch
Dispositivo/interruptor tipo hombre muerto
Deballast
Deslastrar (quitar el lastre.)
Deballasting water line (dewatering of line after Vaciado de agua de pruebas
hydrotesting)
Deballasting water line (line for emptying ballast Linea de vaciado de agua de lastre
water from barge as it is loaded)
Debottleneck
Descongestionamiento
(el
anglicismo
desembotellamiento no se debe emplear.)
Debris
Escombros
Debunk (lies, quackery, etc.)
Desenmascarar falsedades
Deburr
Quitar/limpiar las rebabas
Decentralized entity (pemex)
Organismo descentralizado
Decision being appealed
Resolucin recurrida
Deck (specific part of platform superstructure)
Cubierta (cuando de trata de un nivel de una
superestructura)
Deck beams
Vigas de deslizamiento (en casos de vigas expuestas
de la cubierta, o en patio de fabricacin, o en una
barcaza de lanzamiento)
Deck foreman (platform)
Deck girder flange
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Sobrestante de cubierta
Patn de trabe de cubierta
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Deck girder web


Deck or topsides (everything above jacket)

Alma de trabe de cubierta


Superestructura (hay que tener mucho cuidado con
el uso de la palabra deck puesto que se emplea
indistintamente tanto para la cubierta como para la
superestructura, la cual est conformada por varias
cubiertas. En caso de duda es recomendable usar
super

Deck piping
Deck plate
Deckhouse
Deck-piling connections

Tubera en plataforma
Placa de la plataforma
Cabina de cubierta
Conexiones de la superestructura con los pilotes

Declare the contested act to be null and void as a Decretar su nulidad de pleno derecho el acto
matter of law
impugnado
Declayer (D)
Desarcillador
Decommission
Sacar/retirar de servicio
Decrease
Reducir o disminuir
Dedicated specialist personnel
Personal especialista dedicado
Deep water profiler
Perfilador profundo
Deep weel pumps (D)
Bombas de pozo profundo
Defects liability period
Perodo de responsabilidad por defectos
Defense contractor audit agency (dcaa)
Agencia de auditora de los contratistas de la defensa
Deferment granted for payment of taxes and Prrroga para el pago de crditos fiscales
charges payable
Definition of prices
Integracin de precios
Deflection
Desviacin
Degasser
Desgasificador
Dehydration
Deshidratacin (eliminar el agua del gas)
Delime indicator light (on a steam generator)
Luz indicadora para remover depsitos minerales
Deliverables

Documentos entregables / remisibles (informacin y


datos sujetos a entrega como parte del alcance de la
ingeniera definido en las obligaciones contractuales.
entregable no existe en el espaol pero es de uso
comn.)

Deliverables, project controls

Documentos a entregar de acuerdo con los controles


del proyecto
Delivery
Entrega / descarga
Delivery invoice
Nota de remisin (mxicose hace en el momento
de la entrega)
Delivery receipt
Acuse de recibo
Delivery time (for a pump to deliver pumped Capacidad de la bomba (representada como
liquid)
volumen por unidad de tiempo)
Delivery time (of a pump)
Capacidad de la bomba (representada como
volumen por unidad de tiempo)
Deluge
Diluvio
Deluge (fire protection system)
Diluvio (inundacin total a veces)
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Deluge valves
Vlvulas de diluvio
Demand
Excitativa (p. Ej. Orden excitativa)
Demarcate areas of responsibility
Deslinde de responsabilidad
Demister
Desnublador/eliminador de neblina
Demultiplexor (to stop multiplexion)
Desmultiplexor
Demurrage
Gasto de demora
Dents
Abolladuras
Department concerned, the
Departamento responsable
Department of agriculture, livestock and rural Secretara de agricultura, ganadera y desarrollo rural
development
(antiguamente: secretara de agricultura y recursos
hidrulicos)
Department
of
commerce
and
industrial Secretara de comercio y fomento industrial (mxico)
development
Department of communications and transportation Secretara de comunicaciones y transportes (sct)
(mexico)
Department of energy (doe)
Departamento de energa (de los ee.uu.)
Department of energy acquisition regulation (dear) Reglamentacin
de
las
adquisiciones
del
departamento de energa (de los ee.uu.)
Department of labor and social planning (official Secretara de trabajo y previsin social (stps
translation. social welfare would be more mxico)
accurate.)
Department of the comptroller general and Secretara
de
la
contralora
y
desarrollo
administrative development
administrativo (mxico) (secodam)
Department of the environment, natural resources Secretara de medio ambiente, recursos naturales y
and fishing (semarnap)
pesca (semarnap)
Department of the interior (note: this is the official Gobernacin,
secretara
de
(mxico)
translation of the mexican government. However, [http://info.cddhcu.gob.mx/leyinfo/154/28.htm)
unlike the u.s. interior department, the secretara
de gobernacin has little to do with natural
resources, etc. It is much like a ministerio del i
Department of the navy (u.s.)
Secretara de la marina (mxico)
Dependency,
relationships
of
(hierarchical La relacin y procedimiento entre s
relationship)
Deployed (resources to be applied)
Desplegados / movilizados
Deposit, reservoir
Yacimiento
Deposits to the account
Abonos en cuenta
Depth gage
Calibrador de profundidad
Depth of buried pipeline
Profundidad del ducto enterrado
Depth of water
Tirante (mxico)
Depth, girder
Peralte de la trabe
Deputy comptrollers office for accountability and Subcontrolara de responsabilidad e inconformidades
complaints
Deputy manager
Subgerente
Deputy program manager
Administrador del proyecto / subgerente del proyecto
Deputy program manager, long term plan

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Administrador / subgerente del proyecto de largo


plazo
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Deputy program manger


Sub gerente del proyecto
Derrick
Equipo de perforacin
Derrick
Torre de perforacin, cabria, faro; gra
Derrick
Torre de perforacin
Derrick climber (D)
Contrapeso para chango
Derrick man
Chango
Derrickman (D)
Chango
Desacoderamiento
Casts off
Desalinized
Desalinizado
Desander
Desarenadora
Descalant
Desincrustante
Descalant (deposit build-up within piping or Desincrustante
vessels)
Descriptive and supporting technical project report Memoria tcnico descriptiva y justificativa del
(the document in which the applicant details its proyecto (documento en el cual el solicitante detalla
project's generation characteristics.)
las caractersticas de generacin de su proyecto.)
Descriptive literature
Desensitization

Texto descriptivo ( no literatura)


Disminucin de la sensibilidad / desensibilizacin

Design envelope

Envolvente de diseo (caractersticas mnimas y


mximas de diseo)
Design envelope
Parmetros de diseo
Design envelope
Parmetros de diseo
Design rate (flow)
Capacidad de diseo / flujo / volumen
Design rating
Capacidad nominal
Design rating
Capacidad nominal
Design sea state
Condiciones marinas de diseo
Design sea state (the significant wave height Condiciones marinas de diseo
which is used by the project in design. At gbs
mooring sites the magnitude of the design
seastate will vary according to direction.)
Design windspeed (the 1 minute sustained wind Velocidad del viento de diseo
speed at 10m above sea level, as used in design)
Designs (copyright)
Modelos de utilidad (derecho intelectuales)
Desk engineering
Ingeniera de oficina
Desk work
Trabajo de gabinete
Detailed contract schedule (sometimes baseline Programa detallado del contrato (aplicando el mtodo
schedule application of cpm to schedule)
de ruta crtica)
Detailed official document
Detailed risk analysis
Detailed risk analysis
Determine (...requirements, etc.)
De-tune (shafts)
De-tune (vibration)
Detuned (torsional resonance of a shaft)
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Acta administrativa desglosada


Adr (anlisis detallado de riesgos [mxico])
Adr (anlisis detallado de riesgos [mxico])
Definir...requisitos (es mejor que determinar)
Amortiguar los esfuerzos de torsin
Desintonizar (vibraciones)
Desintonizado
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Detuned (torsional resonance of a shaft)


Develop (a document)

Desintonizado
Elaborar / redactar un documento (no desarrollar)

Development
Desarrollo
Development well
Pozo de desarrollo
Development well (D)
Pozo en desarrollo
Deviation from plan
Desviacin del plan
Deviation request [a deviation is a one-time Solicitud de excepcin
wavier, granted case by case. These are not
considered precedents for future concessions and
do not constitute a revision to the document
specifying the technical requirements.
Dewater
Dewater (remove water after hydrostatic testing)

Desaguar
Drenado de agua de prueba / desaguar

Df (diesel fuel oil)


Df (combustleo)
Dft (dry film thickness)
Espesor de pelcula seca
Dft (dry film thickness)
Espesor de pelcula seca
Dh (high drain)
Dh (drenaje alto)
Dial
Cuadrante
Dial face
Cartula del cuadrante
Dial face
Cartula
Dial plate (telephone)
Roseta telefnica
Diameter
Dimetro
Dices
Dados
Die (D)
Dados
Diesel centrifugal
Centrfuga de diesel
Diesel centrifuge (the machine)
Centrfuga de diesel
Diesel centrifuge package
Paquete de centrifugacin de diesel
Diesel filter
Filtro de diesel
Diesel firewater pump
Bomba diesel contra incendio
Diesel storage tank
Tanque de almacenamiento de diesel
Diesel transfer pump
Bomba de transferencia de diesel
Diethanolamine (dea)
Dietanolamina
Diethylene glycol (deg)
Dietileno glicol
Diglycolamine (dga)
Diglicolamina
Di-isopropyl ether (dipe)
Di-isopropilo ter
Di-isopropylamine (dipa)
Di-isopropiloamina
Dimethyl sulfate
Sulfato de dimetilo
Dimethylaniline
Dimetilanilina
Dining room linens
Mantelera para el comedor
Dip rod
Varilla probadora de aceite
Dip stick
Varilla para medir el aceite
Direct administration works (works not contracted Obra por administracin directa (reglamento de la ley
but directly executed by the company or entity de obras pblicas, captulo 5 artculo 55)
itself.)
Direct emissions release to atmosphere
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Direction
Directly or indirectly
Director general
Dirty diesel storage tank
Disable
Disaster tags
Discharge head (to a motor for a vertical pump,
also known as a motor frame adapter)

Rumbo
De manera impersonal o personal
Director general
Tanque de almacenamiento de diesel sucio
Incapacitar
Etiqueta de identificacin en caso de desastre
Altura de descarga

Discipline, to (punish)
Disclaimer
Discrete modeling

Sancionar
Declaracin de exoneracin previa
Discretizar (trmino de modelos de computadora
donde se toma ejemplos discretos para anlisis)

Discussion (conference)
Discussion (point in meeting minutes)

Debate / anlisis
Temas tratados (discusin implica desacuerdo.)

Dish racks
Disk brake formulations
Disk brake lining
Dismantle, to
Dispersion (flare system)
Dispersion diagrams (wave action)
Dispersion diagrams (wave action)
Displacement
Displacer
Displacer transmitter
Displacers
Display
Display devices

Canastas de platos
Conjuntos de frenos de disco
Forro del freno de disco
Desarmar / desmontar
Dispersin
Diagramas de dispersin
Diagramas de dispersin
Desplazamiento
mbolo auxiliar de compresin
Transmisor de desplazamiento
Desplazadores
Indicador visual, pantalla
Dispositivos
de
representacin
necesariamente pantallas)
Display on screen
Mostrar en pantalla
Display, to
Desplegar / proyectar / mostrar
Disposal (drain)
Sistema de drenes
Disposal (stripper)
Sistema de drenes
Disputed / impugned proceeding
Acto impugnado
Disputed issues
Cuestiones controvertidas
Dissimilar and assorted equipment
Equipos diversos y variados
Distort, to / alter / misconstrue / misrepresented / Desvirtuar
disprove to / unfounded, to be/ detract from

(no

son

Distribution branch circuits (elec.)


Circuitos ramales de distribucin
Distribution grid
Red de distribucin
Distribution package / dispensing package / Envase dispensador
dispensor container / dispensor container
Ditch
Canal
Ditch (D)
Canal
Divert valve
Vlvula de desvo
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Diverter
Desviador de flujo
Diverter valve
Vlvula desviadora
Divide (geo)
Divisoria
Divide (geo)
Divisoria
Divided by (proper use of propositions for math Dividido entre
function)
Dj (rainwater drain)
Dj (drenaje de aguas pluviales)
Dl (liquid drain)
Dl (drenaje de lquidos)
Dmcs (digital monitoring and control system)
Sdmc (sistema digital de monitoreo y control)
Dmcs digital monitoring control system
Sdmc
Dos and donts (behavior rules and regulations)
Las reglas que hay que respetar
Dock (at a warehouse, for trucks)
Andn de carga (mxico)
Docking
Atraque o amarre
Docksides (shipping term for delivery to)
Muelle de carga
Dockyard
Astillero
Document evidencing its release (contractor Constancia de liberacin
release for having completed work. To be released
from bonds, for payment, etc)
Document of finding
Acta de fallo (proceso de licitacin)
Documents submitted in pleadings (file containing Instrumental de actuaciones
the arguments and allegations of the parties to a
protest or lawsuit)
Doe (united states department of energy)

Doe (secretara de energa de los estados unidos)

Dogging the boom (positively holding the crane Sujetar la pluma con trinquete
boom against motion in one or more directions.)
Dog-leg
Curva de expansin (mxico) / pata de perro
Domestic content (of goods)
Integracin nacional (mxico)
Domestic international category code (dicc)
Cdigo de la categora internacional / domstica
Domiciled to receive one and all classes of oral Con domicilio para oir y recibir toda clase de
and written notices and documentation
notificaciones y documentos
Dope
Grasa para tubera
Dope (D)
Grasa para tubera
Dosing tank
Tanque de dosificacin
Dossier
Expediente / documentacin completa
Dot (department of transportation, u.s.)
Dot (secretara de transporte de los ee.uu.)
Double barrel seal (on a compressor for dry gas) Sello de doble barril (cara)
Double batter (piles)
Double ended
Double ferrule forward and aft (piping)
Double ferrule forward and aft (piping)
Douglas fir
Dovetail
Dowel pin
Dowel pin holes
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Pendiente doble
Salida doble
Dedal doble en ambos extremos
Dedal doble en ambos extremos
Pino de oregn (pseudotsuga douglasii)
Ajustar, amoldar, moldear
Espigas de enclavijamiento
Huecos de las espigas de enclavijamiento
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Doweled and bolted to each other (skids)

Enclavijados con espigas y atornillados uno al otro

Down hole motor


Down holw motor (D)
Downcomers
Downloading

Motor de fondo
Motor de fondo
Bajantes
Transferencia de recepcin (a una computadora o
sistema de otra)
Downpipe (wells)
Tubo de bajada
Downplug (D)
Desplazador
Downsizing (personnel)
Reduccin
de
plantilla/reduccin
de
servicios/recortes de plantilla
Downstream
(refining,
transportation
and Aguas abajo
marketing.
Refers to facilities or operations
performed after point of reference. Refining is
downstream from production operation and
marketing is downstream from refining)
Downtime (computer)
Downtime (radio)
Downwind
Dp (differential pressure)
Dp -dynamic positioning
Dpc (cantarell project management)

Tiempo de inactividad
Tiempo inactivo
En sentido descendente
Presin diferencial (dp)
Posicionamiento dinmico
Dpc (direccin del proyecto cantarell, se est
utilizando indistintamente en ingls y espaol
solamente con las siglas.)

Dpc data processing center


Dpi (differential pressure indicator)
Dpm (deputy project manager)

Centro de procesamiento de datos


Indicador de presin diferencial
Subgerente del proyecto / administrador del proyecto

Dpm deputy project manager


Dpm -deputy project manager (pemex)
Dq (chemical drain)
Dr (rain polluted water)
Draft
Draft marks (on machinery)
Draft technical section
Drafting (work)
Drag
Drag and inertia coefficients
Drain
Drain pan
Drainage area, basin
Drainboards (kitchen)
Drawers
Drawing title block
Drawings

Representante designado del gerente


Subgerente del proyecto
Dq (drenaje de productos qumicos)
Dr (aguas pluviales contaminadas)
Borrador/versin preliminar
Marcas de aforo
Seccin tcnica preliminar
Dibujo, trabajo de
Arrastre
Coeficientes de arrastre e inercia
Drenaje
Tralla
Vertiente, rea de drenaje
Escurrideras
Cajones (no use gabinete)
Clave / ttulo / rtulo / pie del plano
Planos

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Drawn wire (to make (wire) by drawing a piece of Alambre estirado


metal through a succession of holes of diminishing
size and thus extending it in length.)
Draw-of tap
Drawworks
Drawworks (D)
Dress (D)
Dressed (carpentrysanding, brushing
required for a proper appearance)
Dressing nook (doctors examination room)
Drift (testing id)
Drill bit
Drill cement
Drill cement (D)
Drill collar
Drill collar (D)
Drill pipe rubber
Drill pipe rubber (D)
Drill stem test
Drill string
Drill string (D)
Drill tower
Drill water (sometimes called fresh water)

Machuelo de extraccin
Malacate
Malacate principal
Acondicionar
work Labrado/cepillado

Vestidor en forma de biombos


Probar
Barrena perforadora
Rebajar cemento
Rebajar cemento
Lastra barrena
Lastra barrena
Hules p/ tubera
Hule para tubera de perforacin
Prueba de la formacin
Sarta de perforacin
Sarta de perforacin
Torre de perforacin
Agua de perforacin (a veces agua fresca [debe ser
agua dulce])
Drill water filter
Filtro del agua de perforacin
Drill water pumps
Bombas de agua de perforacin
Drill water tanks
Tanques del agua de perforacin
Drilled up
Ampliado por taladro
Drilling flare
Sistema de desfogue de perforacin/quemador de
perforacin
Drilling mud
Lodo de perforacin
Drilling package
Paquete de perforacin
Drilling platform
Plataforma de perforacin
Drilling pressure
Presin de perforacin
Drilling tap
Machuelo
Drilling template (on sea bottom)
Plantilla de perforacin
Drills, emergency
Prcticas de emergencia
D-rings (for running ropes through as part of fall Anillos en d
protection, etc.)
Drinking water (is potable but not the same)
Agua para beber
Drip cup
Trampa de goteo
Drip leg (catches any liquid back flow from a flare) Colector de goteo (del sistema de desfogue)
Drip pan
Drive end internals
Drive equipment
Drive gear wheel
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Charola de goteo
Internos del accionador
Equipo de impulsin
Rueda dentada conductora
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Drive shaft
Drive train
Driveability, pile

Flecha de motor
Tren de impulsin (poder)
Estudio de hincamiento de pilotes/hincabilidad (el
ltimo no es correcto pero es de uso comn)
Accionado
Peso absoluto
Accionador/equipo motriz (no se debe usar
propulsor que el verbo que mueve un vehculo o
embarcacin p.e.j. propels en ingls)

Driven
Drive-oven weight
Driver

Driver (compt.)
Programa de gestin (driver)
Driver (of a vehicle)
Chofer
Driver rated horsepower
Potencia (hp) nominal del accionador
Driving
Impelente
Driving (piles)
Hincado
Driving and driven machines
Mquinas accionadoras y accionadas
Driving blocks
Bloques de golpeo
Driving flange
Brida impulsora
Driving heads
Cabezas de empuje
Driving wells
Pozos hincados
Drmass
(digital
radio
model
number, Nmero de modelo del radio digital, fabricado por nec
manufactured by nec)
Drn (document review notification)
Aviso de revisin de documentos
Droop mode (turbine driver mode where speed will Modo droop de variacin de la potencia en relacin
drop with increased load)
con la carga
Drop (in telecommunication discipline this was Acometida / bajada / ramal de abonado (lnea que
originally a line to provide user service to a conecta el punto terminal de un cable o una lnea
subscriber. Now with multiplexing this can mean area, con el domicilio de un abonado/ usuario.)
multiple lines coming off of the main line to Conexin individual (algunas veces llamado nodo) en
provide individual telephone connections or un circuito multipunto (algunas veces llamado
extensions)
multiacom)
Drop (in the instrumentation discipline can be a
synonym for a device)
Drop weight, a (notch toughness test)
Drop wire/ drop line (telecom)
Drop-down menu (they dont always drop down.)

Lnea para dispositivo (drop)

Drop-in / set-in
Drra (demolition, removal, re-work, additions)

Embutido
Demolicin, remocin, trabajo correctivo o adiciones

Peso de cada
Alambre para acometidas / ramal para usuario
Men desplegable

Drug and alcohol program / substance abuse Programa de control de drogas ilcitas y alcohol /
program
programa de control de abuso de enervantes
Drug screening
Deteccin de drogas ilegales / sustancias fiscalizadas
Drum (the cylindrical member around which a Tambor
crane rope is wound and through which power is
transmitted to the ropes.)
Dry chemical powder (fire extinguishing)
Dry coupling
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Acoplamiento sin lubricantes (seco)


Pqs (polvo qumico en seco)
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Dry dock
Dry dock floor
Dry gas seals
Dry sour injection suction header

Dique seco
Solera del dique seco
Sello secos de gas
Cabezal de succin de inyeccin de gas seco amargo

Dry stores
Almacenes de artculos comestibles secos
Dry type disc
Disco tipo seco (sin lubricacin)
Dry-oven weight
Peso despus de secado
Ds (chemical demulsifier)
Ds (desemulsionante de qumicos)
DSA (D)
Brida adaptadora
Dsaw (double submerged arc welding)
Soldeo por arco doble sumergido
Dsr (data set ready)
Conjunto de datos listo
Dt (dea drain -diethanolamine)
Dt (drenaje de dea - dietanolamina)
Dt (differential temperature)
Temperatura diferencial (dt)
Dte (data terminal equipment)
Equipo terminal de datos
Dtmf dialing (dual tone multi frequencyi.e. Touch Marcacin por tonos (dmtf)
tone)
Dtr (data terminal ready)
Dtr (terminal de datos lista)
Dual escape routes
Rutas de escape dobles
Dual head scanning sonar
Sonar de rastreo de doble cabeza
Dual rack drive
Traccin de cremallera doble(lavaplatos)
Duckboarding (used in a sauna)
Forro de tablones con listones clavados
Duct
Ducto
Ductwork
Ductos / sistema de ductos
Due to (costs)
Por concepto de
Due to attendant circumstances of exception
Por encontrarse en alguno de los supuestos de
excepcin
Dummy elements (used for structural modeling)
Elementos ficticios (para la representacin de fuerzas
en modelos estructurales)
Dummy pump (pump placed is system only for Bomba para pruebas
pressure testing)
Dump (compt.)
Volcado / copia de memoria (hacer un registro
peridico del estado de los discos en cinta magntica
como proteccin.)
Dump check (compt.)

Prueba de vuelco de memoria / verificacin de vuelco

Dump Kelly (D)


Kelly de descarga
Dump valve
Vlvula de purga
Dunnage (light material, as brushwood, mats, and Tablones de estiba/estibas
the like, stowed among and beneath the cargo of
a vessel to keep it from injury by chafing or wet;
any lighter or less valuable articles of the cargo
used for the same purpose.)
Duplex filter
Duplex oil filter
Durable power of attorney for health care
During / over (the last year, etc.)
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Filtro duplex
Filtro de aceite tipo dplex
Poder duradero de atencin mdica
En el transcurso de
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Dust pan
Recogedor
Duty (equipment features)
Servicio
Duty factors
Factores de funcionamiento
Duty team manager
Gerente de turno
Dw (water drain)
Dw (drenaje de agua)
Dwob (downhole weight on bit)
Peso sobre la broca en el fondo del pozo
Dwt (dead weight tonnage)
Tm (tonelaje peso muerto); dgt tambin se usa
Dx (direct expansion)
Expansin directa
Dynamic loading (loads introduced into the Carga dinmica
machine or its components by forces in motion.
E lead (wire for telephone communication always
used with m lead)
E&i electrical & instrumentation
E.s.s. (emergency support systems)
E/i (electrical and instrumentation)
E-1 (standard 2.048 mbs bit stream)
Early oil / first oil (part of start up stage where
crude is introduced into system and burned until
pressure is achieved and ready for production)

Conductor e (e lead)
E&i
Sistemas de soporte de emergencia
E/i (electricidad e instrumentacin)
E-1 (flujo de bits estndar de 2.048 mbs)
Produccin de primera etapa / petrleo
produccin temprana

de

Early processing system


Sistema de produccin primaria
Earn oil royalties
Ingreso de regalas del petrleo
Earnest money for the proposal (such as bid Depsito de arras para la propuesta/prendas de
bonds, crossed checks, etc.)
depsito para la propuesta
Earning (a schedule term which refers to Lo alcanzado
completed work)
Earning (schedule/control concept where the Lo logrado en trminos de avance fsico
actual hours earned are arrived at by multiplying
the % of physical completion by the budget)
Earthquake loads
Cargas telricas
Earthquakes
Movimientos telricos
Earthwork
Trabajo de movimiento de tierra
Easting (geographical coordinates)
Desviacin hacia el este
Eave
Alero
Ecar (extra charge approval request)
Solicitud de aprobacin de cargos adicionales
Eccentric pin
Pasador excntrico
Econometrics (the branch of economics Econometra
concerned with the application of mathematical
economics to economic data by the use of
statistical methods.)
Ecp (environmental compliance program)
Eddy
Edge (of a skid)
Edge tension
Edge tension fins
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Plan de cumplimiento con los reglamentos del medio


ambiente
Remolino
Lmite / borde (del patn)
Tensin en los bordes
Aletas de tensin perifrica
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Edge trim (carpentry)


Bordn
Editing,
preparation
for
publication,
and Redaccin, confeccin y presentacin (de una oferta
presentation
a la licitacin)
Eep (emergency evacuation plan)
Pee (plan de evacuacin de emergencia)
Eer (emergency escape & rescue)
Evacuacin y rescate en emergencias
Ef (diethanolamine)
Ef (dietanolamina)
Eff issued for fabrication
Emitido para fabricacin
Effective case management, the lack of(accidents) Manejo eficaz de los casos, la falta de
Effective hour of work
Hora real de trabajo
Effective suffrage!
No reelection!
(slogans Sufragio efectivo. No reeleccin.
advanced by the anti-reelectionist party (partido
anti-reeleccionista) founded in 1909 by francisco
madero in opposition to the dictatorship of porfirio
daz and electoral fraud. This led up to the
mexican re
Efficiency calculation report (the document by Memoria de clculo de eficiencia (documento en el
which the applicant presents and compares the cual el solicitante presenta y compara los costos y
costs and consumption of the cogeneration consumos del proceso de cogeneracin con los
process with the costs and consumption if the costos y consumos de mantener los procesos por
processes were kept separate.)
separado.)
Effluent
Effluent water booster pumps
Effluent water injection filter
Effluent water injection pump
Eg. (for example)
Eggcrate design
Eggcrate design (acoustic paneling)
Egress routes
Ei (voltage indicator)
Eia (electronic industries association)
Eight-pile platform
Ejidatarios (cooperative land tenants)
Ejido (1. Cooperatively held land or system of
communal or cooperative farming. 2. Commons)

Efluente
Bombas reforzadoras de agua tratada
Filtro de agua tratada de inyeccin
Bomba de inyeccin de agua tratada
P. Ej. (por ejemplo)
Diseo tipo eggcrate o regilux
Diseo tipo eggcrate o regilux
Rutas de escape/evacuacin
Ei (indicador de voltaje)
Asociacin de industrias de electrnica
Plataforma octpoda
Ejidatarios
Ejido (1. [mxicola tierra dada a un grupo de
poblacin agrcola, que tenga por lo menos seis
meses de fundado, para que la explote directamente
con las limitaciones y modalidades que la ley seala,
siendo en principio, inalienable, inembargable,
intrans

Elastomeric sealants
Sellos elastomricos
Elbolet
Unin de codo
Elcometer (thickness gauge)
Elcmetro
Ele (electrical)
Ele (elctrica)
Electric energy public service act (the regulation Ley del servicio pblico de energa elctrica (ley
under article 27 of the constitution, governing reglamentaria del artculo 27 constitucional en
electric energy, published in 1975, as amended.) materia de energa elctrica publicada en 1975 y sus
modificaciones.)
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Electric power point


Contacto elctrico
Electric protection equipment (personal protection Equipo de proteccin contra la electricidad
equipmentas opposed to devices such as
breakers, etc.)
Electric sheath-type elements (oven)
Elementos elctricos revestidos
electric Well Survey (D)
Registro electrogrfico del pozo
Electric, motor-driven vertical industrial turbine Bombas
industriales
verticales
tipo
turbina
pumps
accionadas por motor elctrico
Electric, motor-driven vertical industrial turbine Bombas
industriales
verticales
tipo
turbina
pumps
accionadas por motor elctrico
Electrical backup system
Sistema elctrico de emergencia
Electrical fixtures
Artefactos elctricos
Electrical shocks
Descargas elctricas
Electric-coated handles
Manijas elctricamente aisladas
Electronics bay
Compartimento del equipo electrnico
Elements comprising the proposal
Integracin de la propuesta
Elevation (level architectural drawings)
Elevacin (cota)
Elevator shaft
Caja de ascensor
Elongation
Alargamiento, extensin
Embedded (concrete)
Embebido / incrustrado / empotrado
Embedded/built-in
Empotrado / incrustado
Embedment
Empotramiento
Emergency diesel-driven power generator
Generador de energa elctrica accionado por motor
diesel
Emergency gas generator
Generador de gas de emergencia
Emergency generator (1000 kw reqrmt.)
Generador de emergencia (1000 kw requerido)
Emergency lights
Alumbrado de emergencia
Emergency power generator skid
Patn del generador elctrico de emergencia
Emergency pwr generation skid w/fuel tank
Patn de generacin de energa de emergencia con
tanque de combustible
Emergency shutdown valves
Vlvulas de corte (es ms usual que decir vlvulas
de paro de emergencia)
Emesis bags
Bolsa para vmito
Emf (electromotive force/ open circuit voltage/ off- Fem (fuerza electromotriz)
load voltage)
Emi (electromagnetic interference)
Interferencias electromagnticas (emi)
Emplacement
Emplazamiento
Emt (electrical mechanical tubing)
Tubo elctrico mecnico
Enclosing wall (brick or solid wall around a Barda (mxico)
premises, compound)
Enclosure
Encabinado, cerramiento (elec.)gabinete
End of the section, at the (document)
Al calce de la seccin
End of travel stops (valve)
Las paradas de la carrera
End piece, cam shaft
Pieza del extremo del rbol de levas
End table (furniture)
Mesa tipo esquinera
End to end dimensions
Dimensiones de punta a punta (lado a lado)
Energize
Energizar (elec.) / activar

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Energized gas (gas at high psi, at or beyond Gas energizado (energa cintica)
critical point, e.g. Nitrogen at 1800 psi becomes
highly engergized)
Energy and economic efficiency (the comparison Eficiencia energtica y econmica (comparacin de
of the fuel consumption in the cogeneration los consumos de combustibles en el proceso de
process with the fuel consumption if the energy cogeneracin con los consumos de combustibles
generation processes are kept separate.)
manteniendo los procesos de generacin de energa
por separado.)
Energy resources
Energticos
Enforce its rights
Hacer efectivos sus derechos
Enforcement (of rules, regulations)
Aplicacin y cumplimiento
Eng (engineering)
Eng (ingeniera)
Engine (engine used to distinguish fuel operated Motor
motors from other types, e.g. Electric, hydraulic,
spring-driven motors)
Engine frame
Bastidor del motor
Engine fuel booster pump
Bomba de refuerzo del combustible del motor
Engine housing
Carcaza del motor
Engine room
Sala de mquinas
Engine room
Cuarto de mquinas
Engineer...., Contractor shall
Realizar la ingeniera, el contratista
Engineers estimate (this is the cost estimate of Presupuesto interno (pemex) (las estimaciones
the bid package performed following issuing of anteriores al presupuesto interno son presupuestos
bid. It is used as an internal benchmark for the para la asignacin de un presupuesto por parte de
evaluation of the bidders technical and pemex para el financiamiento de un proyecto.)
commercial proposals. It is used prior to the
award of contract.)
Engineered (equipment or parts)
Engineered, to be
Engineering division
Engineering form (of appraisal)

De diseo o fabricacin particular


Realizar la ingeniera
Subdireccin de ingeniera
Cuestionario tcnico para proveedores de equipos

English measuring system (feet, inches, yards, Sistema de medicin ingls


quarts, gallons, etc.)
Enhanced fatigue behavior
Comportamiento por fatiga mejorado
Enroute travel allowance
Subsidio de viajes en camino
Enterprise planning software (erp) and supply- Software de planeacin de empresas/negocio
chain software (software that helps businesses do
their business, managing inventory, for example.)
Entirety of the contract
Entities, legal
Entity (data base)
Entrained air bubbles
Entry (in the log)
Env (environment)

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Indivisibilidad del contrato


Personas jurdicas
Entidad (de una base de datos)
Burbujas de aire arrastradas
Anotacin (en la bitcora)
Env (medio ambiente)

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Envelope
(minimum
space
required
for Espacio mnimo de uso
maneuvering equipment: maintenance, service,
opening, closing, etc.)
Environmental compliance plan
Plan de cumplimiento ambiental
Environmental compliance program
Programa de proteccin al medio ambiente
Environmental impact regulations of the general Reglamento de la ley general del equilibrio ecolgico
law for ecological equilibrium and environmental y la proteccin al ambiente [lgeeep] en materia de
protection
impacto ambiental
Environmental impact statement

Manifiesto de impacto ambiental (mia) (a veces


manifestacin)
Environmental tax statement
Mia - manifiesto de impuesto ambiental
Environmental, safety and health plan (es&h)
Plan de proteccin al medio ambiente, salud y
seguridad industrial del proyecto (pass)
Epa (environmental protection agency)
Epa (agencia de proteccin al medio ambiente)
Epc (engineering, procurement construction)
Epc (ingeniera, adquisiciones y construccin )
Epc site manager
Residencia del epc.
Epc engineering, procurement & construction
Ingeniera, procura y construccin
Eps (expanded polystyrene) (polystyrene: any Poliestireno expandido (epsse usa la sigla en
polymer of styrene, esp. A hard, colorless ingls) (poliestireno: material sinttico termoplstico
thermoplastic resin; also, any of various plastics transparente de excelentes propiedades dielctricas,
made from or containing this, which are widely muy empleado en la fabricacin de cables,
used as molding materials, films, and rigid foams.) condensadores, aisladores, etc. Como dielctrico
tiene ca
Equalization
Ecualizacin, igualacin
Equalizer
Igualador
Equilibrium checks
Revisiones de equilibrio
Equipment hourly rental rates
Rentas horarias
Equipped with twist strips (terminals)
Dotado con tablillas para entorchado
Equity
Patrimonio / participacin
Equivalent staffing histograms (equivalent is an Histogramas del personal equivalente
abstract figure to calculate personnel levels in a
given period of time. It is arrived at by dividing the
total number of work hours by a fixed ratio of 40
hours/person to define an equivalent number of
Erection (of structures)
Eroded
Errata (misprint)
Error-free seconds (efs)
Erw (electrical resistance welding)
Es&h - environmental safety and health
Escalate notice to management

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Montaje
Erosionada
Fe de erratas
Segundos transcurridos sin error
Soldeo por resistencia elctrica
Medio ambiente, seguridad y salud
Elevar la notificacin de atraso a las instancias
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Escalator clause

Clusula de escalacin (de un contrato que


contempla el ajuste de precios con base en cambios
en precios por inflacin y por costos de mano de
obra, etc. escalacin no es castizo pero es de uso
comn. Trminos correctos seran: clusula de
escala de re

Escape capsules (for personnel evacuation)


Cpsulas de escape
Escape line
Linea d escape d chango
Escape line (D)
Linea de escape del chango
Escutcheon (an ornamental cover around pipe to Roseta (sobre la roza de la tubera)
cover pipe chase)
Esd (emergency shutdown system)
Spe (sistema de paro de emergencia)
Esdv (emergency shutdown valve)
Vlvula del sistema de paro de emergencia
Estimates manager
Encargado de estimaciones
Etched foil heater
Calentador de lmina grabada
Etching
Grabado (puede ser por ataque qumico)
Etching
Grabado
Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet lan-tcp/ip protocol
Protocolo ethernet lan-tcp/ip
Ethyl tertiary butyl ether (etbe)
Etilo terciario butilo ter
Ethylene glycol (eg)
Etileno glicol
-time accident
Accidente que ocasiona prdida de tiempo
Evaluation delinquency notice (edn)
Notificacin de evaluacin atrasada
Evaporative cooler
Enfriador evaporativo (mx.)
Evaporative cooler recycle pump
Bomba recicladora del enfriador evaporativo
Even (surface characteristics)
Liso
Event (milestone): project significant event. Evento (fecha clave):
evento significante del
Usually refers to compliance with a major proyecto. Usualmente se refiere al cumplimiento de
deliverable. Its duration is zero.
un documento entregable mayor. Su duracin es
cero.
Evergreen condition (scheduling: reporting status) Condicin perenne (que se actualizar de forma
continua, incesante, que no tiene intermisin)
Examination table (doctors)
Mesa para reconocimiento
Excess capacity incentive payments (nitrogen Pagos de incentivo por capacidad excedente
plant has a stipulated capacity but additional
capacity will be rewarded with incentive payments)
Excess capacity incentive payments capped
Exchange correspondence
Exchange side voice channels
Exchanger bay
Exciter
Execution authority
Execution schedule
Execution time

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Se fija un tope mximo para los pagos por incentivo


por capacidad excedente
Canales de voz del lado de la central (telefnica)
rea de intercambiadores de calor
Inductor
Intercambio epistolar
Facultad ejecutiva
Programa de ejecucin
Plazo de ejecucin

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Executive summary

Versin ejecutiva (una versin que resume los puntos


claves nicamente sin incluir el texto ntegro)

Exempt premium overtime (epo)


Tiempo extra especial exento
Exempt straight time (est)
Tiempo convencional exento
Exercise, to (computer system, etc.)
Ejecutar funciones de comprobacin y prueba
Exhaust
Descarga/escape
Exhaust pipe
Conducto principal para escape de gases
Exhaust stack
Can de escape
Exhaust system
Sistema de descarga/escape
Exhaust valve
Vlvula de escape
Exhibit c (when attachment, appendix, Documento anexo
addendum, etc, are exhausted)
Expanded taps
Derivacin de entrada expandida
Expansion joint (a joint to provide for expansion Junta de expansin
and contration of materials)
Expansion loop
Curva de expansin / lazo
Expansion offset (pipe piece laterally displaced at Pieza de compensacin por desplazamiento por
angles to allow for expansion/contraction of expansin
piping)
Expansion plans (a document where the self- Planes de expansin (documento en donde los
supply permit applicants establish the name of the solicitantes de permisos de autoabastecimiento
partners or co-owners that may be a part of the establecen el nombre de los socios o copropietarios
self-supply project in the future.)
que en un futuro podrn ser parte del proyecto de
autoabastecimiento.)
Expected completion date: estimated date when Fecha esperada de terminacin: fecha estimada en
an activity in execution is expected to be la cual se piensa que podra ser completada una
completed.
actividad en ejecucin.
Expedite
Expedited action
Expediting department

Expeditar /tramitar/dar curso/seguimiento


Accin expedita
Departamento de expeditacin/activacin (mxico
ver definiciones) / departamento de expedicin

Expediting instructions
Explanatory report

Instrucciones para agilizar trmites


Memoria justificativa (probar una cosa con razones
convincentes, testigos o documentos.)
Export tanker
Buque tanque de exportacin
Exposed
Descubierto
Exposed piping (submarine)
Tubera expuesta sobre el lecho del mar
Exposure
Afloramiento
Extend a line of credit
Otorgar una lnea de crdito
Extended crane gantry rails
Rieles extendidos de la gra de prtico
Extraction (includes both mining and forestry)
Extraccin
Extraneous priority interrupts
Interrupciones impropias de prioridad
Extrude (to shape (metals, plastics, etc.) By Extruir
forcing them through dies.)
Extruded fins
Aletas extruidas
Eye bolt
Tornillo de ojo
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Eye bolt (D)


Eye-level rack (for instruments)
F (flow)
F (elec.)
F&g (fire and gas detection system)
F&g fire & gas
F. Joint (field joint)
Fa 65 deg. C rise rating

Tornillo de ojo
Puente de nivel
F (flujo)
Rampa
Sistema de deteccin de incedios y gas
I&g - incendio y gas
Junta de campo
Enfriamiento forzado a presin de izaje a 65 grados c
(transformadores)
Plano / diagrama de fabricacin
Patio de construccin
Fabricante
Careta (del soldador)
Imposta (moldura horizontal en la parte superior de
una columna o pilar o en la pared por donde se hace
la unin con el techo)

Fabrication drawing
Fabrication/construction yard
Fabricator/manufacturer
Face shield
Facia

Facilities
Facilities (provide facilities i.e. Access to
resources)
Facilities (financial)
Facility (physical installation)
Factor / employ / consider
Factory pre-plumbed
Factual report
Fadeout (radio signal)
Fading (reproductions)
Fah (high flow alarm)
Fail-closed (a condition wherein the valve port
remians closed should the actuating power fail.)

Instalaciones
Medios/recursos/servicios
/
facilidades
proporcionar los medios para)
Facilidades (financieras)
Instalacin
Considerar ( emplear en clculos, etc.)
Equipado con tubera en la fbrica
Informe circunstanciado
Debilitacin de seal
Decoloracin (no desvanecimiento)
Fah (alarma por flujo alto)
Cierra por falla

(p.ej.:

Failing load (structural analysis)


Carga de colapso (estructuras, columnas)
Fail-open (a condition wherein the valve port Abre por falla
remians open should the actuating power fail.)
Fail-open/ fail-closed (switches, valves, etc.)
Falla a abierto/ falla a cerrado
Failsafe (overall system guaranteed not to fail A prueba de avera/falla (sistema); de disparo
notwithstanding failure of individual components or seguro / de doble proteccin (interruptor); control de
system)
doble seguridad (no es fallo seguro)
Failure arrangement

Mecanismo de falla (una arreglo estructural de


plataforma que pueda llevar en s el elemento de
falla)

Failure to (failure to comply shall result in fines)

Por no / la falta de (se impondr penas por no


cumplir)
Fairlead
Garrucha
Fairlead / fair-lead(ship: a device of 3 or 4 rollers Garrucha / guacabos
in the form of a u through which a cable can be
carried out or reeled in from any direction)
Fal (low flow alarm)
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Falling or flying objects

Objetos que pueden caer o salir despedidos y volar

Falling under the provisions of


Que se encuentra en el supuesto de
False alarm discrimination (ability to discern Discriminacin de falsas alarmas
between real and false alarms)
False alarm suppression
Eliminacin de alarmas falsas
False ceiling
Plafn falso (mxico) / cielo raso
False work
Obra falsa (p. Ej. Formas para el concreto)
Fan brake
Freno del ventilador
Fan guard
Guarda de ventilador
Fan hub
Cubo del ventilador
Fan ring
Anillo del ventilador
Far (federal aviation regulation)
Far (reglamento federal de aviacin)
Fastener
Hebilla (de un sistema de flejes para sujetar tubera
de instrumentacin)
Fast-track schedule
Programa agilizado
Fat factory acceptance test
Prueba de aceptacin de fbrica
Fathometer surveys
Levantamientos con ecosonda
Fatigue failure
Falla por fatiga
Fatigue life
Vida til hasta la fatiga
Faucets
Llave (agua)
Fault current
Corriente producida por una falla
Favorable ruling
Dictamen aprobatorio
Fbe (fusion-bonded epoxy)
Epxico de ligazn por fusin
Fc (flow control-blind)
Fc (control de flujo - ciego)
Fcc (federal communications commission)
Fcc (comisin federal de la comunicacin)
Fcv flow control valve
Vlvula de control de flujo
Federal acquisition regulations (far)
Reglamentacin de adquisiciones federales (de los
ee.uu.)
Federal appropriations budget
Presupuesto de egresos de la federacin (mxico)
Federal electrical utility commission

C.f.e. (comisin federal de electricidad) (mxico)

Federal law on weights and measures and Ley federal sobre


standards (metrology)
(mxico)
Federal organic law / federal basic law (black's Ley orgnica federal
law dictionary 6th edition: the fundamental law, or
constitution, of a state or nation, written, or
unwritten. That law or system of laws or principles
which defines and establishes the organization of
its

metrologa

normalizacin

Federal public servant accountability act (mexico) Ley federal de responsabilidades de los servidores
pblicos (mxico)
Federal register (gazette for federal government) Diario oficial de la federacin (del gobierno mexicano)
Federal tax authorities
Federal tax code
Federal taxpayer roll
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Fisco federal
Cdigo fiscal de la federacin (mxico)
Rfc (registro federal de causantesmxico)
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Feed (any sort of supply: energy, water, gas, Alimentacin


materials, etc.)
Feeder cog wheels
Ruedas dentadas del alimentador
Feedthrough (circuits)
Conexin pasante / interfacial (feedthrough)
Feed-water heater
Calentador de agua de caldera
Feeler gages (to measure shaft tolerances)
Galgas palpadoras (para flechas)
Femur traction splint w/padded ankle hitch, Tablilla para traccin femoral con enganche de tobillo
padded pelvic support & traction strap
acolchonado, soporte plvico acolchonado y correa
de traccin
Ff (firefighting foam)
Ff (espuma contra incendio)
Ff (flat facedflanges: allows the matching De cara plana
flanges to be in full face contact with the gasket
clamped between them. This construction is
commonly used in low pressure, cast iron and
brass valves and has the advantage of minimizing
flange stresses caused
Ffic (flow indicator control reg.)
Fg (flow indicator -sight glass)
Fgma (flat glass marketing association)

Ffic (reg. Del control del indicador de flujo)


Fg (indicador de flujo vidrio de nivel)
Fgma (asociacin para la comercializacin de vidrio
plano)
Fi (flow indicator)
Fi (indicador de flujo)
Fi frequency index
If - ndice de frecuencia
Fic (flow indicator controller)
Controlador del indicador de flujo
Field attached (carpentryelements placed during Instalado / fijado en obra
primary construction of building not afterwards.)
Field hookup
Field joint
Field questions and answers
Field terminations
Fields (images in a display)
File cabinets
Filed for processing
Filings and shavings
Fill out (a form)
Fill up line (D)
Filler material (welding)
Filler metal (welding)
Fillout and finish pass (welding)
Filter Housing
Filter wrenches
Fin fan cooler
Fin fan cooler

Conexin en campo / en sitio


Junta de campo
Canalizar preguntas y respuestas
Conexiones terminales en sitio / campo
Campos de imgenes
Archiveros
Admitir a trmite
Virutas de limadura y esmerilado
Llenar, terminar (no diligenciar en mxico)
Llenadera
Material de aporte
Metal de aporte
Relleno y vista
Casa de Filtros
Llaves para filtros
Intercambiador de calor enfriado por aire de tubos
aletados
Soloaire/intercambiador de calor enfriado por aire

Fin tube exchanger


Finance (costs)

Intercambiador de tubos aletados


Financiamiento (no financiacin)

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Finding (bidding process)


Finding, study
Findings (of an audit, study)
Finish-ground
Finned-tube
Fins (heat exchanger)
Fire and gas alarm/detector system
Fire damper
Fire detection and extinguishing system
Fire detection system
Fire engineer
Fire monitor / water cannon (fire-fighting systems)

Fallo (de la convocatoria)


Conclusin del anlisis
Conclusiones
Pulido final
Tubo con aletas
Aletas
Sistema de alarma y detectores de fuego y gas
Regulador de aire contra incendio
Sistema de deteccin y extincin de incendio
Sistema de deteccin de incendio (no fuego)
Ingeniero de proteccin contra incendios
Can de agua contra incendio

Fire proof blankets


Fire proof.(walls, paint, insulation, etc.)

Mantas aislantes incombustibles


A prueba de fuego / tratamiento de proteccin a
prueba de fuego
Fire protection
Contra
incendio
(no
contraincendio
ni
contraincendios)
Fire protection loop
Red contra incendio
Fire protection systems
Sistema de proteccin de incendios
Fire protection/fire proof
Contra incendio
Fire pump
Bomba de agua contra incendio (no bomba de
incendio)
Fire rating
Clasificacin ignfuga
Fire test
Pruebas de ignifugacin
Fire threat
Conato de incendio
Fire watch (person responsible for overseeing Centinela de vigilancia contra incendios
firehazards)
Fire water pump
Bomba de agua contra incendios
Fire water ring / fire water grid
Red de agua contra incendios
Fire water system / fire water ring / fire protection Red de agua contra incendios / red contra incendio
loop
Fired coils
Serpentines a fuego directo
Fired generator
Generador encendido / generador a presin /
generador a combustin
Fired vessel
Recipiente a fuego directo
Fired water coils
Serpentines a fuego directo
Fireproofing
Ignifugar / incombustibilizar / tratamiento de
proteccin a prueba de fuego
Firewalls
Muros contra incendio
Firewater pump, (w/diesel tk in skid)
Bomba contra incendio (con tanque de diesel en el
patn)
Firing line (area on a barge or beach in which Lnea de fuego
welding, tensioning, ndt and field joint coating are
performed)
Firing order (motor)
Firm gas transmission contract
Firm underwriting commitment
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Orden de encendido
Contrato de transporte en firme de gas
Compromiso en firme de emisin de garanta
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Firmware (a category of memory chips that hold Firmware/microprogramacin


their content without electrical power and include
rom, prom, eprom and eeprom technologies.
Firmware becomes "hard software" when holding
program code.)
First aid kit
First in-charge
First mate
First officers
First out sequence (computers, instruments)
First out voting logic (computing)
First stage gas scrubber
First stage separators
Fit out
Fit test (for a respirator)
Fit up

Botiqun de primeros auxilios


Primer responsable (personal)
Primer oficial
Primeros oficiales
Secuencia de primera salida
Escrutinio por lgica de primero afuera
Rectificador de gas 1a. Etapa
Separador de primera etapa
Habilitacin
Prueba de ajuste
Ajustar / montar / montaje (unir componentes bridas
p.ej.)
Fit up
Empotrar / montar / montaje
Fit without gaskets
Conexin sin junta
Fit, as one sees / advisable / advantageous / Conveniente, como estime uno
proper / suitable / convenient
Fitments (metal, not tubing, usually structural, not Auxiliares
a conductor)
Fitments (metal, not tubing, usually structural, not Auxiliares
a conductor)
Fitted sheet (bed linens)
Sbana de cajn (mx.)/ Sbana con esquineras
Fitting, orifice plate
Portaplaca de placa de orificio
Fittings
Conectores, herrajes, accesorios, aditamentos
Five-minute breathing air escape packs
Equipos de escape con cinco minutos de aire de
respiracin
Fixed and firm (prices)
Fijos e inalterables (precios)
Fixed casing guides
Guas fijas de conductores
Fixed yield instruments
Instrumentos de renta fija
Fl (baryta, barium sulphate)
Fl (barita, sulfato de bario)
Flag
Hacer seas
Flag, to (e.g. Concerns or problems as part of Sealizacin de reas que requieren atencin
maintenance control)
Flame arrestor
Arrestador de flama / arrestador de llama
Flame retardant
Pirorretardante
Flame spread rating
Clasificacin de propagacin de llama
Flammable liquid pool fire
Incendio por formacin de charcos de lquidos
inflamables
Flange (a projecting flat rim, collar, or rib, used to Brida
strengthen an object, to guide it, to keep it in
place, to facilitate its attachment to another object,
or for other purposes. flange couplinga device
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Flange (beams: of natural objects: a rim or fan Patn (de la vigatambin conocido como la ala de
which stands out from the main part of the object.) la viga)
Flange face
Cara de la brida
Flange facings
Refrentado de brida
Flange hub
Reborde de la brida
Flange makeup (the act of)
Juntar brida
Flange neck
Cuello de la brida
Flange point (crane: the point of contact between Punto del reborde (es un punto de contacto entre el
the rope and drum flange where the rope changes cable y la brida del tambor, en donde el cable cambia
bed layers on a rope drum.
de capa.)
Flange protector
Brida protectora
Flange rating
Clasificacin de la brida
Flange repair ring
Anillo de reparacin de brida
Flange shank
Vstago de la brida
Flanged
Bridada
Flanged connections
Conexiones bridadas
Flanged onto
Bridado a
Flanged-on diffusor ring
Anillo difusor bridado
Flank
Flanco, ladera
Flapper disck
Galleta (vlvula check)
Flapper nozzle type
Boquilla de chapaleta (mx.)
Flare (burner)
Quemador
Flare boom (a smaller flare mounted on a boom, Pluma del quemador
extending off the edge of the platform. Sometimes
it swivels depending on wind direction.)
Flare booms
Flare knockout (ko) drum

Torres del quemador (mx.)


Tanque separador de desfogue (si la lnea va al
quemador)
Flare mast
Torre del quemador
Flare package
Paquete del quemador
Flare support substructure
Subestructura de soporte del quemador
Flare tip
Quemador y difusor - mechero
Flare tower (the entire structure)
Quemador elevado
Flare tower support jacket
Subestructura de soporte del quemador
Flare, the
Desfogue, el sistema de / quemador (el punto de
inflamacin del sistema de desfogue)
Flare, to
Desfogar / quemar
Flaring
Desfogue
Flash
Flasheo, destello
Flash light
Lmpara de mano
Flash point (combustion)
Punto de inflamacin (combustin)
Flash point (not combustion)
Punto de vaporizacin
Flash tank (uses a pressure drop valve to flash Tanque de destello / vaporizacin instantnea (de
liquid to gas for separation)
destilacin)
Flashback (electrical)
Fogonazos de retroceso
Flashing (electrical)
Arcos elctricos (no chisporroteo)
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Flashing field, a

Visualizacin intermitente de la imagen (la imagen de


una representacin visual)
Flashlight, torch
Lampara de mano
Flat [n.] (flat steel piece welded to bars running Solera
crosswise for floor grillage)
Flat sheet
Sbana sencilla
Flatness tolerance
Tolerancia de planeidad
Flatwork (linens)
Blancos (lencera en mxico quiere decir ropa
interior de la mujer. En esto caso se trata de
sbanas, fundas, etc.)
Flaws
Defectos/ fallas
Flaws or latent defects
Defectos o vicios ocultos
Fleet angle (cranes. Fleet: to change the position ngulo de esviaje (ngulo formado por la recta
of, shift (a block, rope, etc.)
Flexing
Flexiones
Float ( re. Schedule)
Con holgura - flotacin
Float collar (D)
Cople flotador
Float over plataform installation
Montaje de la superestructura por medio de barcaza
lastrada
Floatel
Barcaza habitacional/barco hotel
Floating (method of leveling and polishing Afinado
concrete)
Floating can
Refuerzo de flotacin
Floating shaft
Eje flotante
Floating-roof tank
Tanques de techo flotante (a veces cpula)
Floatover platform installation (an installation Instalacin de la superestructura por mtodo de
method where crane cannot be used due to flotacin
excessive weight or size)
Flocculant
Floculante
Floor butt joints
Uniones de tope de piso
Floor covering
Cubierta de piso
Floor plate
Placa de piso
Floor test/test floor (standard battery of tests Pruebas normales del fabricante
performed by manufacturer on product)
Floor tiles
Loseta
Floor timbering
Entarimado (con polines o tablones)
Floor, grillage
Solera
Floppy diskettes/ floppies
Disquetes
Flota
Neutralizado (flotante)
Flotation
cell
(separation
system
for Celda de separacin
oil/water/contaminants which uses bubbles)
Flow diagram
Diagrama de flujo
Flow line (D)
Lnea de flotacin
Flow rate
Gasto (caudal de una bomba) / volumen de flujo /
flujo volumtrico / caudal
Flow ratio
Relacin de flujo
Flow straighteners (bundle of tubes within pipe to Venas rectificadoras de flujo
smooth, straighten out flow)
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Flow turndown

Reduccin en el flujo/capacidad de funcionar con


bajo flujo
Flowchart
Diagrama de flujo
Flowhead (D)
Cabezas de prueba, cabezas de flujo
Flowline
Lnea de flujo
Flowmeter
Medidor de flujo, caudal
Flowsheet (drawing)
Hoja o dibujo de flujo
Flue
Chimenea / tubo de humos
Fluent, must be (language)
Que domine (el idioma) / versado en
Fluoroproteic, low density
Fluoroprotica de baja densidad [espuma extinguidor
de incendios]
Flush (clean system)
Lavar
Flush with... (liquid to clean system)
Lavado con
Flush with...(the floor, edge, etc.)
Nivelado con, a ras con...
Flux (any substance that is mixed with a metal etc. Fundente / agente fundente
To facilitate its fusion. Used for welding)
Flux-cored arc welding
Soldadura por arco elctrico con fundente
Flux-cored electrodes (welding)
Electrodos con alma fndente
Flyweight
Contrapeso (regulador de velocidad)
Fm factory mutual (certifying agency)
Fm
Fmeter -flow meter
Medidores de caudal
Fmr (field material requisition)
Requisicin
Fo (field operations)
Fo (operaciones en campo)
Foamed-in-place rigid insulation core
Ncleo rgido expandido de aislamiento
Foaming
Produccin de espuma
Foaming agent (D)
Agente espumante
Fob / f.o.b. ("free on board" means that the seller Lab (libre a bordo/ franco a bordo) (va seguido del
fulfils his obligation to deliver when the goods puerto de embarque, ej. Lab villahermosa. Significa
have passed over the ship's rail at the named port que la mercadera es puesta a bordo del barco con
of shipment. This means that the buyer has to todos los gastos, derechos y riesgos a cargo del
bear all costs and risks of loss of or damage to the vendedor hasta que la mercadera haya pasado la
good
bord
Fog monitor

Can de agua nebulizada (sistema contra incendio


de un embarcacin)
Fog signal
Seal de nieblas
Folder (office supply)
Flder
Folding container, fisherman style for emergency Maletn tipo pescador (con mltiples charolas y
equip.
divisores) para equipo de emergencia
Folding stretchers
Camillas plegables
Folio (a numbered sheet with a limited number of Folio
words comprised of two pages a and b : e.g.
Folio 12a)
Followers
Footcandles
Footer
Footing (pilings, foundations)
Footnote
Footnote
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Pilotes adicionales
Pies-candela
Pie de pagina
Zapata
Pie de pagina
Notas al pie de pagina
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Footprint
Footprint (of a machine, building)
For the purposes of this provision

Plantilla
rea (que la base ocupa)
Para los efectos de este precepto (en el caso de una
ley)
Transmisor de flujo de equilibrio de fuerza
De tiro forzado
Haces de tubos de tiro forzado
Proyecciones
Primer plano y el plano de fondo

Force balance pneumatic flow transmitter


Forced draft (air cooler)
Forced draft bundles
Forecast (scheduling not weather)
Foreground and background (screen displays)
Foreign exchange (fx) [telephone exchange]

Central telefnica exterior (es decir no es parte


sistema local)
Jefe de cuadrilla (en mxico por lo general no se usa
capataz) / sobrestante (capataz, persona que dirige
a cierto nmero de obreros en determinadas obras,
bajo la direccin de un tcnico. De uso comn en
mxico) / cabo de oficios

Foreman

Forest fire fighting expense (insurance)

Gastos por actividades contra incendios forestales

Forewarned
Forged (metal)
Forged slip-on flanges
Forgings
Forklift
Form (paper/electronic)
Form / format
Form and substance
Form c contacts (switches)
Form work (wood form or molds for concrete pour)

Advertido
Forjada
Bridas fundidas deslizables
Piezas fundidas
Montacarga
Formato (no formulario)
Formato (mx.)
Forma y fondo
Contactos en forma de c (microprocesadores)
Cimbra / cimbrado

Formal ceremony for the opening of findings


Formal ceremony for the presentation
opening of proposals
Formal opening of finding
Formal submission of bids
Format

Formation and operation


Formation pressure
Former manager
Forms and formats
Form-wound coil
Forward (letter, document)
Forward / present notification
Forwarding
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Acto de fallo (proceso de licitacin)


and Acto de presentacin y apertura de propuestas
Acto de fallo (proceso de licitacin)
Actos de presentacin de propuestas
Formato (mxico) / forma (sera lo ms apropiado
segn la definicin pero formato es de uso comn
en mxico)
Integracin y funcionamiento de
comisin)
Presin de formacin
Ex-gerente
Formatos y presentacin
Bobina de devanado conformado
Correr traslado
Correr traslado (mxico)
Enviando, remitiendo, presentando
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Fouling
Fouling factor (air cooler, heat exchangers, etc.)

Ensuciamiento
Factor de ensuciamiento

Fouling resistance
Foundation (construction on land or seabed)
Foundation (equipment)
Foundation (geology)
Four-leg platform / four-pile platform
Fpm (feet per minute)
Fpm feet per minute
Fqi (flow register indicator)
Fr (flow register)
Fractionate (to separate (a mixture) by distillation
or otherwise into portions of differing properties.)

Resistencia al ensuciamiento
Cimiento
Base
Cimento
Plataforma tetrpoda
Pies por minuto
Ppm - pies por minuto
Fqi (indicador del registrador de flujo)
Fr (registrador de flujo)
Fraccionar

Fractionated
Fraccionado
Fractionating column
Torre de destilacin fraccionaria
Fractionating deck
Pisos de destilacin fraccionaria
Frame
Bastidor, armazn
Frame (electric motors, nema and other standards Armadura
only)
Frame (of platform jacket)
Planta (nivel de arriostramiento)
Framer
Armador (cuando se trata de obreros calificados)
Framing
Marco estructural
Frc (fast rescue craft)
Lancha rpida de rescate
Free access, afford / permit
Permitir el acceso libre
Free float: amount of time during which an activity Holgura libre:
la cantidad de tiempo que una
can be delayed without having any delaying effect actividad que puede ser retrasada sin que tenga
on commencement of a successor activity.
efectos de retraso en el inicio de cualquier actividad
sucesora.
Free issue (owner issued equipment or materials. Artculos de entrega franca (entregados por el
Equipment or materials supplied free of all propietario)
charges [cost, taxes, transportation, etc.] By
company to contractor for installment or use in
performance of contract)
Free machining
De fcil maquinado
Free spans
Claros/tramos libres
Free surface value
Valor de superficie libre
Freeboard (height between the still water surface Franco bordo / cota de seguridad
and the lowest point at which downflooding could
occur, including any unplugged construction
openings.)
Freezer
Frieze expansion
Front disk
Frost-free freezer
Frosting spatula (kitchen)
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Congelador
Dilatacin en friso
Disco frontal
Congelador con control contra escarcha
Esptula para merengue
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Frp (fiberglass reinforced plastic)


Fryer battery (kitchen)
Fs (flow switch)
Fso floating storage & off-loading
Fsu (floating storage units [tanks])
Fsu (floating storage units)
Ft (flow transmitter)
Ftp (flow tubing pressure)
Fuel gas filter
Fuel gas heater
Fuel gas k.o. drum
Fuel gas monitoring system
Fuel gas package
Fuel gas pig trap
Fuel gas skid
Fuel gas skid
Fuel/instr./plant/start gas scrubber

Plstico reforzado de fibra de vidrio


Batera de freidores
Fs (interruptor de flujo)
Almacenamiento y descarga flotante
Tanques de almacenamiento flotantes
Tanques de almacenamiento flotantes
Ft (transmisor de flujo)
Presin de flujo de tubera
Filtro del gas combustible
Calentador del gas combustible
Tanque separador de gas combustible
Sistema de "monitores" del gas combustible
Patn del gas combustible
Trampa de diablos de gas combustible
Patn de gas combustible
Patn de gas combustible
Separador del gas de arranque / planta
instrumentos / combustible
Fugitive voc (volatile organic compounds) [fugitive Compuestos orgnicos voltiles fugitivos
refers to the difficulty in detecting the leak for a
variety of reasons]

Full and free access


Full force and effect, in

Acceso ilimitado y libre


En plena vigencia y vigor / en plena vigencia y para
todos los efectos
Full length modesty panels (for office desks)
Faldn del longitud total del escritorio
Full maintenance
Mantenimiento integral
Full port valve
Vlvula de paso completo
Full speed
Plena velocidad (completa o toda suenan de
exceso y no es lo que se quiere decir en ingls.)
Full-bore valve (full-ported or full-bore valve used Vlvula de paso completo / vlvula sandwich (jerga
for hot-tapping. Like a horizontal gate valve. Left mexicana) / vlvula de disco plano
in place following hot-tap connection.) / pancake
valve (slang)
Fully cooperate
Function access flash key (telephone)
Functionality

Brindar todas las facilidades


Tecla de acceso rpido a funciones
Capacidad
de
funcionamiento
(no
existen
funcionalidad ni funcionabilidad)
Funnel
Embudo
Funnel
Embudo
Furniture and office equipment
Muebles y enseres
Furred spaces, tubing placed in (recessed space) Tuberas empotradas en los espacios creados por el
enrasado
Furring (preparation of a wall, ceiling, or floor with Enrasar / enrasillado (proceso de nivelacin de un
strips of wood or metal to provide a level tabique, techo, o tejado, mediante tiras de madera o
substratum for plaster, flooring, another surface or metal) (el encostillado de interiores de paredes)
to create an air space)
Fusible loops
Fusion bonded epoxy system (fbe)
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Lazos fusibles
Sistema de epxico fraguado
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Fv (flow control valve)


Fv (vlvula de control de flujo)
Fw (firewater)
Fw (agua contra incendio)
Fwf (firewater- foam)
Fwf (agua contra incendio espuma)
Fxs (foreign exchange office end)
Fxs (central internacional - del lado de la oficina)
Fxs (foreign exchange subscriber end)
Fxs (central internacional - del lado del abonado)
Fyi for your information
Para su informacin
G.a. (general arrangementsphysical layout)
Arreglo / distribucin general
G.g. (gas generator [turbine fuel system])
Generador de gas
G.t. (gas turbine)
Turbina de gas
Gage, track (the horizontal distance between the Ancho de va del carril
center lines of the tow rails measured
perpendicular to the direction of travel.
Gagged (piping, etc.)
Obstruido
Galling (scrape, rub)
Excoriacin
Gang operated blades (of a damper)
Paletas operadas en conjunto
Gang operated blades (of a damper)
Paletas operadas en conjunto
Gantry (a movable structural frame consisting of Prtico
columns and bracing capable of supporting a
crane with its working and dynamic loads.
Gantt diagram: graphic presentation of information Diagrama de gantt: presentacin grfica de la
related to work schedule. In a typical gantt informacin relativo a un programa de trabajo. En el
diagram, the activities are listed on the left, dates tpico diagrama de gantt, las actividades son listadas
are indicated at the top and the activities durations del lado izquierdo del diagrama, las fechas estn
are indicated as horizontal bars. It is also known indicadas a lo largo de la parte superior y las d
Garlock-ring
Anillo garlock de empaque
Garter spring
Resorte circular
Gas arching
Erosin de gas
Gas breakthrough
Penetracin inesperada de gas
Gas bubble
Burbuja de gas
Gas Buster (D)
Separador Gas-Lodo
Gas chromatograph
Cromatgrafo de gas
Gas flaring contingency plan
Plan de contingencia para el desfogue de gas
Gas flaring contingency platform
Plataforma de contingencia de desfogue de gas
Gas flow
Flujo volumtrico de gas
Gas generator (compression section of jet turbine Generador de gas
engine where fuel is compressed for combustion
chambers, not powered by gas)
Gas generator (compression section of jet turbine Generador de gas
engine where fuel is compressed for combustion
chambers, not powered by gas)
Gas generator (driver-generator package)
Gas launchers
Gas level meter
Gas lift
Gas lift manifold
Gas lift manifold skid

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Generador y su accionador
Lanzadores de gas
Aforador de gasolina
Bombeo neumtico
Mltiple del gas de bombeo neumtico
Patn del mltiple de bombeo neumtico

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Gas lift or lift gas (compressed gas, nitrogen in Bombeo neumtico


the case of the cantarell project, is injected into oil
reservoir to maintain pressure to help lift or
pump oil up from bottom of wells.)
Gas lift ring main
Gas lift spur
Gas lift trunkline pig launcher/receiver
Gas lift valves (valves for controlling lift gas)
Gas metering package
Gas pipeline pig launcher
Gas sealing
Gas starting system (gas turbine)
Gas tight
Gas turbine centrifugal pump

Gas turbine compressor

Ducto principal del anillo de bombeo neumtico


Ramal de bombeo neumtico
Lanzador/receptor de diablos de la lnea principal de
bombeo neumtico
Vlvulas de bombeo neumtico
Paquete de medicin de gas
Lanzador de diablos del gasoducto
Estanqueidad / estanquidad a los gases
Sistema de arranque neumtico
Hermtico
Turbobomba centrfuga (cuando se habla del paquete
pero es una bomba centrfuga accionada por turbina
de gas)
Turbocompresores (cuando se habla del paquete
pero es un compresor accionado por turbina de
gas)

Gas turbine drive main power generator

Generador de energa elctrica principal con turbina


de gas
Gas turbine generator
Turbogenerador de gas
Gas/gas exchanger
Intercambiador de calor gas/gas
Gaskets
Empaques / juntas
Gas-lift ring (of cantarell pumping stations)
Anillo del sistema de bombeo neumtico
Gassing
Generacin de gas, gasificacin
Gate valve
Vlvula de compuerta
Gathering platform (gathers gas from various Plataforma de enlace / coleccin / acumulacin
wells, sources)
Gathering system (for the flare)
Sistema de coleccin
Gauss
Gaussio (unidad de induccin magntica) / gauss
Gb ( buffer gas )
Gb (gas amortiguador buffer)
Gbfy - greens bayou fabrication yard
Patio de fabricacin greens bayou
Gbs (gravity base structurethe whole of the Estructura de gravedad bsica
concrete substructure on which the topsides bear)
Gc (fuel gas)
Gdi general document
Gear box
Gear hand of cut
Gear pump
Gear unit
Gear wheel
Gearing helices / spirals
Gel
Gel (D)
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Gc (gas combustible)
Documento general
Caja de engranes
Juego de cortes de engranaje
Bomba de engranes
Unidad de engranaje
Rueda dentada
Hlices de engranaje
Bantonita
Bentonita
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General
application
environmental
impact Manifestacin de impacto ambiental, modalidad
statement
general
General counsel (blacks law dictionary: advice Asesor jurdico (no es necesariamente un apoderado
and assistance given by one person to another in quien tiene poder para ejecutar acciones legales a
regard to a legal matter, proposed line of conduct, nombre de su representado.)
claim, or contention. Contracted by a person or
firm to provide legal advice.)
General law for ecological equilibrium
General ledger (accounting)
General ward (hospital)
Generally accepted accounting principles (gaap)

Ley general del equilibrio ecolgico


Libro mayor
Sala general
Principios de contabilidad de uso gen

Generation plant (the facility by which the permit Planta generadora (instalacin por medio de la cual
holder will generate the corresponding electric el permisionario generar la energa elctrica
energy.
correspondiente.)
Generator (data used for calculations)
Generator fuel gas filter / separator

Generador (cifras base para realizar clculos)


Filtro / separador del gas combustible del generador

Geolograph (D)
Get back on track
Gf (grooved face)
Gfi - ground fault interrruptor
Gfi (ground fault interrruptor)
Gg (gas generator)
Gg washing system (gas generator)
Gg washing system (gas generator)
Gi (instrument gas)
Girder

Graficador
Vuelva al camino indicado
De cara ranurada
Interruptores de falla de tierra
Interruptores de falla de tierra
Generador de gas
Sistema de lavado del generador de gas
Sistema de lavado del generador de gas
Gi (gas de instrumentos)
Trabe (drae: viga, madero largo y grueso para techar
y sostener los edificios) (mxico) / viga de
fabricacin

Girt
Viga pequea
Girt line (architectural building line from secondary Permetro estructural, lnea del
structures, beams, etc.)
Girth flange
Brida circunferencial
Girth weld (reinforcement cans, etc.)
Soldadura de circunferencia
Giu (global industrial unit)
Unidad industrial global
Give (a course/class)
Impartir / dictar
Give priority
Dar prelacin
Given hereunder
Que se den de aqu en adelante
Gl (triethylene glycol /teg)
Gl (glicol trietelnico /teg)
Gland
Empaque
Glare screen / anti-glare screen
Pantalla de reduccin de resplandor
Glazing
Encristalado
Global position survey system (gps)
Sistema global de posicin para reconocimiento

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Globe valve (a valve constructio nstyle with a Vlvula de globo


linear motion flow controlling member with one or
more ports, normally distinguished by a globularshaped cavity around the port region. Can be
classified as: two-way single ported, two-way
double ported, ang
Globular
Glower (heating element for fuel system, diesel)
Glycol booster pump
Glycol contactor
Glycol regeneration package
Glycol surge drum
Gmaw (gas metal arc welding)

Globular (modo de transferencia de soldadura por


pequeo cuerpos esfricos.)
Cuerpo incandescente

Gmaw gas metal arc weld


Good faith assumption
Gooseneck or p trap (only sanitary usage)

Bomba reforzadora de glicol


Torre absorbedora con glicol
Paquete de regeneracin de glicol
Tanque de balance de glicol
Soldeo por arco con electrodo fusible bajo proteccin
gaseosa
Soldadura por arco de gas
Suposicin de buena fe
Sifn en p/cuello de ganso (cespol en mxico)

Gor (gas/oil ratio)


Govern, shall (different versions or languages)

Rga (relacin gas aceite)


Prevalecer (entre versiones o idiomas)

Governing bodies of the entities


Governing law
Governing linkage
Government accounting office (gao)

rganos de gobierno de las entidades


Ley aplicable / jurisdiccin
Articulacin de regulador
Oficina de contabilidad gubernamental (de los ee.uu.)

Government-controlled entities
Entidades paraestatales
Governor drive
Conductor del regulador
Governor drive pinion
Pin conductor del regulador
Gp (utility/power gas)
Gp (gas de servicios/fuerza)
Gpe (scheduling and evaluation management Gpe (gerencia de programacin y evaluacin)
pemex)
Gpm (gallons per minute)
Galones por minuto (gpm)
Gps global positioning system
Sistema de posicionamiento global
Grabber
Quijada o mordaza
Grabber (D)
Quijada, Mordaza
Grade (employment)
Nivel
Grade (quality)
Grado
Grant (compensation)
Reconocer (indemnizaciones)
Grant, public waters
Asignacin de aguas nacionales
Grasshopper (drilling)
Charola portacable
Grassroot
Nivel local
Grassroots plant or project (completely new not an Proyecto o planta nuevo
existing plant or project)
Grater (food)
Rallador
Grating
Rejillas
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Grating-covered deck
Gravity penetration (of pilings)
Gray water (soapy water)
Grease fitting
Grease gun
Grease trap (of a kitchen sink or floor drain)
Green beans
Green belts
Grill / grillage(for walkways, barge bottom, etc.)

Cubierta con emparrillado


Penetracin por peso propio
Aguas jabonosas
Grasera
Pistola de grasa
Trampa de grasas
Ejotes (mxico) / habichuela verde
Zonas verdes
Rejilla / sistema de pisos (enrejado)

Grillage( the temporary structural members that Sistema de pisos (enrejado) de la barcaza
support the module and distribute the vertical
static and dynamic loads over the barge or vessel
framing)
Grind
Esmerilar/rectificar
Grinding
Esmerilado (rectificar no es comn en mxico)
Grit blasting
Limpieza por chorro de arenilla
Grommet (steel rope spun together and spliced Ojal de cable / garrucha
such that there is no end)
Groove
Hendidura, canal
Grooved
Ranurado
Gross tonnage (of a ship)
Tonelaje de registro bruto
Ground (aircraft)
Permanecer en tierra
Ground bus
Barra principal a tierra
Grounding
Conexin a tierra
Grounding clips (on reservoirs for lube system)
Placas para aterrizamiento
Grounding cup
Grounding system
Grounds
Grounds for non-conformance
Group effect (ocean current loads on pilings)
Grout bag

Placa de puesta a tierra


Sistema de conexin a tierra
Conexiones a tierra
Motivo del incumplimiento
Efecto de grupo (en pilotes con una separacin
cerradaclculo de cimentacin de plataforma)
Bolsa de mortero de cemento / cemento de lechada

Gs (start up gas)
Gs (gas de arranque)
Gt gas turbine
Turbina de gas
Guarantee increase bond (a bond which covers Fianza de ampliacin de la garanta
increases to original amount)
Guard shack
Caseta de vigilancia / garita (colombia)
Gudgeon pin
Pasador/mun del pistn/pie de biela
Gudgeon pin and rings
Pasador del mbolo y anillos
Guide (to guide air or gas flow)
Paleta directriz
Guide frame
Guia de estructura
Guide frame (D)
Gua de estructura
Guide piston and roller
Pistn gua y rodador
Guide vanes at inlet (of a compressor)
Tablillas / aspas de gua
Guidelines
Lineamientos/ pautas / directrices
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Guiding principle
Principio rector
Gully (for collection/drainage on a platform)
Canaleta (arroyo es en tierra)
Gunite (a mixture of cement, sand, and water Gunite
applied through a hose.)
Gunwale (the upper edge of a ships side; in large Borda
vessels, the uppermost planking, which covers the
timber-heads and reaches from the quarter-deck
to the forecastle on either side; in small craft, a
piece of timber extending round the top side of the
hul
Gusset (a bracket or angular piece of iron fixed at Cartabn / atiezador /placa de refuerzo
the angles of a structure to give strength or
firmness.)
Gusset and clip (welding)
H (high)
H (manual - hand operated)
H (hold point for inspection plan)
H (hold point for inspection plan)
H.p. condensate dehydrator
H.p. fuel gas filter
H.p. fuel gas k.o. drum

Escuadra de refuerzo y placas de soporte


H (alto)
H (manual operacin manual)
E (punto de espera)
E (punto de espera)
Deshidratador del condensado de alta presin
Filtro del gas combustible de alta presin
Tanque separador de gas combustible de alta presin

Ha (hazards analysis)
Ha (estudio de riesgos)
Hacksaw
Segueta
Hammer union
Tuerca unin
Hammer wrench
Llave de golpe
Hammerhead crane (a crane with a horizontal Gra de martillo/mnsula
boom and a load trolley that traverses the boom to
change load radius, and that contains the sheaves
and appurtenances that comprise the upper load
block)
Hand carried delivery (mail)
Hand delivery / free domicile

Hands-on approach
Hands-on guidance and direction
Handwheel (valve)

Correo por conducto personal


Presente (cuando est en una carta sin direccin de
correo)
Monitor porttil
Entregar embarcada (listo para zarpar)
Serrucho
Manejo
Tenazas de manipulacin
Barandal
Microtelfono
Seal de establecimiento de conexin/acuse de
recibo
Prctico y directo, mtodo
Orientacin y direccin prctica y directa
Volante (mx.) / manigueta / rueda de mano (col.)

Hang

Colgar

Hand held monitor (hhm)


Hand over on sailaway (conditions of delivery)
Hand saw
Handling
Handling tongs (medical)
Handrail
Handset
Handshake signal (modem)

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Hanger
Hanger plug (D)
Hard drawn

Suspensor / colgadero / barra de suspensin /


colgante
Tapn soltador
Estirado en fro (endurecimiento producido por
estirado en fro (alambres, etc.) / estirado con gran
reduccin de seccin sin termotratamiento intermedio
/ embutido varias veces)

Hard drawn (metal)


Estirado en fro
Hard piped (not soft piped to e.g. Valve, etc)
Conectado directamente por tubera
Hardness test (metal)
Prueba de dureza (soldadura, etc.)
Hardware
Herrajes (entre otras posibilidades)
Hardware (computer: the physical components of Hardware/equipo de computacin
a system or device as opposed to the procedures
required for its operation.)
Hardwired
Harness
Harp (group of piping)
Harsh environment
Has thus been
Hawser
Hazop (hazardous operations plan)
Hazop or pre-hazop

Conexin almbrica
Arns
Grupo de tubos soldados
Ambiente adverso
Ha sido por lo tanto.
Cable grueso (de remolque de buques tanque)
Anlisis de riesgo (hazop)
Estudio de anlisis de riesgo hazop o pre-hazop

Hcl - hydraulic cement lining


Hcv (manual control valve)
Hdpf (high density polyurethane foam infill)
He (heptane)
Hes the big cheese of the company

Recubrimiento de cemento hidrulico


Hcv (vlvula de control manual)
Espuma de poliuretano de alta densidad (hdpf)
He (heptano)
Es el gran jefe de pluma blanca de la compaa (as
in native american headressmxico)
Head (a body of water kept at a height to supply Carga dinmica / carga hidrosttica /carga de agua /
water under pressure. The height of such a body altura piezomtrica
of water, or the force of its fall (estimated in terms
of the pressure on a unit of area.)
Head (of an agency, etc.)
Head pad (personal protective equipment)

Titular
Cubrenuca / cogotera (trozo de tela que, sujeto con
botones en la parte posterior de algunas prendas que
cubren la cabeza, sirve para resguardar la nuca del
sol o de la lluvia.)

Head rest
Apoyacabeza
Head, pressure
Caida de presin (hidralica)
Header (a large diameter pipe into which a Cabezal
number of smaller pipes are perpendicullarly
welded or screwed; a collection point for oil or gas
gathering lines.)
Header for satellite separators
Header for two phase
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Cabezal de aceite separado en remotos


Cabezal de dos fases
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Header modifications
Heading (in a letter, document, form, table)
Headphone
Headphone (throat-mike)
Heads
Health delivery organization
Health department
Health, safety and environmental plan
Hearing conservation
Heat affected zone (hazwelding)

Adecuacin de cabezales
Concepto (mx.)
Auriculares / casco telefnico
Laringfono
Tapas
Entidad promotora de salud
Secretara de salud
Plan de salud, seguridad y medio ambiente
Proteccin auditiva
Zac (zona afectada por el calortrmino para el rea
del metal donde el calor del soplete de soldeo causa
reacciones en el metal.)

Heat and material balances


Balances trmico y de materiales
Heat exchangers
Intercambiadores de calor
Heat lamps
Lmparas calefactoras
Heat numbers/stamping ( a serial number Nmero de tratamiento trmico en fbrica
stamped into metal at mill includes astm no. And
heat treatment no.)
Heat rate value (of a gas turbine)

Valor de rendimiento trmico/ valor de energa


calrica
Heat resource pump
Bomba de medio de calor
Heat sensors
Sensores trmicos
Heat shield (a screen of water provided by Escudo de agua contra el calor
monitors to protect fire fighting vessel)
Heat shielding (materials)
Pantalla trmica
Heat shrink
Termocontrctil / plstico encogido por calor/
termocontrable
Heat stress (persons)
Sntomas de agotamiento por calor
Heat tracing
Trazado trmico
Heat wrapping
Termoencapsulado
Heave (ship)
Giro/cabezada/desplazamiento vertical
Heavy duty
Uso rudo
Heavy lift vessel
Barco gra (es una embarcacin de izaje de equipos
pesados pero el otro es el trmino acordado con
pemex)
Heavy oil fields
Heavy wall can (jacket brace can)
Heckle sheet

Campos de crudo o petrleo pesado


Carrete
Informe heckle (informe de actualizacin de los
preparativos de la orden de compra, previa a su
emisin) heckle = puyar

Held by customs (materials)


Helical
Helicopter approach and departure flying lane

Detenido por la aduana


Helicoidal
Corredor areo para aterrizaje y despegue de
helicpteros
Araa del casco
Hemoderivado

Helmet spider/web
Hemoderivative / blood derivative / blood product

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Hereabouts
Hereafter
Hereat
Hereby
Herefrom
Herein, hereinto
Hereinafter
Hereinafter referred to

Aqu alrededor, en estas cercanas, en estas


inmediaciones, por aqu
En el tiempo venidero, en lo futuro
A esto o esta, por eso
Por esto, por este medio, por la presente
De aqu, desde aqu, a causa de esto
En esto, aqu dentro
Despus, ms abajo, como se ver o se dice ms
adelante
Referida en adelante y para efectos de este contrato

Hereof
Hereon
Hereto
Heretofore

De esto, de eso, de aqu


Sobre esto, sobre este punto
A esto
En otro tiempo, antes, antiguamente, en tiempos
pasados, hasta aqu, hasta ahora, hasta el da
Hereunder
Bajo esto, en virtud de esto
Hereunto
A esto, a eso
Hereupon
Sobre esto
Herewith
Adjunto, con esto, junto con esto
Herrinbone
Doble helicoidal
Hf (helicopter fuel)
Hf (combustible de helicptero)
Hh (high high)
Hh (alto alto)
Hh (wet heptane)
Hh (heptano hmedo)
Hhv - high heating value
Vca - alto valor calorfico
Hi (sodium hypochlorite)
Hi (hipoclorito de sodio)
Hic (manual control-indicator)
Hic (control manual indicador)
Hidden defect (materials)
Vicio oculto
High pr. Compressor package (skid.)
Paquete del compresor de alta presin (patn)
High pressure chamber
Compresores de alta presin
High pressure compressors
Cmara de alta presin
High pressure inlet header
Cabezal de llegada de gas de alta
High seas (high sea. (now usually pl.) The deep or En alta mar
open sea; the main sea or main. Spec. In law
(sing. And pl.): (a) the main sea; the sea as far as
it is regarded as being within the jurisdiction of the
courts of admiralty; (b) the area of the sea not wi
High speed counter (hsc)
Contador de alta velocidad
High strength (traction) bolts (high strength tensile Pernos de alta tensin
bolts used in the assembly of crane components.
The bolts arc installed in tension, by torquing or
other means. At a level greater than that produced
by in- or out-of-service loads for the purpose of r
High/low pressure gas

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High-back, knee-tilt, tilt-lock, pneumatic with arms Silla neumtica con brazos, espaldar alto, asiento de
ngulo ajustable, reclinable con trinquete
High-calorie ration
Highlights
Hindcast (weather)
Hinder competition
Hinge
Hlv
Hlv heavy lifting vessel
Ho (heating oil)
Hoa - hands-off automatic
Hoist / winch
Hoist trolley
Hold (as in a hold point)

Racin reforzada
Aspectos sobresalientes
Anlisis posterior de meteorologa
Limitar la oportunidad de competir
Bisagra
Embarcacin de izaje de equipos pesados
Embarcacion de izaje pesado
Ho (aceite para calefaccin)
Modo automtico
Malacate
Trole de izaje
Espera (el punto de espera es determindo por el
contrato y a partir del cual se requiere de
autorizacin para proceder.)

Hold down crew (D)


Hold harmless/safeguard

Yugo del buje de desgaste


Librar de responsabilidad (la otra parte asumir la
responsabilidad de la parte "held harmless")
mantener a salvo/ liberar de todo perjuicio / eximir de
responsabilidad / amparar / salir en defensa de/
mantener libre de dao

Hold over (an agenda item,)


Hold points

Suspenderlo como pendiente


Puntos de espera (para la aprobacin parcial
(requisiciones)
Hold time (hydrostatic test)
Tiempo de retencin
Holder
Sujetador
Holdfasts
Sujetadores
Holding drum (of a crane)
Tambor de retencin
Hole puncher
Sacabocados
Hole, well
Pozo / agujero
Holiday
Discontinuidad, falta de recubrimiento
Holiday detector (as in instrument for measuring Detector de discontinuidades (en el aislamiento,
flaws in insulation)
recubrimiento, pintura)
Holiday test
Prueba por descontinuidades (pintura/recubrimiento)
Hollow screw
Tornillo hueco
Home rule charter
Carta constitutiva autnoma
Homologation (the action of homologating; assent, Homologacin
ratification, confirmation.)
Hon. Citizen / mr.
C. (ciudadano)
Hood (for an overhead roll down door)
Recinto para la cortina
Hood (lab.)
Campana
Hook load
Carga al gancho
Hook-up (of an entire platform system, Conectar/conexin
electrical/gas/liquid connections)

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Hook-up (of mechanical equipment,


compressors, etc.)
Hook-up (platforms in general)

drivers, Acoplar
Conexiones (no acoplado que es el concepto
mecnico. Cuando se trata de energa elctrica, gas
o lquidos se emplea conexin.)

Hoop stress
Hooper (D)

Tensin circunferencial
Embudo de barita / Embudo de mezcla / Tolva /
depsito
Horizontal and vertical profiles
Perfiles horizontales/transversales y verticales
Horizontal slew ring (on a crane)
Anillo de giro horizontal
Horizontally, measured (line length measurement Medicin horizontal / abscisado horizontal (medicin
method)
de la longitud de una lnea)
Horn silence
Desactivar alarma sonora
Horse blanket (project control term for an 11 x 17 Tabla de programacin general del proyecto
table that covers overall project schedules, pronosticada y con fechas de terminacin
including forecasts completion dates, with actual
finish dates)
Horseplay / rough-house(as regarding safety Jugar caballazos
procedures)
Horsepower
Caballos de potencia / potencia
Hose rack
Bastidor de manguera
Hose reel
Carretes de mangueras
Hose with stainless steel braid
Manguera con un tramado (entramado) de acero
inoxidable
Hot backup (computer: a backup system comes Respaldo en caliente / respaldo activo
on line while the power is still on and the unit is
still operating.
Redundant systems can be
designed to swap drives, circuit boards, power
supplies, virtually anything that is duplexed within
the computer.)
Hot gas path
Hot pass (welding)
Hot shoe
Hot swap (computer usually drives)

Trayectoria del gas caliente


Cordn de pase caliente
Zapata caliente
Intercambio activo (hot swap) [es decir que no es
necesario apagar el sistema para cambiar unidades]

Hot swappable (computer)


Con capacidad de intercambio activo (hot swap)
Hot tap
Hot tap, conexin a presin
Hot tapping (repairs or modifications on a tank, Hot taps (hacer conexin en caliente en tuberas
pipeline, or other installation without shutting down vivas (con gas o lquido) sin paralizar operaciones.
operations. A tapping and plugging machine is Requiere el uso de equipo muy especializado. (se
used. This device cuts a hole in a pipeline under emplea la voz inglesa)
pressure.
Hot tapping, split t
Hot water system
Hot well (for food containers)

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Sistema de agua caliente
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Hot work permits (for areas where there is a Permisos para trabajar en caliente (para hacer
danger of explosion)
conexiones en tuberas que estn funcionando, con
gas o lquido o trabajos reas donde existe peligro de
explosin)
Hot-dipped (metal fabrication process)
Hot-rolled
Housekeeping
Housing, enclosure
Howco unit
Howco unit (D)
Hp compressor
Hp compressor 1st stage
Hp compressor discharge scrubber

Inmerso en caliente
Rolado en caliente
Aseo y limpieza
Encabinado, carcaza
Unidad de halliburton
Halliburton unit
Compresor de alta presin
Primera etapa del compresor de alta presin
Separador de descarga del compresor de alta presin

Hp compressor package
Hp compressor suction scrubber

Paquete del compresor de alta presin


Separador de succin del compresor de alta presin

Hp compressor three phase interstage scrubbers

Separadores entre etapas de tres fases del


compresor de alta presin
Hp compresssor 2nd stage
Segunda etapa del compresor de alta presin
Hp high pressure
A.p. - alta presin
Hp horse power
Cf - caballos fuerza
Hpde high density crosslinked polyethylene
Polietileno degradado de alta densidad
Hr (human resources)
Hr (recursos humanos)
Hrsg (heat recovery steam generator)
Generador de vapor para recuperacin de calor
Hs (manual switch)
Hs (interruptor manual)
Hs&e health, safety & environment
Ssyma - salud, seguridad y medio ambiente
Htd (high torque drive)
Accionador de par torsor alto
Htd high torque drive
Propulsor de par torsor alto
Htl & ltl (high and low threshold levels noise Nivel del umbral alto o bajo
monitoring term)
Hub
Campana
Hub (fan, etc.)
Mameln (mxico)
Hub (of a shaft)
Cubo/campana
Hub, fan
Cubo (del ventilador)
Hull-mounted
Montado en el casco
Human engineering (ergonomics)
Ergonometra
Human resources information system (hris)
Sistema de informacin sobre recursos humanos
Hurricane warning (imminent threat)
Hurricane watch (on lookout)
Hvac (heating, ventilation and air conditioning)
Hvac control system
Hydraulic
Hydrazine
Hydril (D)
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Aviso de peligro inminente de huracn


Aviso de advertencia de huracn
Sistema de calefaccin, aire acondicionado y
ventilacin
Sistema de control del sistema de aire
acondicionado, ventilacion y de calefaccin
Hdrico, hidrulico, hidrolgico
Hidracina
Preventor esferico
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Hydro hanger (D)


Conjunto colgador
Hydroflouric acid / hydrogen sulfide (h2s)
cido sulfhdrico (h2s)
Hydrogen cyanide
Cianuro de hidrgeno
Hydrogen flouride
Fluoruro de hidrgeno
Hydrogen selenide
cido selenhdrico
Hydrogen sulfide
Sulfuro de hidrgeno
Hydrophobic filter (rejects water)
Filtro hidrofbico
Hydro-pneumatic tank (valve actuators)
Pulmn (mxico)
Hydrotest (to)
Realizar prueba hidrosttica
Hyperlogger
Hyperlogger
I come before you in due time and the proper form Vengo en tiempo y forma
/ in the approved fashion
I need not remind you that this is of utmost No omito recordarle la suma importancia del asunto
importance
I pray it will be granted as provided for under the Espero sea proveda conforme a derecho
law, upholding its legitimacy
decretndola como procedente
I&cs (instruments and control system)
Sistema de control e instrumentos
I.e. (latin = id est)
I.e. (esto es, a saber)
I.p. (in process of fabrication)
E.f. (en proceso de fabricacin)
I/o (computers)
E/s (entrada/salida)
I/o input/output
E/s - entrada/salida
I/o lld (low leakage digital)
I/o digital de poca prdida
Idb (instrumentation data base)
Base de datos de instrumentacin
Idc (internal discipline check [of drawings])
Idc (revisin interna por la disciplina tcnica) /
revisin interdisciplinaria
Idc issue design check
Emitir para verificacin de diseo
Idle (electronic)
Libre, en modo
Idle (motors, engines)
Marcha en vaco
Ie (start clearance indicator)
Ie (indicador de libre para arrancar)
Ieee (institute of electrical and electronic Ieee (instituto de ingenieros elctricos y electrnicos)
engineers)
If applicable
En su caso (mx.)
If the imputation is not reasonably disputed
En controversia razonable en la imputabilidad
Ifa issued for approval
Emitido para aprobacin
Ifc (issued for construction)
Emitido para la construccin
Ifp issued for purchase
Emitido para procura
Ifq (issue for quotation)
Emitido para cotizacin
Igf separator- induced gas flotation separator
Separador por flotacin inducida por gas
Il (indicating light)
Il (luz indicadora)
Ild (instrument loop diagram)
Diagrama de lazos de instrumentos
Illustrations
Figuras
Illustrative purposes, for
A modo de ejemplo
Ilu int. Longshoremen's union
Sindicato internacional del estibadores
Im&te (inspection, measurement and test Equipo de inspeccin, medicin y prueba
equipment)
Immediate and finite (alarm signal activation Momentneo
switch)
Immediately afterwards
Acto seguido
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Immersion
Impact factor (for cost calculations)
Impact screw
Impact strength
Impeller
Impervious
Impingement baffle
Implementation (rules, requirements, etc.)

Inmersin
Incidencia (factores de costos)
Tornillo de impacto
Resistencia al choque
Impulsor (mx.)
Impermeable
Deflector de choque o impacto
Implantacin (implementacin tambin puede ser
empleada)
Implicit representation
Aseveracin oral o escrita implcita
Imprint
Huella
Improper and baseless
Improcedente y sin fundamento
Improved (ref. To use of modern cultivation Tecnificado (caf, maz)
methods)
Improvements (on a property)
Mejoras / bienhechura
Imps integrated project management system
Siap - sistema integrado de admin. De proyecto
In a large floor the main joists (binding joists) are Vigueta (que pasa la carga a la viga)
sometimes more widely apart, and are crossed by
smaller bridging joists which bear the boards of
the floor; in such a case there may be light joists
beneath to bear the laths (ceiling joists). See also
In accordance with the free trade treaties to which Conforme a los tratados de libre comercio suscritos
mexico is a signatory
por mxico
In compliance with the convention abolishing the Respecto a la convencin, por la que se suprime el
requirement that alien public documents be requisito de legalizacin de los documentos pblicos
authenticated.
extranjeros
In compliance/keeping with the law, [it] is
In due course
In lieu of
In light of the merits established hereinbefore
In march this year the pump had its mechanical
seal replaced as requested by pemex

Es procedente (relativo a la ley)


En su oportunidad / en su momento
En sustitucin de (p.ej. Una junta, un representante,
etc.)
Por lo anterior fundado

In order to be admitted to the dossier


Para que obren en el expediente
In process fit-up
Montaje en curso
In process inspection
Inspeccin en curso
In the course of activities
Durante de desarrollo de actividades
In the event
En caso de / en el supuesto
In the event that the nations economy is En caso que peligre o se altere la economa nacional
endangered or negatively affected
In the exercise of their respective authority
En el ejercicio de sus respectivas facultades
In the eyes of the (responsibility before legal Ante (tener responsabilidad ante alguna autoridad)
bodies, government, society, etc. With jurisdiction)
In the first place
In the scope of their respective functions
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En el mbito de sus respectivas atribuciones
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In view of
Habida cuenta de
In witness whereof
En fe de lo cual
Inappropriate (act)
Impropio
Incidence factor
Factor de incidencia
Incident (an incident is an unplanned, undesired Incidente
event that adversely affects completion of a task
or has the potential to result in personal injury or
property damage.)
Incinerator
Incised
Incision ( to cut into)
Inclinometro (D)
Include but are not limited to the following
Included angle
Incorporate
Incorporated. Best left in spanish)

Incinerador
Inciso
Incisin
Survey device
Incluye de manera enunciativa mas no limitativa lo
siguiente (mx.)
ngulo comprendido o incluido
Plasmar (p. Ej. estas especificaciones sern
plasmadas en futuras emisiones)
S.a. de c.v. (sociedad annima de capital variable)

Incoterms 1990 (the i.c.c. incoterms, being the Incoterms 1990


internationally accepted and employed terms for
contracts of sale, were first published by the
international chamber of commerce in 1953. They
were reprinted in 1974, including two new terms
that had been ad
Increase
Incrustate
Incumbency time
Indemnify
Indemnity bond
Independent monitoring agent (for certification)

Incrementar
Incrustado
Tiempo en un empleo
Indemnizar
Contrafianza
Agente de supervisin externo

In-depth audit
Auditora exhaustiva
Index
ndice
Indirect labor costs (united states: those expenses Costos indirectos de mano de obra
that are additional to the basic hourly rates are
that are paid by the employer. Indirect labor
expense involves various forms of payroll taxes,
insurance, and employee fringe benefits of a wide
variety.
Individual or shared hospital rooms
Individuals or legal entities
Induced draft
Induced shear deformation
Industrial accident
Industrial relations
Inert gas accumulator tank
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Pensin en el hospital
Persona fsica o moral
Succin inducida
Deformacin cortante inducida
Accidente en el trabajo
Relaciones laborales
Tanque acumulador de gases inertes
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Inert gas generator


Generador de gas inerte
Inert gas storage drum
Tanque acumulador de gas inerte
Inertia
Inercia
Inertial vane separator
Separador de inercia por paleta
Infectious disease prevention materials: gloves, Materiales para evitar el contagio de enfermedades
goggles, face shield masks, and gowns
infecciosas, tales como: guantes, lentes, caretas y
batas
Inflection point
Punto de inflexin
Influent (liquid that enters)
Influente
Infonavit (national institute for workers housing Instituto del fondo nacional de vivienda para los
fund)
trabajadores (infonavit)
Informal copy
Copia simple (que se adjunta nicamente el
documento de transmisin y no los anexos)
Informal photostat copies
Copias fotostticas simples
Information memo
Nota informativa
In-house data
Informacin interna de la empresa
Initiation of agreement formalities
Inicio de trmites para convenios
Inject
Inyectar
Injection pump
Bomba inyectora
Inlet
Entrada
Inlet filter separator & coalescer
Separador y coalescedor del filtro de entrada
Inlet gas scrubber (to a compressor)
Rectificador de gas de entrada
Inner
Interior
Inorganic
Inorgnico
Inprocess (underway or being fabricated)
En fabricacin / en curso
Input (in a meeting)
Intervencin
Input (of information, or a point of view into a Entrada / inclusin
document, etc.)
Input / enter / key in (data entry)
Capturar (datos o informacin)
Input signal
Seal de entrada
Input signal (raw data)
Seal de crudo (no es lo ms apropiado)
Inquiry
Cotizacin
Ins (insurance)
Ins (seguros)
Insert
Insertar
In-service (the condition of a crane ready for or En servicio
engaged in work, an operator is at the controls.)
Inspection release from vendor guarantees Inspeccin de recepcin sin liberacin de las
(implication being that this is not the case)
garantas del proveedor
Installation of facilities
Instalacin de plantas
Instrument air accumulator
Acumulador de aire de instrumentos
Instrument air compressor package
Paquete del compresor de aire de instrumentos
Instrument air dryer
Secador del aire de instrumentos
Instrument air filter
Filtro del aire de instrumentos
Instrument air receiver
Receptor del aire de instrumentos
Instrument air system
Sistema de aire de instrumentos
Instrument catalog cuts
Hojas de catlogo de instrumentos
Instrument gas filter/separator
Filtro / separador del gas de instrumentos
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Instrument gas package


Instrument gas scrubber package
Instrument off-take / take-off

Paquete del gas de instrumentos


Paquete del separador del gas de instrumentos
Conexin de tubera de instrumentacin / toma para
instrumentos
Instrument rack
Bastidor de instrumentos
Instrument shop
Taller de instrumentos
Insulation (the action of insulating electrically or Aislamiento
physically; the condition of being isolated by nonconductors so as to prevent the passage of
electricity, heat, or sound. Also the degree in
which a body is insulated, as partial, imperfect,
total insu
Insulation blankets
Insulation tape
Insurability
Insurers subrogation / underwriters subrogation

Mantas de aislamiento
Cinta aislante
Estar en una condicin asegurable
Subrogacin del asegurador (efectuado el pago de la
indemnizacin al asegurado en los seguros contra
daos, el asegurador adquiere ipso iure el derecho
del asegurado frente al tercero causante del dao. La
subrogacin en el mismo derecho implica que el te

Integral (extruded)
Integral (extruida)
Integrity/complete
Integridad
Intelligent pig
Diablo inteligente
Intended (function/use, etc.)
Destinados a (funcin/uso, etc.)
Intends
Persigue / pretende
Interbank rate (lending)
Tiip (tasa interbancaria promedio - mx.)
Interbank rate (lending)
Tiip (tasa interbancaria promedio - mx.)
Interconnection costs (those that external Costos de interconexin (son aquellos que los
producers must pay to the utility for the productores externos deben pagar al suministrador
interconnection of their facilities to the national por la interconexin de sus instalaciones con la red
electric energy grid.)
nacional de energa elctrica.)
Intercooler
Interface
Interface (between parties, entities, etc.)
Interface cabinet
Interface panel (by others)
Interface with personnel
Interfaced to controller (computer)
Interfaces
Interlock
Interlock system
Interlocking spirals (spiral-wound cable armor)

Interenfriador
Interfaz / enlazar / relacionarse
Interaccin
Gabinete de interfase
Tablero de interfase (por terceros)
Relacionarse con el personal
Enlazar al controlador
Interfaces
Entrelazarse, trabarse
Sistema entrelazado
Espiras intertrabadas

Interlocking valve
Internal combustion engine
Internal make up air (for air balancing)

Vlvula enclavada
Motor de c.i.
Aire interno de compensacin

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Internal oversight bodies


rganos internos de control
Internal pemex regulation banning final disposal of Reglamentacin interna de pemex prohibiendo la
waste materials at sea
disposicin final de materiales de desecho en el mar.
Internal pemex regulation banning fishing or the Reglamentacin interna de pemex prohibiendo la
capture of any sea life
pesca o la captura de cualquier organismo marino
Internal wall covering
Cubierta de pared interna
Internals
Elementos internos / tubera interna / internos
International agreement for safety of life at sea Acuerdo internacional para la seguridad y
(solas)
supervivencia en el mar [seguridad de la vida
humana]
International association of certification societies Asociacin internacional de las sociedades de
(iacs)
certificacin (iacs)
International association of classification societies Asociacin internacional de las sociedades de
ltd. (iacs)
clasificacin (iacs)
International code for safe operation of vessels Cdigo internacional para la operacin segura de
and prevention of contamination (igs codes)
embarcaciones y prevencin de contaminacin
(cdigos igs)
International maritime agreement for the Acuerdo internacional para prevenir la contaminacin
prevention of pollution from vessels (marpol) (the de embarcaciones (marpol)
international convention for the prevention of
pollution from ships 1973 as modified by the
related protocol of 1978 is known as marpol
73/78)
International residence for offshore platforms
Interpretation and application of law.

Residencia internacional plataformas marinas


Recurso legal de casacin en forma y queja (chile)

Interrupt pool (computer)


Conjunto de interrupciones
Intrinsic project documentation
Documentacin inherente del proyecto
Inure (this agreement shall inure to the benefit Pasar a beneficio de
of)
Investment programs with deferred disbursement Proyectos de inversin con impacto diferido en el
from the appropriations ledger (pidiregas)
registro del gasto (pidiregas)
Involvement (role or participation by mexican Intervencin (intervencin por las entidades
government in performance of a contract for public gubernamentales competentes en lo que les
acquisitions or works) / intervene in, may
concierne.) / intervencin, podr tener
Ip (in process of fabrication)
Ip (information processing)
Ipms - integrated project management system
Ipms (computer system)
Ipr (preliminary risk reportfrom spanish)

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E.f. (en proceso de fabricacin)


Procesamiento de informacin / tratamiento de la
informacin
Sistema integrado de administracin del proyecto.
Ipms
Ipr (informe preliminar de riesgo)
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Irrespective of rank or position


Irving grating
Isa (instrument society of america)

Sin importar su nivel, ttulo que ostente o cargo que


ocupe
Rejilla irving
Isa (sociedad estadounidense de instrumentistas)

Isc interdiscipline supplier check


Verificacin interdisciplinaria del cliente
Iso (international standardization organization)
Iso (organizacin de normalizacin internacional)
Iso isometric drawing
Dibujo isomtrico
Isochronous mode (turbine driver mode where Modo iscrono (aplcase a los movimientos que se
only a brief drop in speed will occur even if load is hacen en tiempos de igual duracin.)
increased. Isochronoustaking place in or
occupying equal times; equal in metrical length;
equal in duration, or in intervals of occurrence, as
the vibration
Isolation
Aislamiento
Isolation joint
Unin de aislamiento / de bloqueo
Isolation valve
Vlvula de bloqueo
Isometric (applied to a method of projection or Isomtrico
perspective, in which the plane of projection is
equally inclined to the three principal axes of the
object, so that all dimensions parallel to these
axes are represented in their actual proportions;
used in
Issue
Expedir
Issue a bid announcement
Publicar las bases de licitacin
Issue a decision, issue a judgement, issue a Pronunciarse
report, issue an opinion, make a decision, rule on
Isthmus crude oil (pemex: light crude oil, 33.6 api Crudo tipo istmo
density and 1.3 weight % sulfur.)
It has come to our attention that...
Tenemos la informacin de que.....
It is important to note
Es digno de atencin
It is of no consequence/regardless
Sin importar
It is understood that (between parties in an Las partes aceptan que...
agreement)
It would appear that the damaged caused during
the pump running dry was more severe than the
mechanical seal leaking
Item
Item (a reference or pay item)
Item (material)
Item (point in a document)
Itemized statement of payment
Items in noncompliance

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Componente / articulos / punto / partida / inciso


Ptda. (partida) (mx.)
Artculo / componente (si se trata de una pieza que
forma parte de algo mayor)
Punto
Estado de pagos desglosado
Puntos de incumplimiento / incurrir en una falta de
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Itp (inspection and test plans)


Planes de inspeccin y pruebas
Jacket
Cubierta (de un pilote) / subestructura
Jacket
Camisa, forro
Jacket (cooling of a motor)
Chaqueta
Jacket (offshore platform)
Subestructura
Jacket (the supporting structure of an offshore Subestructura (la estructrura y pilotes que soportan la
platform)
superestructura/cubierta de una plataforma marina)
Jacket (to)
Recubrir
Jacket bottom clearance (during launching and Distancia entre la subestructura y el lecho marino
upending)
durante lanzamiento
Jacket elevation rows
Ejes de elevacin de la subestructura
Jacketing
Revestimiento
Jacket-out-of-level
Desnivel de la subestructura
Jacking claw
Gato hidrulico con agarre de mordaza (para que los
gatos hidrulicos pueden deslizar el equipo de
perforacin por la base patn)
Jacking screw (used for fine leveling of an Tornillo nivelador/gato (de tornillo)
equipment skid, base or platform)
Jack-up / jack up rig
Plataforma autoelevable / jackup
Jack-up drilling rig
Torre de perforacin autoelevable
Jam nut
Tuerca de seguridad
Jam nut (D)
Tuerca de seguridad
Jamming
Atascamiento
Jar
Martillo precursor
Jar (D)
Martillo percusor
Jar bumper
Tijera golpeadora
Jasons cradle
Equipo de recogida de hombre al agua, jasons
cradle (consiste en una plataforma articulada
plegable de salvamento adaptable a cualquier tipo de
embarcacin. Est diseada para formar una escala
rgida en la cual el nufrago puede introducirse el
mismo
Jet
Sifn, tobera
Jet (D)
Sifn, tobera
Jetting machine (for digging pipe trenches)
Perforadora por chorros de agua a presin
Jetty
Rompeolas, muelle, embarcadero
Jib (an extension attached to the boom point to Brazo de extensin / aguiln (brazo de una gra.)
provide added boom length for lifting specified
loads. The jib may be in line with the boom or
offset to various angles.)
Jib crane
Gra de pescante
Jip (joint industry program)
Programa de consorcio industrial
Job mechanical seal (use of job as an adjective to Sello mecnico para la aplicacin concreta
state that it was engineered to the particular
characteristics of a particular application or job)

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Job posting requirements


Job task observation

Requisitos de publicar debidamente una oferta de


empleo / plaza disponible
Observacin de las tareas que conforman el trabajo

Jobsite / job site


Sitio de trabajo
Jockey pump
Bomba jockey
Joiner work
Carpintera de taller
Joint
Unin / junta
Joint
Junta, union
Joint (basic pipeline section nominally 12 meters Tramo
long)
Joint advisory supply commissions
Comisiones consultivas mixtas de abastecimiento
(establecidos por el gobierno de mxico)
Joint can
Joint official letter (sent by various signatories)

Refuerzo de nudo
Oficio unido (por varios remitentes)

Joint venture
Joist (transmits load to beams)
Jon buoy

Empresas asociadas
Vigueta (que pasa la carga a la viga)
Boya jon (es una balsa salvavidas individual
empaquetada en un recipiente de pequeas
dimensiones que se instala en el balcn de popa. Al
presionar una palanca en el container, la balsa se
desprende e hincha automticamente y el nufrago
puede subirse fcilmente

Journey____ (one who, having served his Oficial (el que en un oficial manual ha terminado el
apprenticeship to a handicraft or trade, is qualified aprendizaje y no es maestro todava.)
to work at it for days wages; a mechanic who has
served his apprenticeship or learned a trade or
handicraft, and works at it not on his own account
but as the s
Joy stick (computer)
Palanca omnidireccional
Joystick
Selector de control
J-tube (tube installed on an offshore installation Tubo-j
through which a pipeline is pulled from below sea
level to topsides level. J or i refers to the lower
end shape of the tube)
Jumper (cabling)
Cable de empalme / alambre de cierre
Jumper (computer: the simplest form of an on/off Puente
switch. It is just a tiny, plastic-covered metal
block, which is pushed onto two pins to close that
circuit. It is used to select myriads of functions on
a printed circuit board or on a peripheral device.
Jumper (pipe)
Jumper in

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Junction box (jb)

Caja de conexiones (en mxico no se emplea caja


de empalme)
Junk a hole
Pozo con chatarra
Junk a hole (D)
Abandono de pozo por chatarra
Jury-rigged cannon flare
Quemador hechizo tipo can
Kbs (kilobits per second)
Kbs (kilobits por segundo)
Ke (kerosene)
Ke (kerosina)
Keep from, avoid
Evitar
Keep on
Continuar
Keep records
Preparar registros
Keep-plate
Placa de fijacin
Kelly hose
Manguera de perforacin
Kelly hose (D)
Manguera de perforacin
Kelly joint
Vastago de perforacin
Kelly Joint (D)
Vstago de perforacin
Kerf cooler
Enfriador de recortes
Kerosene (a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons, a Petrleo difano / keroseno / aceite de parafina
commercial product of the distillation of petroleum;
obtained also from coal and bituminous shale, and
extensively used as a lamp-oil. Now important as
a fuel for some kinds of internal-combustion
engines, esp
Key
Llave, chaveta, cua metalica
Key lock
Cierre bajo llave
Key materials (essential items)
Materiales preponderantes (mx.)
Key plan (drawings only)
Croquis de localizacin
Keyed
Auado
Keyed pump-half coupling
Acople enchavetado de lado de la bomba
Keyed sleeve coupling
Acople de manguito enchavetado
Keypad
Teclado numrico
Keyphasor (a sensing device to detect the Sensor de fase (trmino proporcionado
passage of a point on the rotor or shaft. Measures representante de bently nevada en mxico)
shaft rotations by detecting shift in distance to
shaft triggered by key slot, or, detects vibrations,
rotor instability by phase pulse at fixed intervals;
eddy c

por

Keystroke, single
Accionar una tecla una sola vez
Keyway (slot in which key is inserted)
Ranura (de flechas)
Kick
Descontrol, brote, flujo
Kick off bha
Sarta para desviar
Kickoff (initial meeting to comence contracted Reunin inicial de arranque
work.)
Kickoff BHA
Sarta para desviar
Kickoff BHA (D)
Sarta para desviar
Kickplate
Proteccin metlica de puerta
Kickplate (for stairs)
Brocal
Kickplate (of a door in warehouses, restaurants, Proteccin metlica de puerta / chapa metalica de
etc.)
defensa / rodapi
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Kill line
Linea de matar
Kill line
Killed (metal)
Estabilizado
Killed (metallurgy. Of steel: treated when molten Depurado (mxico)
so as to prevent the evolution of oxygen on estabilizado
solidification and the consequent formation of
blow-holes (now done by adding a reducing
agent.)

calmado

desoxidado

Killed steel
Acero muerto
Kinematic factor (wave forces) the science of pure Factor cinemtico
motion, considered without reference to the matter
or objects moved, or to the force producing or
changing the motion.
Kinematics (the science of pure motion, Cinemtica (parte de la mecnica que estudia el
considered without reference to the matter or movimiento prescindiendo de las fuerzas que lo
objects moved, or to the force producing or producen.)
changing the motion.
Kinetic
Cintico
Kink
Torcedura de un cable
Kit
Equipo
Knee tilt chair
Silla con ngulo de asiento ajustable
Kneeling chair (a chair without backrest where Silla sueca
weight is mainly distributed onto knees.)
Knee-tilt chair
Silla sueca
Knob
Perilla
Knock out drum
tanque separador - tanque de desfogue (si la lnea
va al quemador)
Knock out drum (oil/water/gas mix)
Tanque separador tipo knock out
Knocking (engine)
Golpeando
Knock-on insurance policy (contingency)
Pliza de seguro tipo knock-on
Know all men by these presents:
Conste por las presentes:
Known costs (like known facts)
Costos establecidos
Knuckle
Carnela, rodilla
Knuckle joint (can be for cranes or cement Unin flexible
pumping systems)
Koomey unit
Unidad koomey
Kpa kilopascal (metric pressure measure)
Kpa
Kph (kilometers per hour)
Kph (kilmetros por hora)
Kv kilovolt
Kv
Kva kilovolt ampere
Kva
Kwh kilowat-hour
Kwh
L (level)
L (nivel)
L.p. fuel gas filter
Filtro del gas combustible de baja presin
L.p. fuel gas k.o. drum
Tanque separador de gas combustible de baja
presin
L/o loadout
Carga
Label
Rotulo
Lacing (crane boom steel lattice bracing.)
Cuerdas (de la pluma de una gra)
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Lack of definition
Lact unit (lease automatic custody transfer unit)

Falta de definicin (indefinicin es incorrecta)


Unidad automtica para calibrar la medicin fiscal

Ladder (an appliance made of wood, metal, or Escalera de mano (aparato porttil, por lo comn de
rope, usually portable, consisting of a series of madera, compuesto de dos largueros en que estn
bars (rungs) or steps fixed between two supports, encajados transversalmente y a igual distancia unos
by means of which one may ascend to or descend travesaos que sirven de escalones.)
from a height. Stairs dont require hands to mount,
ladders o
Ladle for babbit
Cucharon
Ladle for babbit (D)
Cucharn
Lagging (1. Insulating blanketing around piping, Envoltura aislante
vessels. The action of covering a boiler, an arch, a
wall, etc., With strips of wood or felt.2. Pl. And
collect. Sing. The material with which this is done.)
Lagging, thermal / acoustic
Envoltura aislante trmica y/o acstica
Lah (high level alarm)
Lah (alarma de nivel alto)
Lal (low level alarm)
Lal (alarma de nivel bajo)
Laminar flow
Flujo laminar
Laminar tearing
Desgarre laminar
Laminated sheet gasket
Empaque de hoja laminada
Lamp test
Prueba de lmparas
Lamps
Lampara / luminaria
Land (mec.space between grooves)
Punto de apoyo
Land casing (D)
Asentar la T.R
Landfalls (of dos bocas and atasta)
Puntos de llegada a tierra
Landing collar (D)
Cople de retencin
Lantern
Luminaria
Lantern
Linterna
Lap (to rub or abrade so as to make a surface Esmeriladura (operacin de acabado de superficies
smooth (and often correctly shaped) to a high metlicas mediante elementos sueltos de abrasivo y
degree of precision, usually by the use of a pulimento. Pulir algo o deslustrar el vidrio con esmeril
rotating lap of suitable shape coated or o con otra sustancia.) / lapear
impregnated with an abrasive dust, paste, or
liquid. Grinding metal to a mirr
Lapped gears
Lashings (ship/loading)
Last minute change
Lat (lowest astronomic tide)
Latch
Latches
Latent/hidden defect
Lateral end play
Lateral lines (nitrogen injection system, etc.)
Laterolet (threaded fitting)
Lattice type boom (crane)
Launch cradle
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Engranes lapeados
Amarres
Cambio de ltima hora
Marea astronmica ms baja
Cerrojo
Aldabas (mx.)
Vicios ocultos
Holgura lateral del extremo
Lneas paralelas (no laterales)
Laterolet / unin lateral roscada
Pluma tipo celosa
Cuna de lanzamiento
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Launch cradle (for barges)


Cuna de lanzamiento
Launch frame (for deck loadout)
Marco de arrastre
Launch runners (for platforms)
Carriles de lanzamiento
Launch runners (for platforms)
Carriles de lanzamiento
Launch trajectory plots (jacket launch)
Diagramas con las trayectorias de lanzamiento
Launchers
Lanzadores
Launching frames
Armazn, estructura de lanzamiento/ envo
Launching padeyes (attached to the jacket to Orejas de arrastre
loadout onto barge)
Launching runner (for platforms)
Viga de lanzamiento, corredera
Laundry list
Lista no organizada ni ordenada por prioridad / de
todo un poco (jergade chile, de dulce y manteca)
Lavishly (apply grease, other materials)
En cantidades abundantes
Law governing common matters
La ley en materia comn
Law of acquisitions and public works
Ley de adquisiciones y obras pblicas
Law of acquisitions, leases, and service contracts Ley de adquisiciones, arrendamientos y prestacin
for goods and chattels
de servicios relacionados con bienes muebles
(mxico)
Law of public acquisitions and works (laop)
Lay stresses
Laybarge
Laydown area (unloading)

Ley de adquisiciones y obras pblicas


Tensiones de tendido
Barcaza de tendido de tubera
rea de descarga (de equipos o materiales por una
gra, etc.)
Layer
Capa, estrato
Layer (D)
Capa, estrato
Layout (of equipment, rooms)
Disposicin/arreglo
Layout (pipe in/above ground, seabed)
Tendido
Layout plan (drawings only)
Planta de distribucin
Layover (airline travel)
Escala tcnica
Lc (level control-blind)
Lc (control de nivel ciego)
Ldsh (high level shut down)
Ldsh (corte de alto nivel)
Ldsl (low level shut down)
Ldsl (paro por nivel bajo)
Leachfield apron (an area where liquid spills are Derramadero para contener lixiviacin
expected and preventative measures are taken to
stop leaching into surrounding soil)
Lead (personnel leadership)
Lead auditor (for a particular audit)
Lead time

Jefe de grupo / responsable


Jefe de la auditora
Tiempo de entrega (de artculos adquiridos) / tiempo
de gestacin (planes, permisos, trmites, etc.)

Lead Tongs
Lead/lag switch
Leader of the joint proposal (jv)
Leadership qualities

Meter llaves de potencia


Control de avance / retardo
Lder de la propuesta conjunta
Dotes de liderazgo, calidades de los / dotes de
mando
Fuga
Rango de fuga (no tasa ni volumen)

Leak
Leak rate
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Leaks (from plugs)


Leaks (from tubes)
Lean
Lean amine
Lean glycol/residue gas exchanger
Lean teg cooler
Lean teg surge drum
Lean through or above railings, to

Filtraciones
Fugas
Pobre
Amina pobre
Intercambiador de gas residual / glicol pobre
Enfriador de teg pobre
Tanque de balance de teg pobre
Sacar medio cuerpo entre o arriba de los barandales

Leap year
Lease
Leave of absence (loa) / on leave

Ao bisiesto
Arriendo
Permiso de ausencia estar de permiso / licencia

Led (light emitting diode)


Led (diodos emisores de luz)
Led tongs
Meter llave de potencia
Left lay cable
Cable de torcin izq
Left lay cable
Cable de torsin izquierda
Leg
Pierna
Leg (of a structure)
Pata
Leg cans (reinforcements around jacket legs)
Refuerzos de las patas
Legal grounds in point of fact and as a matter of Fundamentos de hecho y de derecho
law
Legal impediment (when imposed by legal Impedimento
conditions due to violations of law) /estoppel
(when claim or right is annulled by partys own
deeds or words)
Legal requirements
Requisitos de forma
Legal rights and remedies
Derechos y recursos legales
Legal size paper
Tamao oficio
Legal successors in title
Derechohabientes legtimos
Legally constituted company
Sociedad mercantil (mxico)
Legend
Leyenda
Legend (of a drawing)
Leyenda / tabla de nomenclatura / clave
Leggings (to protect welder)
Polainas (del soldador)
Lel
Nivel de explosin bajo
Letdown valve
Vlvula de abatimiento
Letter of consent, design (issued by a certification Carta de consentimiento del diseo
agency)
Letter of endorsement (without any liability or Carta de aval solidario (una carta apoyando la
responsibility)
solicitud o posicin de otra parte mas sin implicar
beneficio o responsabilidad. En este caso es en
respaldo a una solicitud de devolucin de impuestos)
Letter of reference

Constancias de trabajo / carta de recomendacin

Letter of undertaking

Carta de compromiso

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Level

Planta (utilizada en un informe del imp para los


niveles de las plataformas-es mejor emplear nivel)

Level and square


Level bridle
Level bridle root valves
Level of capability
Level of jurisdiction: collegiate circuit courts

Nivelado y encuadrado
Pierna de nivel / estribo de nivel
Vlvulas de bloqueo de la pierna de nivel
Nivel de capacidad, aptitud
Instancia: tribunales colegiados de circuito (mxico)

Level of manning
Nivel de personal
Lg (level gage)
Lg (medidor de nivel)
Lhv - low heating value
Vcb - valor calorfico bajo
Li (level indicator)
Li (indicador de nivel)
Liase with
Establecer un enlace con
Lic (level indicator control)
Lic (control del indicador de nivel)
Life capsule (for personnel evacuation from Cacahuate
offshore platform)
Life safety system
Sistema de seguridad y proteccin de la vida
Life support (medical equipment)
Mantenimiento de vida
Life support (utilities: water, electricity, sanitary, Apoyo vital (de servicios pblicos)
etc.)
Lifesaver
Aro salvavidas
Lift (act of lifting)
Izaje, levantamiento
Lift (to)
Izaje (izar)
Lift cable spreader bar
Barra de distribucin del cable de izaje
Lift gas pipeline
Ducto para gas de bombeo neumtico
Lift square (to lift)
Levantar a plomo
Liftable (that which is capable of being lifted not Con capacidad de ser izado
that it is capable of lifting.)
Lifting caps (D)
Huevos
Lifting clamps (D)
Collarines
Lifting device / equipment
Equipo de izaje
Lifting gudgeon
Mun de izaje
Lifting lugs
Argollas / pernos / esprragos de izaje
Lifting nipple
Madrina de levante
Lifting slings
Eslingas de izaje
Lifting stop (for crane load)
Limitador de izaje/levantamiento
Light broomed finish (concrete)
Acabado de escobillado fino
Light fixtures
Artefactos de iluminacin
Light gauge corrugated steel former mold
Encofrado de acero corrugado de bajo calibre
Light oil fields
Campos de crudo liviano
Light, a
Lmpara, una (mxico)
Lighted magnified glass
Lupa montada con luz propia
Lighting fixture
Luminaria
Lighting system
Sistema de iluminacin (no luces)
Lime
Cal
Limestone
Caliza
Limestone
Caliza, estracto calcareo
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Limit switches (a device that is actuated by the Interruptores de posicin


motion of a part of a power-driven machine or
equipment to alter or disconnect the electric,
hydraulic, or pneumatic circuit associated with the
machine or equipment.)
Limited bid process
Licitacin por invitacin restringida
Limited invitation bid (only by invitation, not public) Licitacin por invitacin restringida
Line
Linea
Line (oil/gas)
Lnea / ducto
Line blocking (with blind flanges or spectacle Comalear (cal mexicano para bloquear lneas,
blinds to isolate or for maintenance)
bloquear el flujo, sacar de servicio una seccin o un
dispositivo para reparacin o mantenimiento. Es decir
colocar una brida ciega o brida en "8" es la accin de
comalear. Viene de la palabra comal, elemen
Line management
Gerencia directa
Line out (when a process unit is operating properly Tener una operacin correcta de proceso
and producing good product)
Lined oilfield production piping
Tubera revestida para la produccin en los campos
petroleros
Lined pipe
Tubera revestida
Linen storage
Almacn de blancos (no lencera)
Liner
Forro (es un revestimiento pero no est directamente
adherido)
Liner
Aparejo de produccin
Liner (D)
Aparejo de produccin, camisa
Liner hanger
Colgador de tubera corta
Liner hanger (D)
Colgador de tubera corta
Lineshaft, pump (segments of shaft connected by Flecha de la bomba
coupling to driver)
Link
Eslabon
Link (D)
Eslabn
Link tilt (D)
Manejador de eslabones
Linkage
Varillaje / articulacin
Links tilt
Manejador de eslabones
Linner (D)
Camisa
Liquid sheeting
Revestimiento lquido
Liquidated damages
Penas convencionales (legal)
List (by ul, etc.)
Clasificar
Litauer scissors
Tijeras de Mayo
Little chain tongs
Llave de cadena chica
Live 0 (instrumentation: setting the 0 at a Un 0 vivo (con tara)
higher than actual 0, in order to avoid confusing
an out of parameter reading with a power failure.)
Live oil
Living conditions (for job assignment)
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Condiciones de estancia
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Living expenses
Gastos de manutencin
Living quarters
Habitaculo
Living quarters platform (cantarell project usage) / Plataforma habitacional
accommodation platform (british usage)
Ll (low low)
Muy bajo
Llave de estras
Ring wrench
Load arresters (for cargo trucks)
Salidas de emergencia para frenar carga
Load block, lower (the assembly of sheaves, pins, Aparejo de carga inferior
and frame suspended from the boom or mounted
in the load trolley.)
Load cell (an electronic device for weighing large Indicador de presiones / captador dinamomtrico
quantities of material.)
(eurodicatom)
(dispositivo
utilizado
para
la
determinacin de grandes fuerzas de compresin,
basado en transductores hidrulicos y elctricos.)
Load cell-based weighing

Sistema de clula de carga para pesar (eurodicatom)

Load hoist (a hoist drum and rope reeving system Aparejo de carga
for crane used for hoisting and lowering loads.)
Load sharing system (part of dmcs for various Sistema de distribucin de carga
generators)
Load shed system (to shed (a, the, etc.) Load: Sistema de reducir la carga en momentos de
temporarily to curtail the electricity supply to an demanda mxima (elctrica)
area in order to prevent excessive demand on the
generating plant. Cf. Load-shedding))
Load side power circuits
Circuitos de fuerza elctrica del lado de la carga
Load tested (hoists)
Probados con carga
Load, working (the external load applied to the Carga de trabajo
crane including the weight of load attaching
equipment such as load blocks, ropes, shackles,
and slings.)
Loading
Cargar
Loadout (of a platform onto a transport barge)
Carga, la
Loadout track (jacket or deck loadout from Corredora
fabrication yard)
Local office
Delegacin (de una entidad gubernamental)
Local taxi fares
Pasajes para viajes locales
Localized (computer systems, etc.)
Localizado (fijar, encerrar en lmites determinados.)
Location

Lugar, sitio (de trabajo) ( no localizacin que es del


verbo localizar que refiere al proceso de encontrar
un lugar o se refiere a las coordenadas para
encontrar un lugar o sitio)

Location drawings (for orientation as to location)

Planos de la localizacin

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Location plan (drawings)


Planos de planta de localizacin
Location plan (drawings)
Planos de planta de localizacin
Lock forming (for sheet metal joining)
Uniones mecnicamente selladas (no soldadas)
Lock forming / sheet metal seams (for sheet metal Uniones mecnicamente selladas (no soldadas) /
joining)
engatillados
Lock out (a maintenance safety procedure Inhabilitacin de equipo / "candadeo"
according to which all mechanical, hydraulic,
electrical, etc. Machinery is physically locked to
prevent its movement or energizing.)
Lock out/ tag out

Procedimiento de inhabilitacin y sealamiento de


prohibicin de uso de equipo (tarjeteo y
candadeoinformal en mxico)

Lock seams / sheet metal seams (metal work)

Costuras mecnicamente selladas/ engatillado


mecnico (son costuras metlicas para ductos de
aire. No son soldadas. Los bordes tienen pliegues
que son prensados mecnicamente)

Lock up (compt.)
Bloquear
Lock washer
Arandela de presin/seguridad
Lock washer
Arandela de presin
Lock washer (D)
Arandela de seguridad
Locked rotor test
Prueba de rotor enclavado
Locked-open valve
Vlvula fijada en posicin de abierto
Locker
Locker (mxico)
Locking bracket
Mnsula de aseguramiento
Locking collar
Collar de traba
Locking pin
Pasador de aseguramiento
Locking plates
Placas de aseguramiento
Locking pliers (D)
Pinzas de presin
Locking ring
Anillo de seguro / retenedor con seguro
Locking wire
Alambre de aseguramiento
Lock-out/tag-out
Inhabilitacin y sealizacin de equipo
Lock-up, to (mechanical parts)
Congelar
Lofting (drawings and modeling by loftsman)
Trabajo de dibujo y modelaje
Loftsman (shipbuilding and aeronaut.: One who Dibujante de modelaje
reproduces a draughtsmans specifications for a
ship or aircraft in full size on the floor of a mouldloft.)
Log
Registro / bitcora
Log (computer: a record of computer activity used Registro de operacin
for statistical purposes as well as backup and
recovery. Log files are created for such purposes
as storing incoming text dialog, error and status
messages and transaction detail.)
Log boom
Logging permit / felling permit
Logging unit
Logging unit (D)
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Tablaestacado, estacado
Permiso de aprovechamiento forestal
Unidad de registro
Unidad de registros
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Logic diagrams
Logic diagrams
Log-in (computer)
Log-ins (electrical system)
Long lead items
Long term construction manager
Long ton (1016 kg)

Diagramas de lgica
Diagramas de lgica
Identificacin de usuario
Enclavamiento
Artculos de entrega a largo plazo
Administrador de construccin de largo plazo
Tonelada bruta / tonelada grande / tonelada larga

Long welding neck flanges


Bridas soldadas de cuello largo
Look ahead schedule (ex: 120 day schedule: 30 Programa actualizado de acciones prximas
past, 90 future)
Loop (computers: in programming, a repetition Lazo de programacin (secuencia de instrucciones
within a program. Whenever a process must be repetidas hasta que se satisface una condicin
repeated, a loop is set up to handle it. A program prescrita, tal como una concordancia con un
has a main loop and a series of minor loops, elemento de informacin o la terminacin de una
which are nested within the main loop. Learning cuenta.)
how to set up loop
Loop checks
Pruebas de lazos / circuitos
Loop diagrams (instrumentation, electronics, etc.) Diagramas de lazos
Loop diagrams (piping)
Diagramas de circuitos
Loop start signaling (upon loop being completed, Seal de circuito del lazo
by lifting telephone [offhooking] a signal is
generated to communication system (microwave)
in order to initiate transmission)
Loop tuning
Afinacin del lazo
Loops (elec.)
Lazos/circuitos
Loss of use / loss of profit / business interruption Lucro cesante
(included in lucrum cessans)
Lounge area
rea de descanso
Louver (fixed)
Rejilla de proteccin
Louvers
Persianas (cuando tienen movimiento de cierre y
abre) / rejillas (cuando son fijas como de seguridad
industrial para los ventiladores)
Louvers or louvre (louvre damper, a louvre the Reguladoras / persianas (ventanas) / rejillas (cuando
inclination of whose slats may be varied to son fijas como de seguridad industrial para los
regulate the flow of air through them.)
ventiladores)
Low alloys
De baja aleacin
Low boy (trailer for heavy machinery with a bed Remolque de plataforma baja
which is lower than the axles)
Low circulation pill (D)
Bache de alta densidad
Low deck timber foundations
Polines de la cubierta inferior
Low gear
Engranaje de baja
Low gear
Engranaje de baja
Low gear (D)
Engranaje de baja
Low pressure interst. Scrubber
Separador entre etapas de baja presin
Lowest level supplier
Hasta el ltimo nivel menor de proveedores
Lpg (liquefied petroleum gas)
Gas licuado de petrleo
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Lpg (low pressure gas)


Lq (living quarters)
Lr (level register)
Lsh (high level switch)
Lsl (low level switch)
Lt (level transmitter)
Lta (lost time accident)
Lubrication by force feeder
Lubricator
Luffing (to raise or lower a crane or derrick boom)

Lpg (gas de baja presin)


Mdulos habitacionales
Lr (registrador de nivel)
Lsh (interruptor de nivel alto)
Lsl (interruptor de nivel bajo)
Lt (transmisor de nivel)
Tiempo perdido accidente
Lubricacin por alimentacin forzada
Lubricador, engrasador
Amantillar (empinar, inclinar) / variar la inclinacin de
la pluma
Luffing cable
Cable metlico del izador (para izar la pluma)
Luffing crane (a crane with a boom pinned to the Gra de pluma amantillable
superstructure at its inner end and containing load
hoisting tackle at its outer end, and with a hoist
mechanism to raise or lower the boom in a vertical
plane to change load radius)
Lug (electric contact not lifting)

Borne (cada uno de los botones de metal en que


suelen terminar ciertas mquinas y aparatos
elctricos, y a los cuales se unen los hilos
conductores. Tornillo en el cual puede sujetarse el
extremo de un conductor para poner en
comunicacin un aparato / zapata

Lug (electric contact not lifting)

Borne

Lug/tab (terminal block)


Clema (mx.)
Lugs
Orejas / argollas
Lumber (timber cut to standard sizes used in Madera aserrada
construction and incorporated)
Lump sum
Suma alzada (mxico)
Lump-sum impairment income benefits
Compensacin de suma global por prdida de
ingreso por incapacidad
Lunar tide (or astronomical)
Marea astronmica
Lv (level control valve)
Lv (vlvula de control de nivel)
Lwd (lost work day)
Da perdido accidente
Lwir - lost workday incidence rate
ndice de incidencias de das de trabajo perdidos
Lyfc (central region power and light utility Lyfc (luz y fuerza del centro)
mexican utility company)
M gas pipeline receiver
Trampa de diablos del gasoducto m
M(p)t material particle testing
Prueba de partcula magnetica
Machine tools
Mquina herramienta
Machined
Trabajado a mquina
Machined surfaces
Superficies acabadas a mquina
Magistral formula (pharm.)
Frmula magistral
Magnetic instrument
Instrumento magnetico

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Magnetic kit for extraction of foreign metallic Equipo de material imantado para extraccin de
objects from the eyes
cuerpos metlicos extraos de los ojos
Magnetic speed pickup
Dispositivo magntico captador de velocidad
Mah (high moisture alarm)
Mah (alarma de humedad alta)
Main deck
Patio principal
Main gear
Engranaje principal
Main oil pump package
Paquete de la bomba principal de crudo
Main power generator package
Paquete del generador elctrico principal
Main shaft
Flecha principal
Main turbine-driven power generators
Generadores de energa elctrica accionados por
turbina de gas
Maintain
Mantener / sostener
Maintain records
Llevar los registros al da
Maintainability
Facilidad de mantenimiento
Maintenance building
Caseta de mantenimiento
Make conditional
Condicionar
Make provision for, shall
Contemplar la previsin para (accin de disponer lo
conveniente para atender a contingencias o
necesidades previsibles.)
Make up
Make up (D)
Make up spool
Make up water
Make/break test results

Armar
Armar
Carrete de interconexin
Agua de compensacin
Resultados de las pruebas de conectar/desconectar
(acoplar / desacoplar)
Make-up
Reposicin
Make-up (pumps)
Reposicin (bombas de)
Makeup air (air circulation systems)
Aire de compensacin / relleno
Makeup water (air circulation systems)
Aire de compensacin
Make-up water pumps
Bombas de reposicin de agua
Making up
Enroscadura
Malfunction
Falla / avera
Malleable
Maleable
Man loading plan (same as staffing plan)
Plan de personal
Man overboard
Hombre al agua
Management
Gerencia (personal directivo)
Management will directly involve itself in the Tomar cartas directamente en el asunto, la gerencia
matter
Manager
Administrador
Manager
Gerente
Mandatory verification points (hold)
Puntos de verificacin obligatoria (espera)
Mangrove
Mangle
Manifest and free of conditions
Claro y sin condiciones
Manifest and transparent bidding process
Proceso licitatorio claro y transparente
Manifold
Mltiple, cabezal
Man-machine interface
Ihm (interfase hombre mquina)
Man-made or artificial conditions
Condiciones causadas por el hombre u otras
Manned
Tripulado
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Manpower
Manreel, bearing
Manual pull station
Manual reset
Manufacture
Manufacturer
Manufacturing industries
Manway
Mapping, i/o

Mano de obra, personal


Alineador del cojinete
Estacin de tiro manual
Reposicin manual
Elaborar / manufacturar / fabricar
Fabricante
Industrias manufactureras
Entrada de hombre
Acoplamiento y asignacin de entradas y salidas
(tcnica
utilizada
fundamentalmente
en
microproceso, por medio de la cual los dispositivos
perifricos se acoplan a un procesador cuya
arquitectura soporta las instrucciones de entrada y
salida.

Maquila assembly facility


Marad (maritime administration department)

Maquila
Marad (departamento de administracin de asuntos
martimos)
Coeficiente de seguridad industrial- de diseo
Asesor marino/asesora martima
Motor marino
Marinizacin
Aluminio de clasificacin marina
Propulsin marina
Juntas marinas
Divisin martima
Leyes y regulaciones martimas
Gabinete de conexiones
Tablero de conexiones
rea de clasificacin de materiales / parque de
clasificacin / estacin apartadero / estacin de
clasificacin

Margin of safety
Marine advisor
Marine engine
Marine environment proofing
Marine grade aluminum
Marine propulsion
Marine raiser
Maritime division
Maritime laws and regulations
Marshaling cabinet
Marshaling panel (electrical wiring)
Marshaling yard

Marshalling/laydown storage area (epc-35)


Mass flow rates
Master bushing
Master contract
Master craftsman/ foreman
Master gate (D)
Master schedule
Master valve
Match
Match (markings on machine parts)
Match (markings on machine parts)
Matched gears
Matching color
Material and financial adjustment
Material balance
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almacenamiento
Volmenes de flujo msicos
Buje maestro, cilindro
Contrato maestro
Maestro de obras (jefe de los albailes, soldadores,
etc.)
Vlvula de compuerta principal
Programa calendarizado maestro
Vlvula de compuerta principal
Corresponderse / coteja / apareja
Aparejar / cotejar
Aparejar
Engranajes coincidentes
Color armnico (no es necesariamente igual)
Ajuste fsico y financiero
Balance de masa / materia
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Material balance ( lbs/hr)


Material resources and contracts administration

Balance de materiales / equilibrio (volumtrico)


Gerencia de recursos materiales y contratos

Materials shipped loose


Materials take-off, takeoff (mto)/ breakdown

Materiales embarcados por separado


Clculo de volumen de obra (recabar datos del plano
para hacer el estado de dimensiones de los
materiales. Tambin se encuentra despiece del
verbo "despezar o despiezar

Materials to be built into the work

Materiales que sern integrados de forma


permanente en los trabajos
Mating gear
Engranes de contacto
Mating surfaces
Superficies de contacto
Mattress (concrete or bitumen sub-sea mattress Colchn defensa
used for protection or for weight)
Maular
Maular
Mawp (maximum allowable working pressure)
Presin mxima de operacin permisible (mawp)
Maximum (price)
Tope (precio mximo)
Maximum contract amount
Monto contractual mximo
Maximum on-time minutes per hour
Mximo nmero de minutos a tiempo por hora
Maya crude oil (heavy crude oil, 22api density Crudo tipo maya
and 3.3 weight % sulfur. Difficult to refine, can be
used for jet oil and diesel fuel. Maya amounts to
more than half of pemexs production of 3.2 million
barrels per day.)
Mbl (minimum break load)
Mbpcd (thousand barrels per calendar day)
Mbpd (thousand barrels per day)
Mbpsd (thousand barrels per stream day)
Mbs (megabits per second)
Mcc motor control center
Mcfd (thousand cubic feet per day)
Mdmt (minimum dessired metal temperture)
Me (methanol)
Mean
Mean (statistics)
Mean direction
Mean wind
Measuring skid
Measuring tape
Mech (mechanical)
Mechanical fall arrestors
Mechanical run test
Mechanical seal pot
Mechanical weathering
Mechanics
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Mbpdc (miles de barriles por da calendario)
Mbpd (miles de barriles por da)
Mbpdo (miles de barriles por da de operacin)
Mbs (megabits por segundo)
Ccm - centro de control de motores
Mpcd (miles de pies cbicos por da)
Temperatura mnima deseada del metal
Me (metanol)
Medio
Medio/a (concepto matemtico)
Direccin media
Viento medio - viento promedio
Patn de medicin
Flexometro
Mech (mecnica)
Freno mecnico contra cadas
Prueba de corrida mecnica
Depsito estanco para los sellos mecnicos
Meteorizacin mecnica
Mecnica
Tanque de balance de condensados de media
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Median
Medical care facilities
Medical surveillance
Medicine / medication
Medium pressure condensate pump
Medium pressure interst. Separator
Medium voltage motor control system
Meeting
Meeting should be interactive (tool box talks)

Media
Lugares para atencin mdica
Supervisin mdica
Frmaco / medicina, medicamento
Bomba del condensado de presin media
Separador entre etapas de presin media
Sistema de control de voltaje medio de motores
Reunin
La reunin debe generar un intercambio de opiniones

Megger (the proprietary name of apparatus Prueba de megahmetro / prueba del aislamiento de
designed esp. For measuring electrical insulation alambres
resistance.)
Megger test
Melt
Melt, a (steel foundry)
Member (steel structures)
Memo/letter/ comuniqu
Memorandum of understanding

Prueba de megohmmetro
Derretir
Colada
Elemento
Oficio
Memorndum de entendimiento / acuerdo preliminar

Menu-driven (that is to say that activities or Regido por mens


options are chosen though a menu selection)
Merchantable oil (a term applied to liquid Petrleo comerciable / mercantible (se encuentra a
hydrocarbons that are judged to be acceptable for veces)
custody transfer to a carrier.)
Mercury lamps
Lmparas de vapor de mercurio
Mesa pattern (embossed panel faces)
Patrn de meseta
Mesh
Malla
Mesh point (gears)
Punto de engrane
Mess hall / mess room
Comedor
Messing
Servicio de comedores
Metal oxide (or slag from foundries) (used for Metlico negro (de escoria para limpieza por chorro
sandblasting instead of sand to avoid silicosis lung a presin)
disease in workers)
Metallography (the descriptive science relating to Metalografa
the internal structure of metals.)
Meter houses
Casetas de medicin
Meter proofer (device to test meter accuracy)
Calibrador de medidor / probador de medidor
Meter, to (a liquid)
Aforar (medir la cantidad de lquido que lleva una
corriente en una unidad de tiempo.)
Metering package / skid
Paquete / patn de medicin
Metering platform
Plataforma de medicin
Methanol
Metanol
Methyl biphenyl isocyanide
Isocianuro bifenlico de metileno
Methyl bromide
Bromuro de metilo
Methyl chloride
Cloruro de metilo
Methyl methacrylate
Metilmetacrilato
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (mtbe)
Metilo terciario butilo ter
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Methyldiethanolamine (mdeaused for gas Metilodietanolamina


sweetening)
Metocean (from meteorological and oceanic)
Meteorologa y oceanografa
Metocean meteorology & oceanography
Meteorologa y oceanografa
Mfd (mechanical flow diagram)
Dmf (diagrama mecnico de flujo)
Mi (moisture indicator)
Mi (indicador de humedad)
Microns
Micras (mx.)
Middleware (software that functions as a Software de soporte intermedio / software
conversion or translation layer. The term is used personalizado / software estndar / software
to describe a diverse group of products. It may especializado (productos que, en algn sentido,
refer to software that sits between an application ocupan una posicin entre el hardware y el software.
and a control program (operating system, network En particular, donde se utilizan sistemas
control progra
microcodificados, a veces
Midspan, at member
En la mitad de la longitud del miembro
Migrate / migration (a change from one hardware Migracin (jerga informtica por un cambio de
or software technology to another, migrate from sistemas, datos, etc.)
one operating system to another.)
Milestone
Fecha clave
Mill scale
Residuos de fabricacin
Mill tolerance
Tolerancia por fabricacin
Milled recesses
reas rebajadas por fresadora
Mill-run (steel fabrication process)
Tal como sale de la acerera
Mill-run (wood)
Tal como sale del aserradero/serrera
Mime (multipurpose internet mail extensions) Mime
extensions to the smtp format that allow it to carry
binary files over the internet. Mime-encoded files
must be decoded on the other end back into their
original format.
Mineral insulated cable
Mineral spirits
Minimizing of downtime

Cable con aislamiento mineral


Esencia mineral
Minimizar tiempo muerto por avera o mantenimiento

Mission statement, company


Objeto social de la compaa
Mixed private/public company that may enter into Empresa de economa mixta, con rgimen de
private contract
contratacin privado
Mlw - mean level of water
N.m.m. (nivel medio del mar)
Mmcfpd (million cubic feet per day)
Mmpcd (millones de pies cbicos da)
Mms (minerals management service)
Mms (servicio de gestin de minerales)
Mmscfd (million standard cubic feet per day)
Mmpcsd (millones de pies cbicos normalizados por
da {normalizado es el caudal a 30 pulgadas de
mercurio y 60 f})
Mmscfd (x million standard cubic feet per day)

Mmpcsd (x millones de pies cbicos da)

Mobilization cost (finance)


Mobilization cost (i.e., Contract item)
Model, to

Costo de captacin (sistema bancario)


Costo de movilizacin (p. Ej., Contratista)
Elaborar una representacin con modelos

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Modernization and optimization of the cantarell Proyecto de modernizacin y optimizacin del campo
field project
cantarell
Modular
Plataforma modular
Modular furniture
Mobiliario modular
Modularize
Arreglo modular / basado en mdulos / construir en
mdulos
Module (unit of cargo such as a jacket, integrated Mdulo
deck, topside components, pre-assembled units,
items of equipment or parts thereof)
Mom (minutes of meetings)
Monaminic
Monel (a soft iron used for gaskets)
Monitor
Monitor display
Monitor for (problems of some sort)
Monitor, to

Minutas de juntas
Monoamina
Monel
Monitor, monitorear
Presentacin del monitor/ monitor
Vigilar para
Monitorear ( no es castizo sin embargo es de uso
comn.)
Chango, parrilla del chango
Changuero, Parrilla del chango
Changuera, parrilla del chango
chemical Fosfato monoamniaco

Monkey board
Monkey board
Monkey board (D)
Monoamoniac phosphate (for dry
extinguishers)
Monobloc
Monobloque
Monoethanolamine (mea)
Monoetanolamina
Monogrammed (for standards)
Estampado del monograma de certificacin
Monogrammed (for standards)
Estampado del monograma de certificacin
Monorail
Monorriel
Mooring (ship mooring, pier, etc.)
Amarre (si es de barco a plataforma)
Mooring (ship to ship)
Acoderamiento (de barco a barco)
Mooring (the landing)
Atracadero (a un muelle)
Mooring / to moor (verb)
Amarrar (a un muelle o a una boya)
Mooring cleats
Cornamusas de atraque
Moors to
Acoderamiento
Mop bucket
Cubeta para trapeador (mxico)
Mop bucket wringer
Escurridor para cubeta de trapear
Most favorable bid
Propuesta ms competitiva
Mothballed (used attrib. To designate armaments Empacado y preservacin para uso posterior
or installations stored away, held in reserve, or
disused. Similarly in mothballs, laid up, put out of
use or action for a long time.)
Motor (engine used to distinguish fuel operated Motor
motors from other types, e.g. Electric, hydraulic,
spring-driven motors)
Motor frame
Motor full load test
Motor heaters
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Prueba de corrida de motor con plena carga
Resistencias calefactoras del motor
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Motor jacket
Motor lug terminator
Motor man
Motor starter rack
Mounting bracket
Mpag (multi-project acquisition group)

Camisa del motor


Terminacin de los talones de motores
Motorista
Bastidor del arrancador del motor
Escuadra de montaje / mnsula
Grupo de adquisiciones para proyectos mltiples

Mpms (manual of petroleum measurement Mpms (manual de normas de medicin del petrleo)
standards)
Mqs (materials and quality services)
Mqs (servicios de materiales y de calidad)
Mr (material requisition)
Requisicin de materiales (pemex utiliza este trmino
no obstante que no es reconocido por el diccionario
larousse y el drae lo define en el sentido militar como
en el ingls)
Ms master station
Msa (maintenance service contract)
Msds (material safety data sheet)

Ms
Contrato de servicio de mantenimiento (msa)
Msds (hoja de datos de seguridad de materiales)

Msf (module support frame)


Mt (magnetic testing of welds)
MT (Material Transfer in Pride) (D)
Mtbf (mean time between failure)
Mto - materials take off
Mtr material trace report
Mttr (mean time to repair)
Mud cleaners (D)
Mud deposits (D)
Mud engineer (D)
Mud line (D)
Mud mats

Marco de soporte del mdulo (habitacional)


Pruebas de partcula magntica de la soldadura
Manifiesto de Transferencia de Materiales
Tiempo medio entre fallas
Lista de volmenes de materiales
Reporte de rastreo de materiales
Tiempo promedio para reparacin (mttr)
Limpiadores de lodo
Depsitos de lodo
Ing. De lodos, (quimico en PEP)
Lnea de lodo/altura del lecho marino
Placas de apoyo en el lecho submarino / placabase

Mud motor (D)


Mud pits
Mud saver bucket (D)
Mud screen (D)
Mud weight
Mudmat framing

Motor de fondo
Presas de lodo
Chaqueta para lodo
Malla para temblorina
Peso de lodo
Marco de la placa de apoyo en el lecho submarino

Muffin pan (galley)


Muffler
Multi-annual expenditure approval

Molde para molletes (mxico)


Silenciador
Aprobacin de gastos que involucran
ejercicios fiscales
Puente interruptor del multibus
Radioenlaces de mltiples canales digitales

Multibus interrupt jumper


Multichannel digital radio links

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Multidropping / dropping (telecom)

Disgregacin /extraccin/separacin/derivacin de
canales (dropping) [en los sistemas de comunicacin
mltiplex, disgregacin o separacin de un o varios
canales en una estacin rel o intermedia. La accin
contraria se llama insercin de canales.

Multidropping line (in communications, a single Lnea de derivacin de canales


line that interconnects three or more devices.)
Multidropping, no (telecom)

No se permite la disgregacin/extraccin de canales


(no multidropping)
Multi-fold
Mltiples facetas
Multiple bays
Zonas / reas / espacios mltiples
Multiple distribution official letter (to various Oficio unido (a varios destinatarios)
addressees)
Multiple run (piping)
Tramos mltiples (de tubera)
Multiplexing (transmitting multiple signals over a Multiplexin
single communications line or computer channel.
The two common multiplexing techniques are fdm,
which separates signals by modulating the data
onto different carrier frequencies, and tdm, which
separates
Multiplexor / multiplexer (in communications, a Multiplexor
device
that
merges
several
low-speed
transmissions into one high-speed transmission
and vice versa.)
Multiplied by
Multiplicado por
Multipurpose building
Edificio multipropsito
Muriatic acid
cido muritico / cido clorhdrico
Must be...(used, done, etc.)
Tiene que (no debe ser. Es obligatoria.)
Mux / muxer (abvr. For multiplexor)
Multiplexor
Mv medium voltage
Voltaje medio
Mws (marine warrantee surveyor and/or marina Inspector de la garanta marina
consultant)
N2 instrument gas filter
Filtro del gas n2 de instrumentos
N2 instrument gas package
Paquete del gas n2 de instrumentos
N2 instrument gas receiver
Receptor del gas n2 de instrumentos
Nace (national association of corrosion engineers) Nace
Name (commercial)
Name plate
Name, title or trade name
Naphtha

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Leyenda (comercial)
Placa de identificacin
Nombre, denominacin, cargo o razn social
Nafta (fraccin ligera del petrleo natural, que se
obtiene en la destilacin de la gasolina como una
parte de esta. Sus variedades se usan como materia
prima en la petroleoqumica, y algunas, como
disolventes. 2. En algunos pases de amrica,
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Nasal cannulas (medical)


Cnula nasal
Nasopharyngeal airway (medical)
Conducto nasofarngeo
National commission for year 2000 compliance Comisin nacional para la conversin informtica
(mexico)
National construction industry association (cnic)
Cnic (cmara nacional de la industria de la
construccinmx)
National ecology institute (ine)
Instituto nacional de ecologa (ine)
National electric system (the facilities, lines and Sistema elctrico nacional (instalaciones, lneas y
equipment that are dedicated to the rendering of equipos dedicados a la prestacin del servicio
the public service of electric energy.)
pblico de energa elctrica.)
National grid (the system of transmission and Red nacional de energa elctrica (sistema de lneas
distribution lines and transformation equipment de transmisin, distribucin y equipos de
that are dedicated to rendering the public service transformacin dedicados a la prestacin del servicio
of electric energy.)
pblico de energa elctrica.)
National water commission
Natural streams
Nature reserve
Naval command staff
Navigation and battery charger
Navigational aid lights
Navigational system
Ncr non-conformance report
Nde (non destructive examination/[ndt is correct)

Comisin nacional de agua (cna)


Corrientes naturales
Anp (rea natural protegida)
Comandancia de la armada
Cargador de la batera y la navegacin
Luces de ayuda para la navegacin
Sistema de navegacin
Informe de con cumplimiento
End (inspeccin/prueba no destructiva)

Nde non-destructive exam


Ndt non-destructive test
Near shore survey
Near-injury accident
Near-injury accident
Near-miss accident
Nearshore areas
Neat cubic meters
Neat in appearance
Nec (national electric code)
Need date

End - exmen no destructivo


Pnd - prueba no destructiva
Inspeccin en zonal litorales
Accidente que casi caus una lesin
Cuasiaccidente
Cuasiaccidente
Zonas litorales
Metros cbicos de material no alterado
Con apariencia pulcra
Nec (cdigo nacional elctrico - ee.uu.)
La fecha cuando sea requerido / fecha requerida

Needle gun
Needs to be addressed

Bailarina
Es necesario abordar el asunto / se necesita tomar
accin al respecto
Nema
(national
equipment
manufacturers Nema (asociacin nacional de manufactureros de
association)
equipos - ee.uu.)
Nema nat. Electrical manufacturers association
Nema
Nest, to

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Nesting (nesting software system used for cutting Patrones anidados para cortes de piezas de placas
pieces from metal plates to minimize wastage.
The patterns nests the pieces in and around each
other for cutting by laser, plasma, router, waterjet,
etc.)
Net worth
Network
Network extender
Network precedence diagram
Nfc (national fire code)
Nfp (national fire protection--standard)
Nfpa (national fire protection association)

Capital contable (mxico) / capital lquido


Red
Extensor de red
Diagrama de red de precedencia
Nfc (cdigo nacional contra incendios - ee.uu.)
Nfp
Nfpa (asociacin nacional de proteccin contra
incendio - ee.uu.)
Ngl (natural gas liquids)
Lquidos de gas natural
Nickel carbonyl
Nquel carbonilo
Nipple (pipe connecting piece threaded on both Niple
ends)
Nipple down
Desmantelado
Nippling up (D)
Instalando cabezal
Nitrogen assisted black start
Arranque a partir de cero a base de nitrgeno
Nitrogen filter
Filtro del nitrgeno
Nitrogen pre-filter (by others)
Prefiltro de nitrgeno (por terceros)
Nitromethane
Compuestos nitro:
No blame culture (attitude of determining cause of Una poltica de no buscar culpables
error or accident not assigning guilt. Aims to
foment cooperation rather than covering up.)
No exclusion for damage to existing facilities La no exclusin por daos a instalaciones existentes
(insurance)
Noise data sheet
Hoja de datos de sonido
Non light-sensing tinted glasses are prohibited
Se prohibe el uso de lentes polarizados que no sean
fotosensibles
Non return valve
Vlvula antirretorno
Non volatile memory (among which is rom)
Memoria no voltil
Noncancelable leases
Contratos de arrendamiento no anulables
Non-commoned (wiring)
Sin retorno comn (de configuracin bifilar)
Non-compliance
No conformidad (un caso de___ / encontrarse en un
estado de ____) / circunstancias de incumplimiento
Noncompliance with this policy will result in Violar o hacer caso omiso a esta poltica resultar en
appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including una accin disciplinaria que puede llegar hasta el
termination.
despido. / el no acatamiento a esta poltica
Non-confirming purchase order (requisitions or Orden de compra sin necesidad de confirmacin
purchase orders usually for less than $10,000 that
do not require further confirmation)

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Non-conformances (in reference to conditions Incumplimiento / condiciones inadecuadas


which do not meet requirements, etc.)
condiciones no acordes / casos de incumplimiento

Non-disclosure agreement
Acuerdo de no divulgacin
Nonexistent
Inexistente / ausente / no real
Non-ferrant
Antiferrante
Noninterest-bearing payables
Cuentas por cobrar sin intereses
Non-manual workers
Personal tcnico administrativo
Non-overloading (pump)
Que no permite sobrecargas
Non-plenum conductor (plenum refers to air Conductor clasificado para recintos cerrados
handling spaces. This kind of conductor will have
materials e.g. Insulation that release gases, etc.,
That must be enclosed in conduit or sealed away
in some manner)
Nonrebreathing (underwater equipment)
Respiradores de no recirculacin
Non-registered
temporary
association
for Sociedad de hecho/accidental
commercial purposes (without incorporation or
formal partnership)
Non-stock requisition
Non-traffic joints
Non-wicking (cable insulation)
Noozle tip (D)
Norm
Norm (naturally occurring radiation material)
Norms and standards, engineering
Northeast maritime regional office
Northing (y) (progress or deviation towards the
north made in sailing or travelling; difference in
difference in latitude due to moving northwards.)

Fuera de inventario, requisicin


Juntas no transitadas
No absorbente
Tobera
Prctica establecida/norma
Material de radiacin natural
Prcticas establecidas y normas de ingeniera
Subdireccin de la regin marina noreste
Diferencia de latitud hacia el norte (y)

Nose
Not precluding / without detriment to
Notarial certificate
Notch toughness
Notes (and drawings)
Notice, to (something)
Notification of meeting
Nox (nitrous oxide)
Nozzle holes (motor)
Nozzle weight
Nps (nominal pipe size)
Npsh - net positive suction head (hyd.)
Npsha net positive suction head available

Nariz
Sin perjuicio de
Testimonio notarial
Dureza de ranura
Anotaciones
Percatarse
Convocatoria para una reunin
Nox
Orificios de los inyectores
Esfuerzos permisibles sobre la boquilla
Nps (dimensin nominal de tubera)
Carga neta positiva de succin (npsh)
Carga neta positiva de succin disponible (npsha)

Npshr net positive suction head required


Npt national pipe tapered
Nrc (noise reduction coefficient)
Nrr (noise reduction rating)

Carga neta positiva de succin requirido (npshr)


Npt
Coeficiente de reduccin de ruido (nrc)
Clasificacin de la reduccin de ruido

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Nut
Nut driver
Nut driver (D)
Nuts
O & m service (operation and maintenance)
O : (on operation)
O.k. (sign off / checked by / release / clearance)

Tuerca
Desarmador tuerca
Desarmador tuerca
Tuercas
Servicio de operacin y mantenimiento / servicio del
fabricante original
O : (en operacin)
Vo. Bo. (visto bueno)

Oah (overall height)


Altura total
Obs organizational breakdown structure
Desglose de la estructura de organizacin
Obstacle avoidance sonar
Sonar para esquivar obstculos
Occurrence (storm)
Perodo de retorno (de tormenta)
Occurrence form (insurance)
Formato para anotar incidentes
Octahedral stress
Tensin octadrica
Od (outside diameter of pipe)
Dimetro exterior
Odd segments
Segmentos impares
Oem (original equipment manufacturer)
Fabricante original del equipo (oem)
Off
Desconexin
Off (electrical)
Apagado
Off (liquid/gas flow)
Cerrado
Off hire
Al terminar el contrato de arriendo
Off square / off squareness
Descuadre
Off-brand components
Componentes no originales
Offer good until
Validez de oferta
Off-gas vent to safe location
Venteo a lugar seguro
Off-hire
Fuera de contrato
Off-hook (telecom)
Condicin de ocupado
Office of the assistant director (of or Subdireccin
for...whatever)
Office of the assistant director for administration Subdireccin de administracin y finanzas
and finances
Office of the assistant manager for inspection and Subgerencia de inspeccin y trfico
traffic
Office of the assistant manager for material Subgerencia de recursos materiales
resources
Office of the attorney general of the department of Procuradura general de justicia del distrito federal
justice of the federal district
(mxico)
Office of the deputy director for the northeast Rmne (subdireccin de la regin marina noreste
maritime region
pemex)
Office of the director general for complaints
Direccin general de inconformidades (secodam)
Office of the executive director, cantarell project

Direccin ejecutiva del proyecto cantarell

Office of the general director of pemex exploracin Dgp (direccin general de pemex exploracin y
y produccin (dgp)
produccin)
Office of the general director of the ecological and Direccin general de ordenamiento ecolgico e
environmental impact code
impacto ambiental
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Office of the manager

Gerencia (la entidad donde trabaja el personal


directivo)
Office of the manager for bids and contracts
Gerencia de concursos y contratos
Office of the manager for material resources (grm) Grm (gerencia de recursos materiales)
[pemex]
Office of the manager for pidiregas project Gacpp (gerencia de adquisiciones y contratos de
procurement and contracts (gacpp)
proyectos pidiregas)
Office of the manager for scheduling and Gpe (gerencia de programacin y evaluacin)
evaluation (gpepemex office)
Office of the project general director (depc)
Depc (direccin ejecutiva del proyecto)
Office of the resident supervisor for pemex Rsp (residencia de supervisin de pemex exploracin
exploracin y produccin (rsp)
y produccin)
Official letter / memo / comuniqu
Oficio
Official mexican standards (mandatory provisions Normas oficiales mexicanas (nom) (disposiciones de
published in accordance with the measurements carcter obligatorio publicadas de conformidad con la
and standards law.)
ley de metrologa y normalizacin. )
Officinal formula
Frmula oficinal
Officinal prescription
Receta oficinal
Offlead angle (crane)
ngulo lateral delantero
Offload (remove responsibility from a party)
Transferir la carga de la responsabilidad (a otro)
Offloading (from a transportation vehicle)
Descarga
Off-project personnel
Personal ajeno al proyecto
Offset
Desplazado/ decentrado /desviado
Offset against invoices
Deducidas de las facturas
Offshore
Costa afuera / marina (a veces)
Off-shore drilling tower
Torres de sondeo litoral
Off-shore leases
Concesiones costa afuera
Offshore platforms
Plataformas marinas
Offshore spread
Conjunto de equipos
Offsite
Fuera del rea de trabajo/proceso
Off-spec
Fuera de especificacin
Off-the-shelf (refers to products that are packaged Producto disponible de las existencias
and available for sale.)
Ofs (offshore)
Ofs (costa afuera)
Oil -bearing structure
Estructura petrolfera
Oil breakdown test (elec. Method)
Prueba de viscosidad
Oil collection drum
Tanque de recoleccin de crudo
Oil drift
Mancha de crudo a la deriva
Oil engine
Motor de aceite
Oil field, oil reservoir
Yacimiento petrolfero
Oil flow rate
Flujo volumtrico de petrleo
Oil gauge
Medidor de aceite
Oil line leaving measuring skid
Salida de aceite del paquete medicin
Oil pipeline launcher
Lanzador de diablos
Oil receiver from akal-c
Tanque receptor de crudo de akal-c
Oil return line
Lnea de recirculacin
Oil separation
Separacin del crudo
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Oil throughput
Oil-filled transformer
Oily water
Ol time (over level time noise monitoring term)

Volumen de crudo tratado (cantidad que pasa por


una planta o plataforma)
Transformador en aceite
Agua aceitosa
Tiempo sobre el lmite

Ole (object link embedded)


Objeto enlazado e incrustado (ole)
Olmeca crude oil (very light crude oil, 39.3 api Crudo tipo olmeca
density and 0.8 weight % sulfur.)
On (electrical)
Encendido
On (liquid/gas flow)
Abierto
On a settlement basis
Sobre la base de un acuerdo conciliado
On an as-needed basis
Como fuere necesario / hacer en caso necesario
On call, to be
De guardia, estar
On demand (compt.)
Por comando
On demand multiple access (dama multiplexing) Acceso mltiple segn la demanda (dama)
On foreign soil / overseas
On hire, while
On hold
On load
On march this year
On stream (nitrogen flow plant)
On stripping the pump
On-bottom stability
One thread pitch
One-line (drawings)
One-time waiver
On-hire
On-line reference library
Only

En el extranjero
Durante el contrato de arriendo
En suspenso
En carga
En marzo del presente ao
Estar en lnea
Al desarmar la bomba
Estabilidad en el lecho
Paso de una estra
Planos unifilares
Exencin nica
Contratado
Biblioteca de referencia en lnea (olrl)
Slo / nicamente (se acenta slo cuando es
adverbio y puede sustituir a solamente (slo hay un
equipo). No se acenta cuando es adjetivo (uno
solo; lo hizo en un solo da).

On-off control
Ons (onshore)
Onshore
Onshore commissioning
Onshore fabrication
Onshore tests
On-site mechanic
Open circulation (of correspondence, etc.)
Open drain sump tank
Open drainage collector
Open drains sump pump
Open end wrench
Open end wrench, grinch

Control de encendido y apagado


Ons (en tierra)
Tierra
Pruebas en tierra para la puesta en servicio
Fabricacin en patio (no fabricacin en tierra)
Pruebas en patio
Mecnico de piso (mx.)
Distribucin libre
Colector de drenaje abierto
Colector de drenaje abierto
Bomba del colector de drenaje abierto
Llave espaola
Llave espaola

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Open enden (D)


Franca
Open solid lineshaft pump driver (a shaft not Accionador de la bomba por medio de una flecha
enclosed in a sealed conductor with lubricant for a slida sin manga
vertical pump)
Operability
Operating log

Capacidad de funcionamiento
Registro de operaciones, bitcora de operaciones

Operating pressure
Operating temperature
Operational commands

Presin de operacin
Temperatura de operacin
Comandos operativos (operacionales sera que
est en condiciones de operar.)
Empalmadoras por fusin de cable de fibra ptica

Optical fiber cable fusion splicers

Optimization and modernization of cantarell field Proyecto de optimizacin y modernizacin de la


infrastructure project
infraestructura del campo cantarell
Or
O (la nicamente lleva acento cuando est calada
entre valores numricos 10 15. Tampoco se
acenta la o cuando est calada entre nmeros en
latn, p.ej. iv o xii.)
Or if unavailable
O en su defecto
Oral airway
Conducto respiratorio
Oral evidence given by witnesses
Desahogo de pruebas
Order close-out reports
Informes de cierre de orden
Organizational breakdown structure (obs): project Estructura de divisin organizacional: representacin
organizational arrangement representation relative del arreglo organizacional de un proyecto con
to associated work
relacin a los trabajos relativos del mismo.
Original copies
Ejemplar (de una propuesta, contrato)
Originally used in a more restricted application: it Mun (cada una de las dos piezas cilndricas a uno
was proposed by buchanan, in his treatise on y otro lado de una flecha, que le sirven para
millwork, to apply the word gudgeon only to the sostenerla y le permiten girar en un plano vertical.)
bearing part at the end of a shaft or axle, which is
exposed to bending action alone, and not to
twisting ac
Originator
Emisor
Originator (of correspondence)
Autor / creador
Orthographic (applied to a kind of perspective Ortogonal (dcese de lo que est en ngulo recto.
projection, used in maps, elevations of buildings, Geom. La que resulta de trazar todas las lneas
etc., In which the point of sight is supposed to be proyectantes perpendiculares a un plano. No
at an infinite distance, so that the rays are ortogrfico.)
parallel.)
Orthotropic (structural engineering: of or relating Ortotrpico (acepciones incluye: referente a
to a bridge deck consisting of steel plates estructuras o plantas, que posee propiedades
supported by ribs underneath. For long-span similares a las de la madera, es decir que presenta
steel bridges, the deck is frequently a plate with variaciones considerables de resistencia en dos o
longitudinal stiffeners (stringers). This form of ms direcciones perpendiculares entre s. No existe
construction
una acepci
Os&d overage, shortage & damage
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Osat (on-site acceptance test)


Pruebas de aceptacin en el sitio
Osha
(occupational
safety
and
health Osha (agencia de seguridad y salud ocupacional)
administration)
Osha occupational h & s administration
Oficina de salud y seguridad del trabajo
Osi (open systems interconnection) dcs model Osi (interconexin de sistema abierto)
standard
Other entities parties to
Entidades partes (mx.)
Other parties / by others
Por terceros
Out for bids [package]
La licitacin sali a concurso
Out of round
Fuera de redondo / descentrado (dcese del
instrumento matemtico o de la pieza de una
mquina cuyo centro se halla fuera de la posicin
que debe ocupar. Fig. Que se encuentra fuera del
estado o lugar de su natural asiento y acomodo.)
Outage (machine down time maintenance)

Perodo de paralizacin por avera o mantenimiento

Outboard headers (well headers outside of Cabezales externos a la plataforma


platform structure)
Outdated equipment
Equipos obsoletos
Outdoor (something)
Tipo a la intemperie
Outfit (a ship, platform, etc.)
Aviar
Outfitting
Equipamiento, dotacin de equipos, habilitacin
Outlet
Salida
Outlet gas scrubber
Rectificador de gas de salida
Outlet gas separator
Separador del gas de salida
Outline
Contorno/delineamiento general
Outline dimensions and foundation requirements Dimensiones de contorno y requisitos de cimentacin
Outline lighting
Alumbrado perimetral /de contorno
Out-of-service (the condition of a crane when Fuera de servicio
unloaded, without power and with the controls
unattended, and prepared to endure winds above
the in-service level.)
Output signal
Outsourcing

Seal de salida
Para montaje en el extranjero / aprovisionamiento del
exterior
/
externalizacin
de
funciones
(subcontratacin externa de servicios propios)

Oven rack
Overage (procurement of stocks of materials)
Overall
Overboard ladder
Overboard lines (offshore platform deck)
Overburden
Overburden
Overburden

Parrilla de horno
Materiales excedentes
Global, total, en conjunto, en general
Escalera de mano fuera de borda
Lneas sobre cubierta
Sobrecargar
Cubierta, material estril
Material de recubrimiento

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Overdesign (to include more than what is called Sobredisear


for or necessary)
Overhaul (to pull asunder for the purpose of Revisin general
examining in detail; to investigate or examine
thoroughly (e.g. With a view to repairs, etc.)
Overhead (tower)
Overhead claims
Overhead line
Overhead projector
Overhead, placed
Overhung load (shaft)
Overland freight receipt
Overlap
Overlaying backfill
Overlying
Override (an order)
Override (control/power, etc. Instrumentation)

Tope
Costos imputados de administracin
Lnea superior
Proyector de acetatos
Colocado en alto
Sobrecarga en el extremo de la flecha
Taln de embarque terrestre
Traslape / sobrepuesto
Relleno superyacente
Sobreyacente / suprayacente
Desautorizar
Transferencia de mando / sobreposicin de control

Overrunning clutch
Embrague libre
Overshot
Pescante exterior
Overshot (D)
Pescante exterior
Oversight
Vigilancia (administrativa)
Overspeed (machinery)
Sobrevelocidad
Overspeed (vehicle)
Velocidad excesiva
Overspeed test catch
Retn de sobrevelocidad de pruebas
Overthrust
Sobreempuje
Overturned
Volcado
Overview (of a company or project vision, i.e. Visin general
Where it is going in the future, etc.)
Overview (of somethings current condition)
Vista general
Owned or un-owned vehicle
Vehculo propio o ajeno
Owner furnished equipment vendors
Proveedores de equipos suministrados por los
propietarios
Ownership (attitude of it being your own)
Actitud de considerarlo como propio
Ownership (safety jargon for imbuing sense of Pertenencia (inculcar una actitud de pertenencia al
responsibility e.g. spread ownership of safety proceso de seguridad industrial)
process)
Oxygen mask, transparent, non-rebreathing

Mscara para oxgeno, transparente, sin recirculacin

Ozone
P (pressure)
P (process)
P&c (permit & certification)
P&id (piping and instrument diagram)
P/c (local switch)
Pa - public address
Package
Package (which seals materials)

Ozono
P (presin)
P (proceso)
P&c (permisos y certificacin)
Diagrama de tubera e instrumentacin
P/c (interruptor local)
Voceo
Paquete/patn (segn sea el caso)
Envase

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Package of conditions/tender conditions; bidding Pliego de condiciones


terms
Packaged (equipment set or train)
Paquete de ...
Packing (equipment)
Empaque/embalaje
Packing crate
Huacal (mxico) / caja de empaque
Packoff
Sellar
Packoff head
Cabezal obturador
Packoff head
Cabezal obturador
Pacta
sunt
servanda
(agreements
[and Pacta sunt servanda
stipulations] of the parties [to a contract] must be
observed.)
Pad (disk brake)

Balata (mxico) / pasta (jerga mxico) / patn /


pastilla (colombia)
Pad eye
Oreja de izaje
Pad, lifting
Placa de refuerzo para izaje
Padeye
Oreja de izaje
Pads (filet welding a piece of metal around nozzle Filete de refuerzo
for reinforcement)
Pager
Radiolocalizador (mxico) / radio llamada (arg.) /
mensfono (esp.) / busca persona (ven., Col., Mx.) /
aparato de radioaviso digital / beeper (peridico el
da)
Paging system
Sistema de voceo
Pah (high pressure alarm)
Pah (alarma de presin alta)
Pal (low pressure alarm)
Pal (alarma de presin baja)
Palisade
Palizada
Pallet
Tarima de madera
Pallet
Tarima
Pallet
Tarima
Pallets
Tarimas de madera
Pan head
Remache
Pan pouring lip
Pico vertedor de la cacerola
Pane (window)
Cristal
Panel (flat piece of material as a cover, dividing Panel
surface)
Panel (instruments, gauges, etc.)
Tablero
Panel board schedule
Lista de tableros (cuadro de cargas)
Panel face mounted
Montado en el tablero frontal
Panes (doors)
Visor, panel de visin (de una puerta)
Par, odd, no parity
Par, impar, y sin paridad
Paragraph (a point under a heading)
Apartado (mxico)
Parasitic horse-power losses
Prdidas parsitas de caballos de fuerza
Paring knife
Tranchete
Parking
Estacionamiento / parqueo (colombia)

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Parking track (for rail mounted cranes, a section of Riel de estacionamiento


track supported so that it is capable of sustaining
storm induced bogie loads; it is provided with
storm anchorages when required.)
Particular [application]
Particulars
Particulars (personal data)
Partition
Partition (cubicles, toilets, etc.)
Partition (full interior wall to create offices, etc.)

Concreta, una aplicacin


Datos generales
Generales, los
Pared medianera
Mampara
Pared divisoria

Partner (if the sociedad is a sociedad anonima, Socio(de una sociedad de propiedad colectiva)
then its "socios" are shareholders, not partners.
The word "socio" is ambiguous in spanish
because it means the owner of any sociedad, be
it a sociedad en nombre colectivo (in which case
socio is t
Parts
Partes
Party instituting [the request, suit, etc.]
Promovente
Party soliciting bids, the / party issuing the call for Convocante
bids
Pass (weld)
Pasada
Pass partitions
Particiones de paso
Pass partitions
Particiones de paso
Passable partition
Tabliques de paso
Passivated
Pasivado
Passivation
Pasivacin (tratamiento posterior a la limpieza
qumica para neutralizar (pasivar) el cido utilizado,
utilizando un lcali, generalmente sosa castica).
Pass-through counter top
Pass-through piping and valves

Mostrador de paso
Tubera y vlvulas que cruzan sin interconexin (la
plataforma)
Pass-through window (for kitchens, offices, banks, Ventana de servicio
etc.)
Password (computer)
Clave de entrada / acceso
Pastries
Pastelillos
Patch panel (a group of sockets that function as a Tablero de conexiones
manual switching center between incoming and
outgoing lines in a communications or other
electronic or electrical system.)
Path
Pathway (telecommunications)
Patient assessment
Pattern

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Pawl (dog) (a device for positively holding a Trinquete (garfio que resbala sobre los dientes de
member against motion in one or more directions.) una rueda, para impedir que esta se vuelva hacia
atrs.)
Pay item/ article
Partida de pago (mex.)
Pay/make payment
Efectuar pago
Payment of these fines will be callable against the Pago de estas multas sea redimitorio de los
losses
perjuicios
Payment order
Libranza, una
Payments / calls
Exhibiciones (1. Pagos p. Ej. De amortizacin de los
anticipos, etc.
2. Trmino contable/financiero:
notificacin, requerimiento o peticin para que se
presenten a amortizacin los ttulos redimibles o
amortizables.)
Payroll time keeper / filing clerk
Tomador de tiempo / archivista
Pb (stop or closing)
Pb (paro o cierre)
Pb ( starter or opener)
Pb (arrancador o abridor)
Pc (pressure control blind)
Pc (control de presin ciego)
Pc printed circuit
Circuito impreso
Pcm (project control methods) (project work Procedimientos de trabajo del proyecto
procedures)
Pcm (pulse-code modulation) [telecom.]
Pcm (modulacin por cdigos de impulsos)
Pcmcia (personal computer memory card Pcmcia
international association)
Pcp (production/compression platform)
Plataforma de produccin/compresin
Pcs
Plataforma de control y servicio
Pcv (pressure control valve)
Pcv (vlvula de control de presin)
Pd (positive displacement)
Desplazamiento positivo
Pd (positive displacement)
Desplazamiento positivo
Pd meters (positive displacement)
Medidores de desplazamiento positivo
Pda ( differential pressure alarm)
Pda (alarma de presin diferencial)
Pdah (high differential pressure programmable Pdah (alarma programable de presin diferencial
alarm)
alta)
Pdal (low differential pressure)
Pdal (presin diferencial baja)
Pdc (differential pressure control - blind)
Pdc (control de presin diferencial ciego)
Pdi (differential pressure indicator)
Pdi (indicador de presin diferencial)
Pdic (differential pressure indicator)
Pdic (indicador de presin diferencial)
Pdms (project design & management system) Sistema de diseo y administracin de proyectos
(software)
Pdq pretty damn quick
La mierda de rpido!
Pds (differential pressure switch)
Pds (interruptor de presin diferencial)
Pdsh (high pressure shut down)
Pdsh (paro por nivel alto)
Pdsl (low pressure shut down)
En chinga!
Pdt (differential pressure transmitter)
Pdt (transmisor de presin diferencial)
Pdv (differential pressure control valve)
Pdv (vlvula de control de presin diferencial)

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Pe (professional engineerlicensed by states. Ingeniero con licencia profesional


Only a licensed engineer may prepare, sign and entonces es un aprendiz de ingeniero)
seal, and submit engineering plans and drawings
to a public authority for approval, or use the title,
or, seal engineering work for public and private
clients.

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Peak-to-peak vibration ranges


Rangos de vibracin de cresta a cresta
Pedestal crane (a crane consisting of a rotating Gra montada en pedestal
superstructure with operating machinery and
boom, all of which is mounted on a pedestal)
Pegs (intelligent edms, a database)
Pegs
Pellets
Pelotilla, bolas, pella
Pemex company structures
Jerarqua de pemex
Pemex customer service department
rea usuaria de pemex
Pemex exploracin y produccin legal consulting Cjp (consultora jurdica de pemex exploracin y
department (cjp)
produccin)
Pemex exploracin y produccin legal unit (ujp)
Ujp (unidad jurdica de pemex exploracin y
produccin)
Pemex offshore drilling
P.p.m. (pemex perforacin marina)
Pemex project director
Director del proyecto de pemex
Pension savings fund
S.a.r. (sistema de ahorro para el retiro) [mex.]
Pep
P.e.p. (pemex exploracin y produccin)
Pep account executive
Ejecutivo de cuenta de pep
Pep internal procedure for contingencies in Procedimiento interno de pemex relacionado con las
accordance with marpol 73/78
contingencias de acuerdo con marpol 73/78
Pep internal procedure for the approach and Procedimiento de pep para el acercamiento y atraque
docking of vessels to platforms in the bay of de embarcaciones en las plataformas de la sonda de
campeche
campeche
Pep senior management (includes (gpe, gacpp, Instancias superiores de pep
cee)
Per metric ton
Ptm (por tonelada mtrica)
Percentage completed: estimate represented as a Porcentaje terminado:
estimado representando
percentage of the amount of work of an activity or como porcentaje de la cantidad de trabajo que ha
activities group which has been completed.
sido completado de una actividad o grupo de
actividades.
Perforated lay-in panel (for hanging prefabricated Panel perforado encajado en el falso plafn
ceiling panels)
Performance
Desempeo/ productividad/rendimiento
Performance (man hours)
Productividad
Performance (of a contract, person or equipment Desempeo (3. Cumplir las obligaciones inherentes a
package)
una profesin, cargo u oficio; ejercerlos.7. Amr.
Actuar, trabajar, dedicarse a una actividad
satisfactoriamente.)
Performance (of a machine)
Performance (of contract)
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Comportamiento (mxico) / rendimiento


Cumplimiento (del contrato)
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Performance bond
Garanta del buen cumplimiento
Performance curve
Curva de desempeo
Performance period (stipulated in contract)
Perodo de desempeo
Peripheral
Perifrico
Permanent installation (a crane installation Instalacin permanente
intended to last the working life of the crane or for
a period of five years or more before dismantling
and reerection.)
Permanent magnet generator (pmg)
Generador de imn permanente
Permeability
Permeabilidad
Permissive signal
Seal permisiva
Permit holder (individuals or legal entities that Titular del permiso (persona fsica o moral que
expressly accept an electric energy generation, acepta expresamente un permiso de generacin,
exporting or importing permit granted by cre.)
exportacin o importacin de energa elctrica
otorgado por la cre.)
Personal income tax

Irpf (impuesto sobre la renta de las personas fsicas)

Personal injury
Personnel action notice (pan)
Personnel assignment request (par)
Personnel basket / bird cage

Lesin corporal
Notificacin de accin de personal
Solicitud de asignacin de personal
Viuda (canasta para subir personal de cuadrilla por
gra)
Personnel hired at-will
Personal contratado a la discrecin exclusiva de la
compaa
Personnel requisition (employment)
Requisicin de personal (mxico)
Personnel safety system
Sistema de seguridad de personal
Persons to utilize the electric energy (the Personas que aprovecharn la energa elctrica
individuals or legal entities that will be the users of (personas fsicas o morales que sern usuarios de la
the electric energy generated under a permit.)
energa generada al amparo de un permiso.)
Pervious (allowing of passage through its Permeable
substance; permeable.)
Pes (programmable electronic systems)
Pes (sistemas electrnicos programables)
Petes plug (plugs with neoprene seat for direct Tapones con asiento de neopreno de insercin de
thermometer reading. Center has a neoprene termmetros para lecturas directas de temperatura
core to push thermometer though.
When (petes plug)
thermometer is removed, seat closes to prevent
liquid from escaping)
Petition of protest
Recurso de inconformidad
Petty cash (small cash items of receipt or Caja chica
expenditure)
Pfd (process flow diagram)
Dfp (diagrama de flujo de proceso)
Ph. Pan hd. Screw
Tornillo de cabeza troncocnica de cruz
Phase
Fase
Phase diagram
Diagrama de fase
Phase jitter (wobble sometimes used)
Perturbacin oscilatoria / fluctuacin de la fase
Phase rule
Regla de fase
Phase windings (generator)
Embobinados de fase
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Phillips binding head screw


Phone jack or receptacle
Phonic wheel
Phosgene
Phosphine
Phosphor bronze
Phosphor-free flux-coated
flexible rod

brazing

Tornillo cabeza de cruz de sujecin


Contacto telefnico (mxico)
Rueda snica
Fsgeno
Fosfina
Bronce fsforo
silver-alloy Electrodo flexible de aleacin de plata recubierto de
fundente libre de fsforo para broncesoldeo

Phosphorus trichloride
Tricloruro de fsforo
Phr - process hazard review
Revisin de peligro del proceso
Pi (pressure indicator)
Pi (indicador de presin)
Pi (pressure indicator)
Indicador de presin (pi)
Piano hinge
Bisagra piano
Pic (pressure indicator control)
Pic (control del indicador de presin)
Pick up / gather
Recoger
Pickled
Limpiado con bao de cido desoxidante
Pickling (pipingan acid solution, or other Decapado/ limpieza electroqumica (un bao cido
chemical preparation, used for cleansing metal or de desoxidacin)
wood, or for other purposes.)
Pid (proportional integral derivative control Funcin de control derivada, integral, proporcional
function)
Pie (desert)
Pay
Pig
Diablo
Pig / scraper (a cylidrical device (3-7 feet ong) Diablo (mxico) / marrano (colombia) / raspatubos /
inserted in a pipeline for the purpose of sweeping raspador de tubera (de uso ms universal)
the line clean of water, rust, or other foeeign
matter. When inserted in the linne at a trap, the
pressure of the oil stream behind it puches the pig
al
Pig detector (this is for an instrument pig)
Detector de diablos
Pig handling (for lifting the pig into and out of trap) Manejo del diablo
Pig launcher (a facility on a pipeline for inserting Trampa o lanzador de diablos
and launching a pig, scraper, or batching pig. The
launcher essentially is a breech-loading cylinder
isolated from the pipeline by a series of gate
valves. After the pig is loaded into the lauching cyli
Pig trap
Trampa de diablos
Pig trap (see pig launcher. To receive a pig Trampa de diablos / cubeta
approaching the station manifold, a valve is
opened on the bypass line, permitting the pig to be
pushed into the receiving cylinder or trap along
with the sludge ahead of it. The valves are closed,
isolating
Pigging slugs (slugs of liquid pushed along by Fluidos productos del raspado con diablos
pipeline pig)
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Pig-tail type terminations (electrical wiring)


Conexin flexible en espiral
Pile / piling (a pointed stake or post; spec. In later Pilotes
use, a large and heavy beam of timber or trunk of
a tree, usually sharpened at the lower end, of
which a number are driven into the bed of a river,
or into marshy or uncertain ground for the support
o
Pile anchors (pilings to which vessels may anchor) Anclaje en pilotes
Pile area (fabrication yard)
Pile batter (angle of inclination or slope a piling
from the perpendicular.)
Pile bell or pile cone
Pile cut-off (after driving pilings, the section
deformed by the hammer that is cut-off by torch)

Mesa de pilotes
Inclinacin del pilote

Pile dock (at a fabrication yardmade of pilings)

Muelle de pilotes

Tazn del pilote


Corte del pilote

Pile driving
Hincado de pilotes
Pile hammer
Martinete
Pile high momentum zone
Zona de momentos altos en los pilotes
Pile or leg cut-offs (also used to denote end of Lmite de pilotes o patas
pilings)
Pile overhangs deflections (lateral deflection Deflexin de las salientes de los pilotes
pilings that are not yet driven into soil)
Pile stops
Topes de pilotes
Pile stresses (created by pile driving)
Esfuerzos en los pilotes
Pile, piling
Pilotes
Piling
Hincamiento
Pilot gas ignition panel
Tablero de ignicin del gas del piloto
Pilot light
Llama piloto
Pilot panel (containing pilot instruments)
Tablero piloto
Pilot valve (a small relief valve that, though a Vlvula auxiliar / de mando / vlvula piloto (jerga de
linkage of pressure piping, controls the opening of pemex chismoso o vlvula de aviso)
a larger relief or safety valve. A pilot valve is
usually employed to modulate or dampen the
action of a larger valve as it opens to relieve the
system pr
Pin

Pin
Pin
Pinch (of piping)
Pinch point (moving mechanical
represent a danger to safety)

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Pin (aguja o conductor macho en una enchufe


conexin (puerto en serie, cable de monitor, conector
de teclado, etc.)

parts

Pion
Pin
Cierre parcial
that Puntos que representen peligro de mordedura
mecnica (peligro de lesin o mutilacin)

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Pinger (device which emits a ping for Ecosonda de penetracin


measurement purposes. Sonar ping: a very short
pulse of high-pitched, usu. Ultrasonic, sound such
as is emitted by sonar; also, a pulse of audible
sound by which this is represented to a user of
such equipment.)
Pinouts (the description and purpose of each pin Descripcin de la configuracin y propsito de cada
in a multiline connector. / wire termination pin de un conector multilnea (pinout)
assignment in connectors)
Pinza
Plier, clamp, clip
Pinza de electricista
Lineman's pliers
Pioneer (vegetation)
Talar rboles
Pipe and fitting
Tubera y conectores
Pipe bend radius
Radio de flexin de la tubera
Pipe centralizers (shims welded along inside of Centradores de pilotes
jacket legs at each pipe brace to center pilings)
Pipe chase
Pipe clamp
Pipe deck
Pipe deck
Pipe dices
Pipe heel
Pipe hubs
Pipe racks
Pipe ram
Pipe ram (D)
Pipe rolling plan
Pipe run
Pipe size
Pipe spools
Pipe stand (D)
Pipe tongs
Pipe wrench
Pipe wrench
Pipelay tension
Pipeline

Pipeline
Pipeline booster pump
Pipeline contractor
Pipeline end manifold
Pipeline flow rate

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Roza de tubos
Abrazadera de tubera
Patio de tubera
Piso de tubera
Dados para tarraja de tubos
Lomo de la tubera o ducto
Campanas de la tubera
Tarimas de tubera / camas de tubera
Ariete de tubo
Ariete de tubera
Plan de plateo (jerga para el plan de rolado de placas
para fabricacin de tuberas) [mx.]
Tendido de tubera / recorrido de la tubera (en una
plataforma) / tramos / trazado de tubera
Dimetro de tubera
Tramos de tubera prefabricada (ya lleva codos, etc.)
(mx.)
Lingada
Llaves para tubera
Llave steelson, llave para tubos
Llave steelson
Tensin de tendido de la tubera
Ducto / oleoducto (crudo) / gasoducto (gases) /
tubera de productos (productos petrolferos) /
oleogasoducto (gas y petrleo)
Lnea de transporte
Bomba reforzadora del ducto
Contratista de lneas
Mltiple al final de la tubera
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Pipeline scouring
Pipeline span
Pipe-rack (suspended)

Operacin de limpieza de la tubera


Tramo de tubera
Charola de tuberas (mxico) / bandeja portacable
(colombia)
Piping and instrumentation schematics (pis)
Diagramas
esquemticos
de
tubera
e
instrumentacin (dti)
Piping layout
Tendido de tubera
Piping tie-ins
Interconexin a lneas existentes (tie-in)
Pis (piping and instrument schematic)
Diagrama de tubera e instrumentacin
Pis (piping and instrument schematic)
Diagrama de tubera e instrumentacin
Piston rod
Biela
Pit
Foso
Pit room
Cuarto de presas de lodo
Pitch (ship)
Cabeceo
Pitch (tar)
Brea / alquitrn
Pitch (turbine blades / propeller)
ngulo de inclinacin
Pitch diameter (the diameter of a sheave or rope Dimetro primitivo
drum measured at the center line of the rope.)
Pivot bearing
Chumacera de pivote
Pl. (plate)
Placa
Placa de orificio
Orifice plate
Place (an order)
Colocar (una orden/pedido)
Place and stead, to exercise within {country}, from En nombre y representacin de la misma, para
time to time hereafter, all or any of the following ejercer en {el pas}, en su momento a partir de esta
powers
fecha, todos o cualesquier de los siguientes poderes
Place and time of submission of quotes/place and Lugar y oportunidad para la presentacin de las
time for submitting bids
propuestas
Place holder
Smbolo de un lugar (para clculos matemticos)
Placement (employment)
Colocacin (dar una plaza)
Placing in service
Puesta en operacin
Plain (a tract of country of which the general Planicie
surface is comparatively flat; an extent of level
ground or flat meadow land; applied spec. (in
proper or quasi-proper names) to certain
extensive tracts of this character.)
Plan (view)

Planta (arq. Figura que forman sobre el terreno los


cimientos de un edificio o la seccin horizontal de las
paredes en cada uno de los diferentes pisos.)

Plan for treating waste water and sewage in Plan para el tratamiento de aguas residuales y aguas
accordance with marpol 73/78
de desecho de acuerdo con marpol 73/78.
Plan view (drawings only)
Plank (wood)
Plans and elevations (drawings)
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Vista en planta
Poln
Plantas y elevaciones
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Plans call for...


Se tiene previsto...
Plant air accumulator
Acumulador de aire de planta
Plant air accumulator/ filter
Filtro / acumulador del aire de la planta
Plant air receiver
Receptor de aire de la planta
Plant and piping
Planta y tubera
Plant proper
Batera
Plant/instrument air package
Paquete de aire de la planta/instrumentos
Plastic tie-downs
Flejes de plstico / cinchos / tiras de plstico
Plat (demarcated oil lease to make a plan of, to Lote acotado (concesin petrolfera)
lay down on a plan or chart; to draw to scale, so
as to calculate distances, area, etc.)
Plate
Placa
Plate (steel)
Placa (de acero)
Plate 6 (graphics or drawings)
Figura 6
Plate fin exchanger
Intercambiador de placas aletadas
Plate girder
Trabe de placa
Plate girders
Trabes armadas
Plate scraper
Raspador de platos
Plates, plating (decks)
Placas
Platform
Plataforma
Platform crane
Gra de plataforma
Platform structures. Three main parts: pilings, Estructuras de la plataforma.
Hay tres partes
jacket, and deck. Deck is attached to pilings that principales: los pilotes, la subestructura y la cubierta.
are held by jacket.
Lateral deck loads are La cubierta est fijada a los pilotes, los cuales estn
transferred to pilings via the jacket.
sostenidos por la subestructura.
Las cargas
laterales, etc. De la cubierta se transfieren a l
Platforms communication system
Sistema de comunicacin de plataforma
Plating
Placas metlicas
Plc (programmable logic controller)
Controlador de lgica programable
Plem (pipeline-end manifold: an offshore, Terminal mltiple de ductos (plem)
submerged manifold connected to the shore by
pipelines that serve a tanker loading station of the
multibuoy-mooring type.)
Plenum (of fan drive area)
Cmara impelente
Plenum rated conductor (plenum refers to air Conductor clasificado para uso sin recinto
handling spaces. This kind of conductor does not
have materials e.g. Insulation that release gases,
etc., Which must be enclosed in conduit or sealed
away in some manner.)
Plenums
Plot (to calculate some activity, etc.)
Plot plan

Pleno, cmaras de sobrepresin


Calcular
Plano general/plano de distribucin/ plano de trazado

Plot plan (drawings)


Plots (diagrams)
Plotting
Plowing

Planta de localizacin
Diagramas / trazado
Representacin grfica / trazado
Laboreo

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Plug (tapn cachucha)


Plug gaskets
Plug sheet
Plug valve
Plug Valve (D)
Plugged or capped (a hose)
Plumbing

Tapn cachucha
Empaques de tapn
Lmina de obturacin
Vlvula de obstruccin
Vlvula de obturacin
Cerrar con tapn o con tapa
Instalaciones sanitarias / plomera (mxico) ( no
fontanera)
Plunger
Embolo
Plunger
Embolo
Plunger
Embolo
Plunger piston engine
Motor de mbolo
Plywood
Triplay / (en mxico conocido por al marca
macopan)
Pm (project management)
Pm (administracin de proyectos)
Pmi (positive material inspection) {required when Inspeccin de verificacin de materiales
cmtr is not considered trustworthy and the actual
material must be tested to see if is in fact what the
cmtr states}
Pmt - project management team
Equipo de administracin del proyecto
Pnd (price for nominal diameter)
Pdn (precio de dimetro nominal)
Pneumatic shut off
Paro neumtico
Pneumatic starter motor
Marcha neumtica
Pneumatic tongs
Llaves neumticas
Poa (annual operational forecast)
Poa (pronstico operativo anual)
Pocket (looped downturn in gas piping to Bolsa de recuperacin de lquidos
evacuate liquid)
Pocket, do not (piping- do not allow the formation Mantener la lnea empacada, hay que
of air pockets or slugs)
Pod-like
Vainiforme
Point or percentage formulas
Mecanismos de puntos o porcentajes (empleado en
procesos de licitacin)
Point-to-multipoint (a communications network De punto a multipunto. Sistema de comunicacin
that provides a path from one location to multiple digital por radio con acceso mltiple de punto a
locations [from one to many].)
multipunto con configuracin de reserva activa
Poisson coefficient/ratio (the ratio of the Coeficiente/relacin de poisson (estructuras: relacin
proportional decrease in a lateral measurement to entre la contraccin lateral relativa y el alargamiento
the proportional increase in length in a sample of relativo que experimenta un cuerpo slido sometido a
material that is elastically stretched.)
deformacin por traccin.)
Pollution
Poly pig (polymer)
Polyisobutilene
Pool, field
Poor (quality of drawings)
Pop safety valve (D)

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Poliisobutileno
Contaminacin
Diablo de polmeros
Yacimiento
Deficientes, (planos)
Vlvula de seguridad

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Popliteal (knee posterior face)

Poplteo / corva (parte de la pierna, opuesta a la


rodilla, por donde se dobla y encorva.)
Populate a field, to (i.e. Enter data into fields in a Introducir datos a los campos (de una base de datos)
data base)
Populate, to (to plug in chips or components into a Popular
printed circuit board. A fully populated board is
one that contains all the devices it can hold.)
Port charges / harbour-due (a charge for the use Tarifas portuarias
of a port or harbour)
Port of registry
Puerto de matrcula
Port propeller (on a ship)
Hlice de babor
Portal crane (a crane consisting of a rotating Gra de prtico
superstructure with operating machinery and
boom, all of which is mounted on a gantry
structure, usually with a portal opening between
the gantry columns or legs for traffic to pass
beneath the crane. The cr
Porter (hotel)
Maletero
Portland sulphate-resisting cement
Cemento portland resistente a los sulfatos
Position (personnel)
Plaza
Position / assignment (personnel)
Plaza, una
Positioning service (personnel, equipment locating Servicios de localizacin
office, like a control tower for the project)
Positive boom stop / pawl (cranes: boom holding Paro de pluma positivo / trinquete de seguridad
device)
positivo
PostPos+ (nota: la rae acepta el uso de post, sin
embargo se ha dejado de emplear este prefijo por lo
general.)
Post office box
Post office box
Post, to (human resources dept)
Post, to (in a computer data base)
Post-it
Pot (trimestral operational forecast)
Potable water filter
Potable water pump/ chlorinator/ analyzer
Potable water reserve pump
Potable water storage tank
Potential transformer (pt)
Pounds per square inch (psi)
Pour (concrete)
Pour point (concrete)
Pour point (metal forging, welding)
Power block
Power blower
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Apartado postal (mxico) / casilla de correos


Apartado postal
Oferta de empleo, publicar una
Contabilizar
Nota pegante
Pot (pronstico operativo trimestralse estn
utilizando indistintamente en ingls y espaol.)
Filtro de agua potable
Analizador / clorador/ bomba de agua potable
Bomba de reserva de agua potable
Tanque de almacenamiento de agua potable
Transformador de potencial (tp)
Libraje (mxicomedicin)
Colar (mxico)
Punto de escurrimiento
Punto de fluidez
Bloque de terminales de alimentacin
Ventilador de fuerza motriz
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Power blower (D)


Power cable/source (electrical)
Power cables (480v) to run major equipment

Ventilador de fuerza motriz


Cable elctrico /de potencia/energa/fuerza
Cables de energa/potencia para equipos mayores

Power circuits (e.g. For 120v for instruments, etc.) Circuitos de alimentacin
Power circuits (high voltage 480v)
Circuitos de potencia/fuerza
Power generator
Generador de energa elctrica
Power line
Lnea de alto voltaje
Power output of the motor
Potencia de salida del motor
Power piston
Pistn de potencia
Power plant (see generating plant.)
Central elctrica (ver planta generadora.)
Power transmission (of force from a driver, not Transmisin de fuerza
electricity)
Power transmissions
Transmisiones elctricas
Power turbine (turbine blade/rotor section Turbina de potencia
immediately following the combustion chamber
where energy of expanding gas is transmitted
across blades into turbine rotation.)
Power turbine (used to power other equipment)

Turbina accionadora

Power/drive, to
Accionar/accionado por
Powerhouse (a competitor in the market)
Potencia
Ppb
Pp mil mill.
Ppb parts per billion
Pp mil mill.
Ppe (personal protection equipment)
Equipo de proteccin individual
Ppm parts per million
Ppm
Pqr (procurement quality report)
Informe de la calidad de las compras
Pr (pressure recorder)
Pr (registrador de presin)
Prayer (heading towards conclusion of a writ of Solicitamos / rogamos
protest, motion, etc. To a judicial or administrative
authority)
Prc (pressure recorder control)
Prc (control del registrador de presin)
Preassigned multiple access (pama multiplexing) Acceso mltiple previamente asignado (pama)
Precedence diagramming method: network Mtodo de diagramacin de precedencias: tcnica
diagramming technique in which the activities are de diagramacin de una red en la cual las
represented by boxes or nodes. The activities are actividades son representadas por cajas o nodos.
linked by relationships of precedence to indicate Las actividades estn ligadas por relaciones de
the sequence according to which the activities are precedencia para mostrar la secuencia en la cual las
to be performe
actividades v
Precipitate
Pre-commisisioning
Pre-commission
Preferential tripping
Preferential tripping
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Precipitado
Pre-alistamiento
Prueba en tierra
Conexionado preferencial
Conexionado preferencial
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Preheater
Precalentador
Preliminary report of risks
Ipr (informe preliminar de riesgo [mxico])
Preliminary report of risks
Ipr (informe preliminar de riesgo [mxico])
Premature pilot rejection (also known as pilot Rechazo prematuro de los pilotes
underdrive where the soil resistance is greater
than the driving capability of the hammer.)
Preparatory work / arrangements / equip / fit out Habilitado (obra fsica)
for use
Prepared in accordance with a physician's Receta magistral (1. Es aquella en que un profesional
prescription.)
legalmente habilitado prescribe una frmula especial
para un enfermo determinado la que debe elaborarse
en el momento de su presentacin. 2. Orden suscrita
por un profesional legalmente
Preservation (of machines)
Pressure gauge
Pressure lock
Pressure profile suite (software package)
Pressure rating (in psi)

Conservacin
Manmetro (instrumento para medir la presin.)
Seguro de presin
Pressure profile suite (paquete de software)
Presin clasificada (en psi [libras por pulgada
cuadrada])
Recipientes a presin
with Pulmn (mxico)

Pressure vessels
Pressurized bottle (for valve actuator,
diaphragm, etc.)
Presumption in its dual assumption
Presuncional en su doble aspecto
Presumptive evidence
Presuncional (pruebas en una inconformidad)
Pre-switch
Conmutacin preliminar
Pretreatment
Tratamiento previo
Preventable
Posible de prevenir
Preventative crowd process in the presence of Proceso de concurso preventivo ante las autoridades
authority
Preventative crowd process in the presence of Proceso de concurso preventivo ante las autoridades
authority
Primarily
Principalmente, ante todo
Primary home office
Sede principal
Primary responsibility
Responsabilidad bsica
Primavera schedule (primavera is the commercial Programa de software primavera
name for a software planning program.)
Prime contract
Principal

Contrato principal
Mandante (persona que en el contrato consensual
llamado mandato confa a otra su representacin
personal, o la gestin o desempeo de uno o ms
negocios.)

Print, please
Printed circuit double back panel
Prioritized

Escriba en letra de molde/imprenta, favor de


Tablero posterior doble para circuitos impresos
Clasificados en orden de prioridad / importancia

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Privacy

Intimidad (no existen las palabras "privacidad" ni


privaca.)
Prn (personnel requisition number)
Nmero de requisicin de personal
Pro (procurement)
Pro (adquisiciones)
Proactive (of a person, policy, etc.: That creates or Poltica dinmica / de accin preventiva
controls a situation by taking the initiative or by
anticipating events (as opp. To responding to
them); also loosely, innovative, tending to make
things happen.)
Pro-active leadership
Direccin dinmica que previene
Proactive policy
Poltica de accin preventiva
Proactive policy (of a person, policy, etc.: That Poltica de accin preventiva
creates or controls a situation by taking the
initiative or by anticipating events (as opp. To
responding to them); also loosely, innovative,
tending to make things happen.)
Probe
Sonda
Probity and a lack of prejudice
Imparcialidad y honradez
Procedure for the classification of solid waste and Procedimiento para la clasificacin de desechos
trash in accordance with marpol 73/73
slidos y basura de acuerdo con marpol 73/73, anexo
v.
Procedure for the collection of residue, and its Procedimiento para la recoleccin de residuos, su
transport and disposal onshore (solas 74)
transporte y disposicin final en tierra.
Process and utility piping
Tubera de proceso y de servicio
Process equipment
Equipo de proceso
Process inlet temperature
Temperatura de entrada al proceso
Process leading to cogeneration (the process, Proceso que da lugar a la cogeneracin (proceso,
usually industrial, that uses the thermal energy generalmente industrial, que aprovecha la energa
produced by the generation plant; that delivers the trmica producida por la planta de generacin; que
thermal energy that it does not use in its process entrega la energa trmica no aprovechada en su
to enable it to generate the electric energy, or proceso para que con ella se genere la energa
whose pr
elctrica,
Process operator: the natural or artificial person Operador del proceso (persona fsica o moral que
that enables the processes leading to permite que los procesos que dan lugar a la
cogeneration to take place.
cogeneracin se lleven a cabo.)
Process simulations
Simulaciones de proceso
Process taps
Tomas para muestras de proceso
Procure, obtain and secure (to establish property Adquirir, obtener y garantizar
of, possession of, and to guarantee regardless of
the circumstances)
Procurement
Adquisicin
Procurement committee for pemex exploracin y Capep (comit de adquisiciones de pemex
produccin (capep)
exploracin y produccin)
Procurement supplier quality department (badly Calidad de suministros del departamento de
written in english -really should read: supplier adquisiciones (traducido incorrectamente como
quality for the procurement department or departamento de calidad del proveedor de
procurement department supplier quality control) adquisiciones

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Producer price index


ndice general de los precios al productor
Product roadmap
Gua del producto
Product water
Agua producida
Production facilities
Instalaciones de produccin
Production platform substructure
Subestructura de plataforma de produccin
Production separator
Separador de produccin
Production surpluses (electric energy generated Excedentes de produccin (energa elctrica
under a generation or export permit that is not generada al amparo de un permiso de generacin o
used by the project users.)
exportacin, que no es aprovechada por los usuarios
del proyecto.)
Products hazard (insurance)
Riesgo por productos peligrosos
Professional registration
Cdula profesional
Profile
Perfil (no acero)
Profile (of personnel)
Resea biogrfica
Profiled (welds)
Caracterizadas (soldaduras)
Pro-forma approach
Enfoque proforma
Program for temporary imports for the production Programa de importacin temporal para la
of export goods (pitex)
produccin de artculos de exportacin (pitex)
Programmable logic array (pla)
Arreglo de lgica programable
Programmatic structure:
the programmatic Estructura programtica: se entender por estructura
structure is understood as the preparation of the programtica la elaboracin de redes y de detalle
master and detailed networks defining each que definan cada etapa del proyecto (etapas a cargo
project stage (stages such as bids which are de pemex tales como licitaciones y etapas a cargo de
under pemexs responsibility as well as stages for las empresas contratistas tales como contratos
which contractors are in
Progress
Avance
Progress payments
Pagos parciales por avance
Progress percent complete curve (scheduling Curva de porcentaje terminado de avance
craziness)
Project integrated schedule
Programa integrado del proyecto
Project management
Administracin del proyecto
Project management agreement (pma)
Contrato para la administracin del proyecto (cap)
Project management team (pmt)
Project manager
Project master bidders/manufacturers list

Grupo de administracin del proyecto (gap)


Administrador del proyecto
Lista maestra de licitantes/fabricantes del proyecto

Project site administration


Promises xxxxxx that it will perform
Prongs and shank of the hook (crane)
Proof of membership
Proof of membership
Proofer cabinet (kitchen term)
Propagation outage (radio signal transmission)

Administracin del proyecto en el sitio


Se obliga con xxxxxx a ejecutar
Diente y pierna del gancho
Constancia de afiliacin
Constancia de afiliacin
Gabinete para leudacin
Merma en la propagacin

Propane refrigeration
Propane refrigeration
Properly (cleaned, placed, etc.)

Enfriamiento con propano


Enfriamiento con propano
Debidamente

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Property marker / roadmarker / boundary stone

Mojonera (mxico) / mojn (fuera de mxico)

Proposal opening document


Acta de apertura de propuestas
Propping agent (D)
Agente soporte
Proprietary (dcs) (it refers that it is specific to that Especfica
system e.g. proprietary architecture, or channel,
etc. In this case it is not necessarily a patent
although such a custom system may be patented.)
Proprietary molded pin head sealing surface.
Proprietary standard
Prospective contract
Protective coating
Protective walls
Protest

Superficie de sello patentado de la cabeza moldeada


del pasador
Del diseo especfico estndar
Contrato futuro
Recubrimiento de proteccin
Mamparas de proteccin
Inconformidad
(disconformidad
=
oposicin,
desunin, desacuerdo en los dictmenes o en las
voluntades.)

Protrusion
Proven history, product shall have a
Provide documents
Provide for (a power)
Provided that / with the understanding that

Pieza saliente
Reconocido, el producto ser
Presentar documentos (no suministrar)
Disponer la facultad de
En la inteligencia de que (frase mexicana equivalente
a siempre y cuando)
Provided that the operations are not splintered for Siempre que las operaciones no se fraccionen para
the purpose of invoking this exception to a public quedar comprendidas en este supuesto de excepcin
bid process
a la licitacin pblica
Providing input (point of view)
Facilitar la participacin en (el desarrollo de)
Provisions for.., Does not make (equip or Contempla, no
materials)
Provisions for.., Does not make (equip or Contempla, no
materials)
Provisions shall be made for...(equip or materials) Se har lo necesario para proveer...
Provisions shall be made for...(equip or materials) Se har lo necesario para...
Provisions, to make or include (equip or materials) Dotar/ equipar/ tomar medidas para
Provisions, to make or include (equip or materials) Dotar/ equipar/ tomar medidas para
Proximeter
Pry bar
Pry curves
Psh (high pressure switch)
Psh (pressure switch high)
Psia psi actual
Psig
Psl (pressure switch low)
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Proxmetro/detector de distancia
Barreta
Curvas de observacin
Psh (interruptor de presin alta)
Interruptor de presin alta
Lppca - libras por pulgada cuadrada absoluta
Lbs/pulg
Interruptor de presin baja
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Psqr (procurement supplier quality representative) Representante de calidad del departamento de


adquisiciones
Psqr (procurement supplier quality representative) Representante de calidad del departamento de
adquisiciones
Psr preliminary supplier review
Revisin preliminar del proveedor
Psv pressure safety valve
Vlvula de seguridad
Pt (pressure transmitter)
Pt (transmisor de presin)
Pt - liquid penetrant testing
Prueba de lquido penetrante
Pt (penetrant dye)
Lquidos penetrantes
Pt (power transmitter)
Transmisor de potencia
Pt (power transmitter)
Transmisor de potencia
Ptc (power test code asme)
Ptc (cdigo de pruebas de potencia asme)
Ptfe
Politetrafluoretileno
Pts (procurement tracking system)
Sistema de seguimiento de adquisiciones
Public address (pa)
Sistema de altavoces (voceo a veces)
Public address intercom
Sistema de altavoces e intercomunicacin (voceo a
veces)
Public bid
Licitacin pblica
Public health authorities legend
Autoridad sanitaria (chile) / salud pblica
Public record and trade registry
Registro pblico de la propiedad y del comercio
Public service announcement (psa)
Aviso de inters pblico
Pull
Halar
Pull boxes
Cajas de paso
Pull out of hole (poh)
Sacar a superficie
Pulley
Aparejo, polea
Pulley beam
Arbol de poleas
Pulley block
Polipasto
Pulleys, sheaves
Poleas
Pully beam (D)
Arbol de polea
Pulse (telecommunications)
Impulso
Pump bowl
Taza de la bomba (voluta es una configuracin de
taza)
Pump caissons (enclose pump shaft)
Camisas para bombas
Pump case
Carcaza de la bomba
Pump lead lag control
Control secuencial de bombas segn demanda
Pump liner
Camisa
Pump liner (D)
Camisa
Pump stroke
Embolada
Pump stroke (D)
Embolada de la bomba
Pumping platform
Rebombeo (nombre de la plataforma de bombeo
ubicada entre los complejos de produccin y dos
bocas)
Punch list
Lista de pendientes
Punch-type telephone strip
Tablilla telefnica de contactos por presin
Puncture wounds
Heridas causadas por objetos punzantes
Pup pieces (slang for short pieces of pipe to make Carrete / carrete de ajuste
up gaps)
Purchase order
Orden de compra
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Purchasers supplier quality representative


Purchasing
Pursuant to article x
Push button
Push off (vessels from mooring)
Pushbutton station
Pushover (increasing load method
structures)
Put tong on
Putting into effect
Pv (pressure valve)
Pvc (polyvinyl chloride)
Pwht (post weld heat treatment)

test

Representante de pep asignado a control de calidad


Adquisiciones (mx.)
De conformidad con el artculo x
Botn pulsador
Soltar amarras
Botonera (mxico)
for Mtodo incremental de carga pushover

Meter las llaves de potencia


Formalizacin
Pv (vlvula de presin)
Pvc, cloruro de vinilo de polietileno
Tratamiento trmico posterior a la soldadura
(relevado de esfuerzos)
Pyrazinobutazone
Pirazinabutazona
Qa - quality assurance (qa is the control over Aseguramiento de calidad
contractor qc)
Qa quality assurance
Gc -garanta de calidad
Qc (quality control)
Qc (control de calidad)
Qpsk (quaternary phase-shift keyingtelecom )
Conmutacin de variacin de fase cuaternaria (qpsk)
Qra (quantitative risk assessment)
Evaluacin cuantitativo de riesgo
Qrs (quantity reporting system)
Sistema de informes cuantitativos (qrs)
Qsr (quality surveillance report or final Informe final de inspeccin de calidad
inspection report)
Qt (quarts)
Cuartillo / cuarto de un galn
Quadrant
Cuadrante
Qualifications
Calificaciones
Qualifications
Excepciones/salvedad/reserva
Qualifications (personnel)
Experiencia y preparacin / ttulos y mritos
Qualified bid
Propuesta solvente (mxico)
Qualified personnel
Personal idneo / apto / preparado / competente
Quality alert
Aviso de atencin sobre la calidad
Quality management system (oversees both Sistema de administracin de calidad
quality control and assurance)
Quality surveillance
Inspeccin de calidad
Quality surveillance plan
Plan de inspeccin de calidad
Quarters
Mdulos habitacionales (en una plataforma)
Query (as in tq)
Consulta
Qwerty keyboard (for configuration of first six Teclado de configuracin qwerty
letters on upper left of keyboard)
R/t (radiography)
Radiografa
Ra (cooling water return)
Ra (retorno de agua de enfriamiento)

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Rabbet (a channel, groove, or slot (usually of Mocheta (2. Rebajo en el marco de las puertas y
rectangular section) cut along the edge or face of ventanas, donde encaja el renvalso. 3. Arq. ngulo
a piece (or surface) of wood, stone, etc., And diedro entrante, que se deja o se abre en la esquina
intended to receive the edge or end of another de una pared, o resulta al encontrarse el plano
piece or pieces, or a tongue specially wrought on superior de un miembro arquitectnico con un
these to fit
paramento
Raceway
Conducto elctrico
Rack
Bastidor, cremallera, percha
Rack (electrical/instruments)
Bastidor
Rack (for bridge piping)
Cama (de un puente)
Racking arm
Brazo estimador mecanico
Racking arm (D)
Brazo estibador mecnico
Racking out and stabbing work (electrical Trabajos de desconectar y de enchufar (de equipos
switchgear: breakers, etc. Are rolled out of de distribucin de fuerza elctrica)
switchgear cabinet on rails or a rack and then
rolled back in, stabbing into the bus bars to make
a connection.)
Racks (electrical/instruments)
Radial bearing
Radiating coaxial cable antenna
Radio/ waiting room/ bldg.
Radiopharmaceutical

Bastidores
Cojinete radial
Antena emisora de cable coaxial
Edificio de sala de espera/cuarto de radio
Radiofrmaco (compuesto radioactivo susceptible de
ser administrado a un organismo vivo con fines
diagnsticos o teraputicos.)

Radius (load) (the horizontal distance from a Radio


projection of the axis of rotation to the base of the
crane tower, gantry, or pedestal, before loading, to
the center of vertical hoist line or tackle with load
applied.)
Radiusing (to round off corners, edges by grinding) Matar el filo de (los bordes o las esquinas)
Rafter (in a ceiling)

Alfarda (arq. Par de una armadura. Se conecta a la


viga secundaria en el techo)
Rail clamp (a device for fastening a traveling Abrazadera de anclaje al carril
crane to its rails to limit wind induced travel.)
Rail way-bill
Gua de ferrocarril
Railyard
rea de carga o descarga de vagones ferroviarios
Rain gutters
Guardaaguas
Rainfall patterns
Regmenes de precipitaciones pluviales
Rainfall run-off and run-on
Escorrentas de aguas pluviales
Raised face flanges (valves: a circular raised face Bridas de cara alzada
with inside diameter the same as the valve
opening and with the outside diameter something
less than the bolt circle diameter. The raised face
is finished with concentric circular gooves for
good sealin
Raising stop (for crane boom)
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Ram (random access memory)


Memoria de acceso aleatorio
Ram gate
Compuerta de cierre total
Ram gate (D)
Compuerta de cierre total
Rams
Arietes
Random basis, on a
Aleatoria, de manera
Range
Rango
Ras (required at site)
Requerido en el sitio
Rat (reduced area trim [of a valve])
rea reducida de la guarnicin de la vlvula
Rat hole
Hoyo del rapido / raton
Rat hole (D)
Hoyo del ratn / hoyo del rpido
Rate
Tasa
Rate (prices)
Tarifa
Rate of penetration
Velocidad de penetracin
Rated
Nominal/de diseo/ clasificacin
Rates schedule: calendar-based distribution of the Cdula de valores: es la distribucin calendarizada
relative weight of each activity represented in a de los pesos relativos de cada actividad
work package.
These schedules will be representada en un paquete de trabajo. Estas
associated with activities network and will contain cdulas estarn asociadas a la red de actividades y
the distribution of the weights or weighting for the contendrn la distribucin de estos pesos o
duration o
ponderados a lo larg
Rating
Ratio

Clasificacin nominal
Proporcin, a razn de (cuando es una proporcin)

Rationale
Ravine
Raw diesel
Raw diesel filter
Raw diesel storage pump
Raw diesel storage tank
Reach speed (motor)
Reached agreement on a settlement basis

Razonabilidad (jerga burocrticano existe la


palabra)
Quebrada, hondonada
Diesel sucio
Filtro de diesel sucio
Bomba del almacenamiento de diesel sucio
Tanque de almacenamiento de diesel sucio
Llegar a su debida velocidad
Llegaron por medio de la conciliacin a un acuerdo /
llegaron a un acuerdo conciliado (es decir por una
va extra judicial)

Reach-in freezer
Ready date (from sp. To eng.)
Real estate
Real wage factor

Congelador de acceso al alcance del brazo


Fecha de puesta a punto
Bienes inmuebles
Factor de salario real

Real-time strip chart recorder


Ream
Ream (D)

Graficador de tiempo real en papel continuo


Repasar
Repasar

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Ream, to (pipes)
Ensanchar
Reamer
Repasador
Reamer (D)
Repasador
Reasonable cause (for an action by a party)
Motivo fundado
Rebar
Varilla de refuerzo
Rebid
Emitir nuevamente a concurso
Reboiler
Rehervidor
Receipt of (notification, etc.)
Acusar recibo
Receiving inspection
Inspeccin de recepcin
Receiving table (for dirty dishes)
Mesa de descarga
Receptacles (electrical fixtures)
Receptculos/ tomacorrientes
Receptor
Cuerpo receptor (de aguas)
Recess
Entrada
Reconcile
Conciliar (diferencias en fechas, etc.)
Record keeping
Mantenimiento de archivos
Record of correspondence
Registro de comunicaciones
Record of finding
Acta de fallo (proceso de licitacin)
Record of protest
Cuaderno de inconformidad
Recordable (a recordable injury is any injury or Declarable para el registro
illness that results in lost or restricted work days or
that requires treatment by a physician beyond first
aid.)
Recorder
Registrador
Recording gauge
Manmetro de registro
Records
Archivos
Recovered crude tank
Tanque de crudo recuperado
Recovered oil pneumatic trap
Trampa de recuperacin de aceite neumtico
Recovered oil pump
Bomba de crudo recuperado
Recovered oil sump
Colector de crudo recuperado
Recovery
Recuperacin
Recovery
Recuperacin, mejora
Recreational services
Servicios de esparcimiento
Rectifier
Rectificador
Rectifier separator
Tanque rectificador
Recycle
Recircular
Recycle pumps
Bombas de recirculacin
Red (redundant)
Redundante
Red concrete (poor concrete or mortar placed Mortero de sealizacin
over underground piping or other installations to
warn future excavation crews of its presence)
Red lead
Red marks (to a document or data)
Redevelopment (of oil field)
Redial button
Reducer
Redundant structural framing
Redwood
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Minio
Correcciones o modificaciones
Modernizacin
Tecla de repetir del ltimo nmero marcado
Reductor
Armazn estructural redundante
Sequoia rojo (lat. Sequoia sempervirens)
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Reef
Re-engineer (telephone switch)

Arrecife
Trabajos de ingeniera para cambiar la configuracin

Reeve, to (cranes: passing cables through Enhebrar (pasar los cables alrededor del tambor y las
sheaving)
poleas.)
Reeving (cranes: reeving is the act or method of Guarneado / guarnicin (es el sistema de cables que
threading rope around the drum and sheaves.)
se deslizan alrededor del tambor y las poleas.)
Reference table
Mesa de trabajo
Refine documents
Perfeccionar documentos
Reflecting
Reflectante
Reflux condenser (chem., A condenser so Condensador del reflujo
mounted or designed that condensed vapour runs
back into the stock of boiling liquid.)
Refurbishment
Registration fee (for a non-profit training course)

Remodelacin / reacondicionamiento
Cuota de recuperacin (mx. Original)

Regular (frequency of maintenance, changes, etc.) Sucesivo/ consecutivo


Regulations
Regulations / administrative guidelines
administrative code / administrative regulations

Reglamentaciones (mx.)
/ Reglamento

Regulations of the electric energy public service


act (the regulations of the law for the public
service of electric energy published in 1993, as
amended.)

Reglamento de la ley del servicio pblico de energa


elctrica (el reglamento de la ley del servicio pblico
de energa elctrica publicado en 1993 y sus
modificaciones.)

Regulations on safety and environmental Las disposiciones en materia de seguridad industrial


protection which must be complied with by y proteccin ambiental que tienen que cumplir los
contractors for pemex exploracin y produccin
contratistas de pemex exploracin y produccin
Regulatory assumptions
Regulatory authorities
Regulatory authority
Regulatory decision (ex. Governing
platforms)
Regulatory framework
Regulatory propriety
Reinforcing locks
Rejection rate (quality control)
Rejection rate (microphones)
Relational structure (data base, etc.)
Relay

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Hiptesis normativas
Autoridades con potestad normativa
Entidad reguladora
offshore Dictamen normativo
Marco normativo
Procedencia normativa
Refuerzos candados
Proporcin/tasa de rechazo
Factor de supresin (de atenuacin)
Estructura relacional
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Relay (an instrument used in long distance Rel (aparato destinado a producir en un circuito una
telegraphy to enable an electric current which is modificacin dada, cuando se cumplen determinadas
too weak to influence recording instruments, or to condiciones en el mismo circuito o en otro distinto.)
transmit a message to the required distance, to do
so indirectly by means of a local battery brought
into conne
Relay pumping station
Estacin de rebombeo
Relay valve
Vlvulas de relevo
Relay valve (a fluid valve in which the main flow is Vlvulas de relevo/ de rel
controlled by a diaphragm actuated by a weep
derived from the main flow.)
Release (of sea-fastenings)
Desprendimiento
Release / loosing (of sea-fastenings)
Desprendimiento
Release documentation (for end of contractual Documentacin para el finiquito
obligations, not a release from inspection,
materials or liability)
Release for shipment
Librar para embarque
Release, bond
Cancelacin de la garanta
Release, hold harmless, indemnify and exonerate Librar,
amparar,
indemnizar
y
eximir
of any liability
responsabilidad
Reliability
Confiabilidad
Relief (for damages or to be relieved of a Reparacin
contractual obligation.)
Relief header
Cabezal de alivio/( desfogue- si va al quemador)
Relief valve
Vlvula de alivio/( desfogue- si va al quemador)
Relief, relieve
Desfogue, desahogo, alivio
Relocation allowance (for personnel)
Subsidio para la reubicacin
Remaining yield life
Vida til restante
Remark (to make a comment)
Observacin
Remedial work
Trabajo correctivo
Remediation (to put right, reform (a state of Trabajos remediadores
things); to rectify, make good.)
Remote control station (a location, not on the Estacin de control remoto
crane, from which the operator can control all the
crane movements.
Removable
Removable device
Remove

de

Extrable / intercambiable / desmontable


Dispositivo extrable
Retirar / sacar / extraer / (no es correcto emplear
removerse usa en ingls el verbo to remove en
el sentido de mover una cosa, levantndola,
empujndola, tirando de ella o sacndola del lugar
donde est, como cuando se alza un objeto del
suelo, se

Remove liquids (from piping/vessel)


Evacuar/drenar de los lquidos (no remover)
Renewable term
Duracin prorrogable
Renewals and betterments (of property and Renovaciones y mejoras (de inmuebles y equipos)
equipment)
Rental payment
Pensin de arrendamiento
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Replay, backtrack, repeat (a process simulation Reproducir, retroceder, repetir


program)
Report
Informe (no se debe emplear reporte)
Report (of an accident investigation)
Dictamen de los hechos/resultado de la investigacin
Report spooled information (data stored in the Comunicar la informacin transferida a la memoria
intermediate memory) [computer]
intermedia
Reporting (in reference to accidents)
Presentacin de declaracin
Reporting relationships
Jerarqua administrativa / la relacin y procedimiento
de presentacin de informes / a quien se tiene que
reportar / relacin jerrquica
Reproduction head/playback head
Request to employ (rte)
Required (materials needed)
Required data
Requirement (rules, specs, laws, contractual)

Cabeza reproductora
Solicitud para contratar para el empleo
Necesarios
Informacin necesaria
Requisito/necesidad/condicin/deber
(el
requerimiento
es
una
orden
judicial
o
gubernamental por lo general. El abuso suele ser un
anglicismo.)

Requirements
Re-rolling (of tubes)
Rerun
Rerun
Resale price (salvage)
Rescue boats
Rescue/standby boat
Reseating pressure (relief valves)
Reserve, 5 day battery
Reservoir
Reservoir
Reservoir (oil/gas field)

Requerimientos
Abocardado / reconformacin
Reprocesar
Reprocesamiento
Valor de rescate
Botes de salvavidas
Bote salvavida y de reserva
Presin de reasentamiento
Autonoma de 5 das de la batera
Depsito / almacn (tanques)
Deposito
Yacimiento (sitio donde se halla naturalmente una
roca, un mineral o un fsil.)
Reservoir bottom hole pressure
Presin de fondo del pozo del yacimiento
Reset
Reposicionar
Reset lever
Palanca de reposicionar
Residence, xx minute (molecule time in vessel)
Tiempo de xx minutos de retencin / estancia /
presencia / paso (filtro)
Resident time (molecule time in vessel)
Tiempo residente
Residual oil tank
Tanque de aceite residual
Resolution (the administrative act by which the cre Resolucin (acto administrativo por medio del cual el
in full makes its decisions with respect to the pleno de la cre toma sus decisiones respecto al
granting of the permits.)
otorgamiento de los permisos.)
Resounded (to sound water depths again)
Resondeado
Resource loaded schedule (a schedule which Programa de utilizacin de recursos
measures schedule according to materials or man
hour use)
Resource loading
Response
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Response time
Resume (personal and work history)

Velocidad / tiempo de respuesta


Currculum vitae / currcula vitae (pl.) (nota: como
plural de currculum y de currculo debe usarse
currculos.

Retail (as opposed to wholesale)


Retainer
Retardation
Retention area, well bay (D)
Retention time (liquid circulation time for a tank)

Menudeo (mex.)
Retenedor
Retardo
Contrapozo
Tiempo de retencin / tiempo de trabajo

Retirement (of a platform, assets, etc.)

Abandono (de bienes, activos como las instalaciones


de un proyecto)
Tercera edad (primera: nacimientofinalizacin de la
educacin; segunda: vida laboral; tercera: jubilacin)

Retirement age

Retirement fund (sar)


Sar (sistema de ahorro para el retiro)
Retractable stairs
Escaleras abatibles
Retrieval (data)
Recuperacin
Retrofit
Retromodificacin
Retubing
Instalacin de tubos nuevos
Return flow piping / recycle line (designed to send Retorno, lnea de
flow back, e.g. A compressor anti-surge line or
hydraulic systems)
Return on investment
Rendimiento del capital invertido
Return receipt (certified mail)
Contrarecibo, un
Returned documents
Documentos devueltos
Reusable
Se podr usar nuevamente
Reuse (equipment)
Reutilizacin
Revamp
Renovacin - modernizacin
Revamp (to vamp or patch up again. Also, to Renovacin
rewrite in a new form; to renovate, remake, devise
anew; to revise.)
Revamp package
Paquete de modernizacin
Revealed, the error is
Se puede observar el error
Revegetation (to re-seed, replant after earthwork) Replantar la vegetacin
Reverse osmosis
Reverse osmosis potable water system
Reversing (motors and vehicles)
Reversing shaft
Revised (a document, date, etc.)
Revised ship date
Revs (from revolutions)
Rework
Rf (raised face)
Rf ber (radio frequency bit error rate)
Rfc revised for construction
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Sistema de agua potable por smosis inversa
Contramarcha
Flecha de reversa
Enmendada
Fecha de embarque enmendada
Revoluciones
Trabajo correctivo
Rf (cara realzada)
Rf ber (porcentaje de error de bits en
radiofrecuencias)
Revisado para construccin
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Rfi (radio frequency interference)


Rfi (request for information)

Interferencias radiofrecuencia (rfi)


Solicitud de informacin / rdi (requerimiento de
informacinburrada de epc 21)
Rfp (request for prices)
Solicitud de precios
Rfp request for proposal
Solicitud de propuesta
Rfq (request for quotation)
Solicitud de cotizacin
Rfw issued request for quotation worksheet
Emisin de solicitud de hoja de trabajo de la
propuesta
Rib gasket
Empaque estriado
Ribbed
Acostillado, con costillas
Rich amine
Amina rica
Rich teg surge drum
Tanque de balance de teg rico
Rider to the contract / amendatory agreement
Convenio al contrato
Ridge
Serrana / cordillera / sierra
Rig
Equipo de perforacin
Rig soap
Jabon limpiador para equipo
Rig tongs (D)
Llave de fuerza
Rig up (D)
Instalar equipo
Riggers (crane) (D)
Maniobristas (trabajan con la carga de una gra)
Rigging
Aparejo
Rigging (the rigging is the ropes, chains, and other Equipos de aparejo
gear used to support, position, and control
equipment or materials.)
Rigging (verb)
Rigging equipment
Rigging platform

Aparejar
Equipo de aparejo
Plataforma de estrobos (estrobo = pedazo de cabo
unido por sus chicotes, que sirve para suspender
cosas pesadas, sujetar el remo al tolete y otros usos
semejantes.)

Right lay cable


Right of way
Right of way / appurtenance

Cable de torcin derecha


Derecho de paso
Servidumbre (der. Derecho en predio ajeno que limita
el dominio en este y que est constituido en favor de
las necesidades de otra finca perteneciente a distinto
propietario, o de quien no es dueo de la
gravada.) /derecho de paso / anexo a una propiedad

Rigid spacer coupling (to a vertical in-line pump)

Cople separador rgido

Rim flat piece


Rin in the hole
Ring plate
Ring spanner
Ring stiffener
Ring-joint-flange (D)
Ripple effect
Risc (reduced instruction set computer)

Brocal solera
Bajar a fondo
Placa circular
Llave de manguera de anillo
Atiesador de anillo
Brida con oreja
Repercusin subsiguiente
Computadora de conjunto reducido de instrucciones

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Rise (motor)
Aceleracin
Riser (1. A pipe though which liquid or gas flows Ducto ascendente
upward. 2. In offshore drilling by semisubmersible,
jackup, fixed platform, or drillship, a riser is the
casing extending from the drilling platform through
the water to the sea bed though which the drilli
Riser barriers
Riser offset (when forces have displaced piping)

Defensas de los ductos ascendentes


Ducto ascendente desplazado

Riser platform
Risk approach / criteria
River ford (crossing)

Plataforma de enlace
Criterio de riesgo
Vado (lugar de un ro con fondo firme, llano y poco
profundo, por donde se puede pasar andando,
cabalgando o en algn vehculo.)

Riverbeds
Rms (root-mean-square)
Rms current (elec eng)
Rmso (southwestern maritime regionpemex)

Cauces
Media cuadrtica
Corriente eficaz
Rmso (region marina suroestepemex)

Ro (reverse osmosis)
Ro (reverse osmosis)
Road surface
Roadmarker (with reflectors)
Roaming (cellular telephone service)

smosis inversa
smosis inversa
Superficie de rodamiento
Fantasma (jerga mexicana)
Roaming (mxico) / itinerancia / fuera del rea de
servicio contratada
Roaming por el abonado / abonado fuera del rea de
servicio contratado / abonado de vagabundeo
(routledge) /

Roaming subscriber / roamer

Rock bit
Barrena para roca
Rocker arm
Brazo del balancn
Rocker pins (D)
Pasadores de los balancines
Rocking arms
Balancn de lanzamiento
Rod
Varilla
Rod baffles (baffles comprised of rods)
Deflectores de varillas
Rod hanger clamp
Abrazadera de barra de suspensin
Rod hanger clamp (D)
abrazadera de las barras de suspensin
Rodman (surveyperson holding rod with chain Cadenero (topografa)
attached)
Roll
Balanceo
Roll down door / overhead coiling door (grating)
Cortina metlica de reja *mxico(
Roll over counter

De tipo con restauracin automtica al llegar al


mximo (como en caso de un cuentarrevoluciones de
un carro, etc. Que se reinicia despus colmar su
capacidad.)

Roll pin

Pasador/gua cilndrico

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Roll up (in-yard jacket bent lift by crane onto its Levantamiento y giro (de marcos de la subestructura)
side to weld together for assembly purposes)
Roll ups (lifting of platform structures during
construction and loading)
Rolled out into the loading arms
Rolled sections
Rolled shapes
Rolled tubulars
Roller shaft
Rolling (schedule, plan, etc.)
Rolling bar chart schedule (maintains a five week
schedule window
Rolling pin
Rolling stock (all forms of ground transportation)

Izajes principales

Rolling up drawings

Planos de levantamiento y armado de estructuras en


el patio
Levantamiento y armado de estructuras en el patio

Rolling up or roll up

Rodaje entre los brazos sujetadores


Secciones laminadas
Formas roladas (laminadas)
Tubulares rolados
Eje rodador
De renovacin continua
Programa de barras de renovacin continua
Palote (mxico) / rodillo de panadero
Inventario rodante

Roll-up (in-yard jacket lift by crane to vertical Puesta en pie


position for weighing & assembly purposes)
Root causes
Causas originales
Root causes for incident
Causas que originaron el incidente
Root pass (welding)
Paso de raz
Rope
Cabo de manila
Rope (cranes: refers to wire rope unless otherwise Cable de acero
specified.
Rope clip
Grapa para cables
Rope grab
Caiman, agarra cable
Rope knife
Corta cable
Rope thimble (D)
Ojal para cable
Ro-ro roll on - roll off (ship)
Rotary
Rotaria
Rotary (machine part)
Rotatorio (que rote - rotativo por lo general es un
peridico)
Rotary drilling hose
Manguera de perforacin
Rotary drilling swivel
Unin giratoria, cabeza inyector
Rotary drilling swivel (D)
Union giratoria, cabeza de inyeccin
Rotary torque (D)
Rotaria de apriete
Rotate shaft
Rotar la posicin de la flecha
Rotating bushing
Manguito giratorio
Rotating equipment
Rotatorio, equipo

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Rotation resistant rope (cranes: wire rope Cable resistente a la rotacin


consisting of an inner layer of strand laid in one
direction covered by a layer of strand laid in the
opposite direction. This has the effect of
counteracting torque by reducing the tendency of
the finished rope
Rotational work schedules
Rotor stacking (on a turbine)
Rough dirt track
Rough estimate
Rough grade, to
Rough terrain
Rough/course finish (concrete)
Roughing-in drawings (elec.)

Horarios de trabajo por turnos rotatorios


Ensamble de rotores
Terracera (camino en mxico)
Dato aproximado
Nivelacin aproximada
Terreno accidentado
Acabado rstico
Planos de instalacin de los conductos y cajas de
salida
Round nut
Tuerca
Roustabout
Ayte. De tuberia a.t.p.
Route
Ruta / enrute (uso incorrecto pero comn)
Routing, signal
Conduccin de seales
Routing, signal
Conduccin de seales
Rov (remote control vehicle
Vehculo a control remoto (rov)
Rp (recommended practice)
Rp (prcticas recomendadas)
Rpu building
Edificio de la upr
Rpu remote process unit
Unidad de proceso remoto (upr)
Rt - radiographic testing
Prueba radiogrfica
Rtd (resistance temperature detector)
Detector de temperaturas de resistencia
Rtj (ring type jointvalves: ring type joint flange is Rtj (unin tipo anillo)
similar in appearance to the raised face flabge
except that a u-shaped groove is cut in the raised
face concentric with the valve opening. The gasket
consiss of a metal ring with either an eliptial or
Rts (request to send)
Rts (solicitud de enviar)
Rts return to supplier
Regresar al proveedor
Rtu (remote terminal unit)
Unidad de terminal remoto (rtu)
Rubber boot (valves: a protective device to Funda de hule del actuador
prevent entrance of damaging foreign material into
the piston actuator.)
Rubbers d.p.
Rubbing (of id plate)
Run date

Hules protectores de tuberia


Hacer un calco
Fecha de procesamiento/ corte [i.e., Contabilidad]

Run in (of rotating equipment)


Run in the hole (D)
Run light
Run test
Run/stop
Runaway (motor)

Rodaje inicial
Bajar a fondo
Luz indicadora de funcionamiento
Prueba de corrida
En ejecucin/detenida
Embalaje descontrolado

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Run-in

Rodaje

Run-in (motor)

Rodaje inicial / embalaje (de un motor o mquina)

Runner (to which stair treads are attached)


Alfarda (se conecta el escaln a la alfarda)
Runner tracks (for hanging prefabricated wall Carriles de corrida
panels)
Running down
Desaceleramiento
Running gear
Tren rodante, engranes de marcha
Running Tool (D)
Running-in
Running-time meter

Aparejo de prueba
Inspeccin de funcionamiento
Totalizador de tiempo de funcionamiento / hormetro
[caliche o cal] (dispositivo que registra el total de
horas de funcionamiento de una mquina o un
aparato)

Runoff
Escurrimiento superficial
Runoff (the amount of water that is carried off an Escorrenta (agua de lluvia que discurre por la
area by streams and rivers after having fallen as superficie de un terreno.) / escurrimiento superficial
precipitation; the water itself; also, water that runs
straight off the ground without first soaking into it.)
Runout (of a shaft, often tir or total indicated Descentramiento (de la flecha/eje)
runout)
Runout of shaft - tir ( total indicated runout )
Descentramiento de eje
Runtime error (comp.)
Error de tiempo de ejecucin
Tiempo de ejecucin del software de programacin
Runtime foundation software (comp.)
bsica
Rust inhibitor
Inhibidor de corrosin
Rust protection
Proteccin anticorrosiva
Rvp reid vapor pressure
Rvp - presin de vapor reid
Rw (rigging weightthe weight of all rigging which Peso del equipo de aparejo que ser izado
will be lifted by the crane)
Rx (receiver)
Rx (receptor)
Rxd (data receiver)
Rxd (receptor de datos)
S (velocity)
S (velocidad)
S.a. de c.v. (variable capital corporation)
S.a. de c.v. (sociedad annima de capital variable)
S/a (start-up system)
S/a (sistema de arranque)
S/c (shut-down signal alarm)
S/c (alarma de seal de paro)
S/s (seam to seam)
Acero inoxidable
S/s (staniless steeel)
De costura a costura (ver t/t)
S/s stitch/stitch
Costura a costura
Sa (ammonium sulphite)
Sa (sulfito de amonio)
Saar (the saar is the supervisor's accident Informe del supervisor de anlisis de accidente
analysis reportosha)
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Sack room
Cuarto de qumica
Sack room (D)
Cuarto de qumica
Sacrificial anode bracelets
Brazalete de nodo de sacrificio
Sacrificial anodes
nodos de sacrificio
Saddle
Silletas / faldn
Sae society of automotive engineering
Sae
Saf (safety)
Saf (seguridad industrial)
Safe (safety analysis function evaluation) {of a Evaluacin del estudio de seguridad industrial de
platform as a requirement for being able to insure operaciones (safe)
in}
Safe behavior reinforcement
Safe haven plans
Safeguard
Safeguarding
Safety
Safety and environmental protection

Reafirmacin de conducta segura / estmulo de


conducta segura
Planes de refugio seguro
Salvaguardar / proteger / amparar de
Proteccin
Seguridad
Sipa (seguridad industrial y proteccin ambiental)

Safety clamp
Safety cutout
Safety first philosophy

Collarin
Corte de seguridad
Filosofa de seguridad industrial como la prioridad

Safety integral level (sid)


Safety leadership training

Nivel integral de seguridad industrial


Capacitacin para personal de
seguridad industrial
Safety leadership training
Capacitacin para personal de
seguridad industrial
Safety net
Malla de seguridad
Safety netting
Malla de seguridad
Sah (high velocity alarm)
Sah (alarma de velocidad alta)
Sail
Levar anclas
Sailaway
Zarpar
Sailing date
Fecha de partida
Sal (low velocity alarm)
Sal (alarma de velocidad baja)
Saliferous
Salobre / salino
Salt dome
Domo salino
Salt dome (D)
Domo Salino
Salvage value
Valor de recuperacin
Salvage, to (disassemble equipment and send Reciclar
back to stocks, etc. Recycle rather than rescue.)

direccin

en

direccin

en

Sample
Sampler
Sand cap ( a cap to prevent sand from entering)

Muestra
Muestreador / tomamuestras
Tapa contra materiales extraos /suciedades

Sand flushing (cleaning piping)


Sand line
Sand line (D)

Lavado con arena


Linea de sondeo
Linea de sondeo

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Sand line spool


Sand line spool (D)
Sand-blast cleaning / sandblasting
Sand-blast cleaning, sanblasting
Sandblasting and painting shop

Tambor cable de sondeo


Tambor para cable de sondeo
Limpieza con chorro de arena
Limpieza con chorro de arena
Taller de limpieza por chorro de arena y de pintura

Sandstone

Arenisca (roca sedimentaria formada por arena de


cuarzo cuyos granos estn unidos por un cemento
silceo, arcilloso, calizo o ferruginoso que le
comunica mayor o menor dureza.)

Sandwich panel (used for office dividers)

Panel de doble lmina relleno con espuma rgida de


poliuretano
Sanitary facilities
Instalaciones sanitarias
Sanitation certificate (that there are no rats on Certificado de desratizacin (mex)
board a ship, not desratizazation!!)
Sanitation certificate / vector extermination Certificado de desratizacin (mex. !!)
certificate (that there are no rats on board a ship,
not desratizazation!!)
Sap (a powerful accounting software program Programa de software de contabilidad (sap)
published a german company sapg)
Satellite platform
Plataforma perifrica
Satellite platform pipelines
Oleoductos de plataformas perifricas
Satellite work location (off-site)
Lugar de trabajo externo
Satellites
Plataformas perifricas
Save space/time/etc.
Economizar espacio/tiempo
Saw submerged arc weld
Soldadura de arco submarina
Scada supervisory & control data
Scada - sistema de control y adquisicin de datos
Scafold platform (D)
Changuera
Scale
Incrustacin
Scale (D)
Incrustacin
Scale (forming of mineral deposits in vessels or Depsitos / escamacin (a veces pero no muy
piping.)
aceptado)
Scale across (computers: to resize a device, Con capacidad de ajustarse a escala (ajuste de
object or system, making it larger or smaller. The valores que se van a utilizar un computacin de tal
term is widely used to refer to a device's manera que stos y sus resultantes se encuentren
expansion capability. For example, "this device dentro de la clase que pueda ser manejada por el
scales well" means that it can handle growth proceso o equipo. Ex. Soluciones con capacidad de
without breaking down
ajustarse
Scaling
Scallop (mollusk)
Scan
Scan (papers)
Scan converted

Incrustaciones/depsitos
Cayo de hacha (mx.) / venera / vieira
Escanear
Digitalizar una copia impresa
Transformadas por el convertidor de exploracin

Scan data (look for)


Scape rope / swing rope
Scavenger

Exploracin y bsqueda
Cuerda de escape / tarzanera
Barrido / depuracin

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Scavenging
Barrido de los gases (de un motor)
Scba (self contained breathing air)
Tanque de oxgeno para respiracin
Scenario (of a process simulation)
Situacin hipottica
Scfm (standard cubic feet per minute at 14.7 psia Pcsm (pies cbicos estndares por minuto)
@ 60c)
Schedule
Programa, listado,
Schedule (of materials; specifically pipe or steel Cdula (cuando se trata de acero, tubera,
schedule)
materiales, etc.) / relacin (mxico) / lista / tabulado
Schedule (pipe)
Calibre, cdula
Schedule (table)
Tabla
Schedule (time)
Programa / cronograma / calendario
Schedule baseline: original plan (for a project, Lnea base de un programa: plan original (para un
work package or an activity). Reference point proyecto, paquete de trabajo o una actividad). Es la
used to measure project progress. The baseline referencia utilizada para medir el avance de un
is rescheduled when the project scope has proyecto.
changed significantly.
Schedule of rates and prices
Schedule of revisions
Schedule relief (to be given extra days)
Schedule variation (sv)
Schedule, line (piping)
Scored (often in the sense of damaged)
Scr room
Scrap box (metal from cuttings, etc.)
Scrap steel wire
Scraper
Scraper
Scraper rings
Scraper trap
Scraper trap (pig)
Scrapes, scratches of anchors
Screen
Screw coupling (D)
Screw type compressor
Screw-on sleeve
Screws, jacking (for fast/rough leveling of skid)
Screws, leveling (for precise leveling of skid)
Scrubber
Scrubber

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Programa de revisiones
Exencin del programa estipulado
Variacin del programa (sv)
Cdula [mx.] (dimetro, dimensiones, etc.)
Estriado (alterar una superficie formando en ella
estras, acanalarla.)
Cuarto de s.c.r.
Caja de pedacera
Alambre de chatarra de acero
Raspatubos / diablo (mxico)
Cua (para limpiar)
Anillos raspadores
Trampa del raspatubos
Trampa del raspatubos / diablo
Garreos de anclas
Malla / tamiz / rejilla
Unin roscada
Compresor tipo tornillo
Manguito roscado
Tornillos de ajuste de nivelacin
Tornillos de nivelacin (gato de tornillo}
Separador (en general)
Rectificador (la mezcla gas/aceite pasa por el
separador de 1ra etapa, el gas separado va al
rectificador, el aceite con gas va al separador de
2da etapa (el tanque de balance), de este separador
el gas va a los rectificadores de 2da etapa, el cruda
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Scssv (surface controlled subsurface safety valve) Vlvula subsuperficial de seguridad controlada desde
la superficie (scssv) [subsuperficial porque puede
estar tanto por debajo del agua como subterrneo.]
Sd (hydraulic oil)
Sddr (supplier deviation disposition report )

Sd (aceite hidrulico)
Informe de la decisin referente a una desviacin por
el proveedor
Sdi
(steel
door
institute,
recommended Instituto de puertas de acero especificaciones
specifications for standard steel doors and recomendadas para las puertas y marcos de acero
frames)
Sdrl-supplier data requirements list

Lista de requerimientos de informacin del proveedor

Sdv (shut down valve)


Sdy (shut-down valve switch)
Sea floor, seabed
Sea water lift
Sea water lift/ strainer/ filter

Vlvula de corte / vlvula de paro


Sdy (interruptor de vlvula de corte)
Lecho marino
Bomba elevadora de agua de mar
Filtro / colador / bomba elevadora de agua de mar

Sea water manifold/ tank/ pump


Mltiple / tanque / bomba de agua de mar
Seabed obstruction and pipeline survey inquiry Paquete de preguntas de la investigacin de ductos y
package
obstculos en el lecho marino
Seafastening (temporary structures or tie-downs Amarre para el transporte martimo
that secure the module or jacket for transportation
and berthing forces. They resist rolling and
pitching forces and restrain the module in the
global horizontal direction.)
Seal
Sello
Seal gas (where gas is used as part of sealing Gas de sello
process)
Seal liquid
Liquido sellante
Seal welding
Soldadura de sello
Seal, stamp, packing
Sello
Sealant
Sello (sellante no existe)
Sealed with wax or cellophane tape (bid Lacrados o con cinta adhesiva de celulosa
envelopes)
Sealing (system)
Sello/sellamiento, sistema de
Sealing disc
Disco de asentamiento
Seam
Costura
Seamans card / papers
Libreta de mar
Seamless integration (software)
Integracin sin transiciones
Seamless pipe
Tubo sin costura
Search engine (internet)
Sistema de bsqueda / programa de bsqueda (por
el internet)
Seat leakage class (of a valve)
Clase de lagrimeo del asiento (de una vlvula)
Seaward
Mar adentro
Seawater
Agua de mar
Seawater booster pump
Bomba reforzadora de agua de mar
Seawater filter
Filtro del agua de mar
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Seawater jockey pump


Bomba jockey de agua de mar
Seaworthy
Navegable / a son de mar
Second stage production separator
Separador de produccin de segunda etapa
Second stage separators
Separadores de segunda etapa
Secondary beam
Vigueta (plataforma)
Section
Tramo, seccin
Sectional drawing
Plano de corte seccional
Security
Proteccin
Security concern (area of interest or action not Asunto relacionado con la seguridad
worry)
Sedentary
Sedentario
See fit to
Tener a bien
Seg (signal delayer logic circuit)
Seg (circuito de lgica retardadora de seal)
Segregate
Segregar / discretizar
Seizure (motor)
Pistn fundido / agarrotamiento
Self priming pump
Bomba auto cebante
Self-acting dry gas tandem face seal system
Sistema de sello seco de cara en tndem
autoajustable para gas
Self-aligning pillow block type bearing
Cojinete del tipo de autoalineamiento interno de las
zapatas
Self-contained breathing unit
Escafandra
Self-evidence or consequence (legal)
Evidencia o transcendencia
Self-explanatory proposal, should be
Suficiencia de la propuesta, deber haber
Self-service buffet
Auto servicio de comida fra
Seller
Proveedor
Semiportal crane (a portal crane which has only Gra de semiprtico
one vertical leg and the other side is supported
along a wall railing.)
Semp (safety and environmental management Semp (plan de seguridad industrial y manejo del
plan)
medio ambiente)
Senior cad pipe designer
Diseador principal de cad (tubera)
Senior cad structural designer
Diseador principal de cad (estructuras)
Senior company managers
Gerentes ejecutivos a nivel de empresa
Senior corporate managers
Directores ejecutivos corporativos
Senior management committee
Comit principal de administracin
Senior manager
Gerente superior
Senior orifice (flow elements of gas metering)
Porta placas de cambio de orificio sin interrupcin de
servicio
Sensing lines
Lneas sensorias
Sensitive areas
reas sensibles (sensitivo aplica a organismos)
Sensitive information
Informacin de ndole confidencial
Sentence case (english stipulates that all words Para los ttulos en espaol nicamente la primera
other than articles and propositions begin with letra y los nombres y ttulos se escriban con letras de
capital letters.
caja alta (mayscula), las dems letras se escribe
con letras de caja baja (minscula). Para citar un
ttulo en una frase se emplea .

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Separator sump
Crcamo del separador (a veces la pata)
Sequence
Secuencia/temporizacin
Sequential file (in order that mail arrives Consecutivo (archivo)
regardless of date or subject)
Sequential page numbering by folio
Foliar
Serial data link
Enlaces de datos en serie
Serpentine bundle
Haz de serpentinas
Serpentine vane mist extractor
Extractor de neblina por paletas en serpentn
Serrate
Serrado
Serrated bar
Barra dentada
Serrated bar grating
Grillete dentado
Serration (the condition of being serrated; Endentadura / estra
indentation like that of a saw; chiefly concr. And
pl., Saw-like indentations, the teeth of a serrated
edge or surface.)
Servant (as in legal representative)
Servidor
Service life (the time, expressed as the sum of the Vida til
periods of operation, over which a stressed
component can function without undue risk of
failure when the equipment is operated in
accordance with the manufacturer's instructions
under either light, norm
Service, heavy (cranes: that service which Servicio pesado
involves operating at 85% to 100% of rated load
or in excess of 10 lift cycles per hour as a regular
specified procedure.)
Service, light (cranes: service that involves Servicio ligero
irregular operation with loads generally about onehalf or less of the rated load.)
Service, normal (cranes: that service which Servicio normal
involves operating at less than 85% rated load
and not more than 10 lift cycles per hour except
for isolated instances.)
Service, to
Servicing
Set - on connection
Set aside (decision)
Set back (D)
Set over (rights or obligations)
Set point list for instruments

Prestar servicios
Dar mantenimiento
Conexin sobre la superficie de algo
Quedar sin efectos
Desanclar
Traspasar / transferir (derechos u obligaciones)
Sumario de calibracin, paros y alarmas para los
instrumentos
Set point or setpoint (an input variable which sets Punto de disparo / punto de ajuste
the desired value of the controlled variable. Or the
value of a physical quantity that an automatic
controller or regulator is set to maintain. I.e.
Valves, etc.)
Set the brake
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Set the jacket (on seabed)


Instalar la subestructura
Set-on connection
Conexin sobre la superficie de algo
Sets (turbine-driven gas generator)
Paquetes (de turbogeneradores de gas)
Sets (turbine-driven gas generator)
Paquetes (de turbogeneradores de gas)
Settable solids
Slidos decantables
Setting
Ajuste/calibracin/posicin
Setting tool (D)
Soltador
Settle-down pressure (compressorsvolume- Presin de asentamiento (presin igualada en el
weighted average pressure of all compression compresor una vez parado, la admisin y descarga
stages once the compressor is stopped, suction cerradas, y se abre la vlvula de asentamiento
and discharge vales closed and settle-down valve estableciendo el una presin promedia ponderada
opened between all stageslowest to highest por volumen)
thus equalizing pressure and
Settlement (financial, legal)
Settling-in allowance (for transferred personnel)

Finiquito
Subsidio de instalacin

Set-up
Preparacin y establecimiento / configuracin
Set-up blow-count curve (pile driving energy Curva del nmero de golpes para el posicionamiento
calculations)
(para el hincamiento de pilotes)
Set-up tests
Pruebas de configuracin
Severability (ex.: if any of the provisions of this Disociable / atribucin de separacin (la ejecucin
agreement is judged to be illegal or del contrato sobrevivir un supuesto donde una
unenforceable, the remainder shall continue in full clusula del contrato sea viciada legal o
force and the effect of the remainder of them will contractualmente. Esto no anula el contrato en su
not be deemed to be prejudiced (unless the totalidad.) (la separacin de intereses permite que
substantive purpose
una de las p
Severally and jointly liable

Responsable en forma mancomunada y solidaria

Severe duty
Operacin en condiciones fuertes
Sewage treatment system
Sistema de tratamiento de aguas negras
Sewage water discharge register of the Registro de descarga de aguas residuales (de la
department of agriculture, livestock and rural secretara de agricultura y recursos hidrulicos)
development
Sgs (societe generale de surveillance)
Sgs (societe generale de surveillance)
Sh (hydraulic supply)
Sh (suministro hidrulico)
Shackles
Grilletes
Shaft (a long cylindrical rotating rod upon which Flecha (mxico) / eje (pieza mecnica que transmite
are fixed the parts for the transmission of motive el movimiento de rotacin en una mquina. Nota: el
power in a machine; also, a separable portion of a eje en mxico se refiere al centerline que es el
line of shafting.)
lugar geomtrico de los puntos equidistantes de dos
rectas.)
Shaft bowl assembly
Shaft coupling journals
Shaft taper
Shaker screens
Shaker screens (D)
Shale
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Conjunto de la taza de la flecha


Muones de acoplamiento de la flecha
Ahusamiento de la flecha
Mallas para temblorinas
Mallas para temblorinas
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Shale shakers
Temblorinas
Shall (indicates that the description is mandatory Verbo+futuro (, n, etc.) [nota: en el proyecto
and must be followed.)
cantarell no se emplea la congugacin de deber
por decisin gerencial. Se argumenta que el deber
deja lugar a interpretacin, mientras que el futuro
simple no deja lugar a ambigedad.)
Shall be bid on a floor area basis
Se ofertarn con base en el rea de piso
Shall be certified by
Ser constatado por/ser certificado por
Shall note
Considerar
Shallow profiler (underwater surveying)
Perfilador somero
Shape factor coefficient (structures)
Coeficiente de perfil
Shar plate
Placa de contraste?
Share information on a authorized need-to-know Proporcionar informacin nicamente
basis
necesario y con la debida autorizacin
Shareholder
Accionista
Shareholders' meeting
Asamblea de accionistas
Sharp bend (of cable, etc.)
Curva cerrada
Sharp bend (tubing)
Curva cerrada (de tubera)
Sharp bend (tubing)
Curva cerrada (de tubera)
Sharp edges
Cantos vivos
Sharp edges
Cantos vivos
Sharp-eyed (reference to a good crane operator) Ojo de aguila, con

en

caso

Shatterproof glass
Cristal inastillable
Sheaf
Polea
Shear (cutting: originally = scissors. In later use Cizalla
commonly applied to scissors of large size, and to
other cutting instruments which similarly operate
by the simultaneous action of two blades on
opposite sides of the material to be cut.
Shear (stress: a kind of strain consisting in a Esfuerzo cortante (materiales: deformacin debida al
movement of planes of a body that are parallel to esfuerzo cortante; metal: esfuerzo cortante)
a particular plane in a direction parallel to a line in
that plane through distances proportional to their
distances from that plane.)
Shear force

Esfuerzo cortante / fuerza tangencial / resistencia al


corte / const esfuerzo cortante / mech eng fuerza de
cisin / fuerza de cizallamiento / fuerza de corte /
fuerza tangencial)

Shear strength
Sheath material

Esfuerzo cortante
Material de acorazamiento (para recipientes y
tanques)
Material de acorazamiento (para recipientes y
tanques)

Sheath material

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Sheave (a wheel having a groove in the Polea


circumference to receive a cord passing over it, a
pulley; esp. One of the pulleys connected in a
block.)
Shedding (structural: refers to reduction of loads Reduccin de carga
from platform)
Sheet pile / sheet piling (concrete-filled metal Tablestaca / tablestacado
sheets often used for coffer dams, piers, docks to
exclude water.)
Sheet piling (type of pile driving)
Shelf-type items (not custom made)
Shell
Shell and tube
Shell and tube (compressor)
Shell and tube heat exchanger

Pilotaje con placa


Artculos de catlogo / estndar
Envolvente, coraza
Tubo y coraza
Envoltura y haz de tubos
Intercambiador de calor de tubos y envolvente /
cambiador trmico de calandria (eurodicatom)
Shelves
Estantes (mxico) / repisas (colombia)
Shelving
Estantera
Shield (cabling: a sheet, screen, or braid of metal, Apantallamiento / blindaje (conductores elctricos)
usually copper, aluminum, or other conduction
material placed around or between electric circuits
or cables or their components, to contain any
unwanted radiation, or to keep out any unwanted
interferen
Shielded cable
Cable apantallado / blindado
Shielded cable
Cable apantallado
Shielding effects (reference to wave impact on Efecto de pantalla (clculo de carga de oleaje en
platform legs)
patas y conductores, etc.)
Shift handover (when one work shift is replaced by Cambio de turno
another)
Shims
Planchas de relleno / calza de relleno / lainas
Shipbuilder / ships owner
Armador
Shipping control numbers (scn)
Nmeros de control de embarques
Shipping lines (physical loading of oil/gas onto/off Lneas de embarque
of a ship)
Shipping lines (physical loading of oil/gas onto/off Lneas de embarque
of a ship)
Shipping manifest/bill of lading
Conocimiento de embarque
Shipping manifest/bill of lading
Conocimiento de embarque
Shipping manifests for hazardous goods and Manifiestos de mercanca peligrosa y plano de estiba,
stacking plan, solas 74, regulation viii, 5.3 marpol solas 74, regulacin viii, 5.3 marpol 73/78, anexo iii,
73/78, attachment iii, regulation 4
regulacin 4
Shipping terms
Condiciones de embarque
Shipping terms
Condiciones de embarque
Shock absorber
Amortiguador
Shock cells (on platform edge like bumpers for Celdas de choque
absorbing blows from vessels)
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Shock cells (on platform edge like bumpers for Celdas de choque
absorbing blows from vessels)
Shoe
Zapata
Shoe (D)
Zapata
Shoe covers (sanitary slip-ons for medical facility) Cubre zapatos
Shop-trial protocol
Short haul modem
Short list

Protocolos de pruebas en el taller


Mdem para corta distancia
Acortar la lista de licitadores; reducir la lista de
licitacores
Short listings
Listas finales
Short term implementation
Ejecucin a corto plazo
Shortcuts, no (safety)
Observe todos y cada uno de los pasos de los
procedimientos o mtodos indicados
Shot blasting (sand blasting)
Limpieza por chorro de perdign
Shot down drawings
Planos en pelcula fotogrfica
Should
(indicates that the
rule
is a Debe + verbo (cuidado! Hay poca instancias cuando
recommendation, the advisability of which se emplea esta forma de obligacin moral en un
depends on facts in each situation. Is not contrato.)
obligatory and therefore rarely used in contracts.)
Shoulder (hard shoulder of the road)
Acotamiento (mx) / orilla del camino
Shovel
Pala
Shrunk-on
Ajustado en caliente
Shut in tubing pressure (sitppressure which Presin de cierre de tubera
equals wellhead outflow pressure and thereby
stops flow)
Shut off
Shutdown
Shutdown (equipment, process, system)
Shutdown summary
Shut-off head (hyd.)
Si (velocity indicator)
Sic (velocity indicator control)
Sic (standard industrial classification)
Sic (standard industrial classification)
Side by side tankers
Side by side tankers
Side chair
Side lead angle
Side scan sonar
Side scan sonar
Side tracking
Side tracking tool
Sidetracking (D)
Sidetracking tool (D)
Sifr - serious injury frequency rate
Sifr - serious injury frequency rate
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Corte
Paro
Paro (mxico no se usa parada.)
Resumen de paros
Carga en pies al cierre
Si (indicador de velocidad)
Sic (control del indicador de velocidad)
Clasificacin industrial estndar
Clasificacin industrial estndar
Buques tanque acoderados
Buques tanque acoderados
Silla auxiliar
ngulo mximo lateral
Sonar de barrido lateral
Sonar de barrido lateral
Cambio de carril
Herramienta para desviar
Cambio de carril
Herramienta para desviar
ndice de frecuencia de lesiones serias
ndice de frecuencia de lesiones serias
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Sight glass
Sight glass
Sign off (authorization signature)
Sign on/off (computer use, usually on network)

Vidrio de nivel / tubo visual de indicador de nivel


Tubo visual de indicador de nivel
Dar el visto bueno
Inscribirse para iniciar y cerrar sesin

Sign up table
Signage schedule (time alloted to put up signs)

Mesa de registro de participantes


Plan de sealizacin

Signal rights (transmission)


Signatory (to a contract)
Signature analysis (elec. Circuits)
Signature authorities (power to sign for something)

Derechos de seal
Firmante / signatario (de un contrato)
Anlisis de signatura (circuitos)
Facultades de firma

Signature authority letter


Carta de facultad de firma
Signed, certified and sealed (i [notary's name] do Signo, firmo y rubrico (notario)
hereby certify[ ____], to which i do set my hand
and affix my seal [date])
Significant number

Nmero apreciable / cuantioso / considerable (no se


debe emplear significante)
Signing of and handover
Firma y entrega
Signing off and handover
Firma y entrega
Sign-off sheet
Hoja de firmas de aprobacin
Signs/signage
Sealamiento (mx.) Sealizacin
Signs/signage
Sealamiento (mx.)
Sil (safety integrity level)
Nivel de integridad de la seguridad industrial
Sil-brazed
Soldada con plata
Sil-brazed
Soldada con plata
Siliceous
Silceo
Silicon carbide
Carburo de silicio
Silicon killed
Depurado con silicona
Silicone carbide (used in floor tiles for anti-slip Carburo de silicona
characteristic)
Sill
Solera
Silt up, to (fill up with soil)
Azolvar / azolve (lodo o basura que obstruye un
conducto de agua.)
Simplex
Smplex
Since there remain concerns
Puesto que todava existen dudas
Single body (valves)
Cuerpo integral
Single conductor stranded copper wire
Alambre de cable unifilar trenzado de cobre
Single lift elevator (D)
Elevador sencillo
Single line drawings
Diagramas unifilares
Single of pipe (D)
Tramo de tubera de perforacin
Single point of contact (management relations)
Punto nico de contacto, persona de
Single point of contact (management relations)

Punto nico de contacto

Single pole double throw (spdt)

Conmutador doble carrera y


conmutador unipolar de dos vas

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Single pole double throw dry contact (spdt)

Contactos secos de doble carrera y polo sencillo

Single pole double throw dry contact (spdt)

Contactos secos de doble carrera y polo sencillo

Single source, to (activity)


Valerse de fuentes nicas
Single-conductor wire
Conductor unipolar
Singlelift elevator
Elevador sencillo
Single-lift modules
Mdulos de izaje sencillo
Single-responsibility orientation
Orientacin de responsabilidad nica
Sink
Vertedero
Sink with counter top
Lavabo con cubierta
Sink with counter top
Lavabo con meseta
Sink, heat (comp.)
Disipador de calor / sumidero de calor
Sinkhole
Sumidero / torca
Sinkhole
Sumidero, torca,
Sit (system integrity testa mechanical reliability Prueba de integridad del sistema
test. Not a usual abbreviation)
Site
Sitio
Site manager
Residente del sitio (cantarell) / gerente del sitio
Site superintendent
Superintendente de obra y sobrestantes
Six-slot four-leg platform
Plataforma tetrpoda y con capacidad instalada para
seis pozos
Size
Dimensiones
Size (separators)
Dimensiones
Size, to
Dimensionar / definicin de las dimensiones
Sizing
Dimensionamiento
Sizing equipment
Equipo de medicin dimensional
Skeletal steel/open structures
Estructuras abiertas o de vigas principales
Skeleton crew (minimal working crew)
Personal de guardia (mx.)
Skeleton crew days (minimal working crew)
Das de guardia (mx.)
Skeleton crew days (minimal working crew)
Das de guardia (mx.)
Sketch
Esbozo / croquis
Sketch
Esbozo
Skid (a base or foundation for equipment or Patn
groups of related equipment: e.g. Compressors,
meters, separators, etc. The skid is often just steel
beams without a floor or it may have partial floor
plating. It is used for ease of transport once
assembled. A
Skid beam
Patn de deslizamiento
Skid beam (a horizontal beam supporting a deck Patn de cubierta
on an oil or natural gas platform.)
Skid beam (a slotted girder over which derrick Viga carril / patn de deslizamiento
slides over well bays.)
Skid beam (for jacket loadout)
Base deslizante
Skid mounted separator
Separador de aceite y gas montado en patn
Skid rail jack
Gato para el patn de deslizamiento (mecanismo
auxiliar de los rieles del patn)
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Skidding onto a barge (loadout of equipment)


Arrastradas para ser montadas en una barcaza
Skidway base
Base de las vigas de deslizamiento
Skidway base
Base de las vigas de deslizamiento
Skim pile
Sumidero
Skim pile oil pumps
Bombas de trasiego de aceite
Skimmer (coalescer tanka vesssel for Desnatador
separating trace oils from effluent water or
injection water. The skim tank must be large
enough to permit entrained oil globules to rise to
the top of the water where it can be skimmed off.
Under favorable conditions
Skimmer (of a coalescer tank)
Desnatador, destilacin primaria
Skin friction
Friccin superficial
Skin friction and end bearing curves (foundations: Curvas de friccin superficial y del punto portante /
skin friction is the friction along the sides of the soporte final
pilings which provides resistance to the load and
therefore bearing capacity. end bearing is the
load bearing capacity of the end of a piling drive
Skirt
Skirt pile
Skirt pile guides
Sl (low pressure switch)
Sl (solvent)
Slab
Slab base table
Slabs cast on grade
Slacking off (D)
Sled base chair

Faldn
Pilote faldn
Guas de faldn de pilotes
Sl (interruptor de presin baja)
Sl (disolvente)
Plancha
Mesa de base de tablones
Losas coladas en pendiente
Asentar el peso
Silla de base integrada en forma de u horizontal ()

Sled base chair


Sleepers (on which pipeline rests)

Silla de base integrada


Durmientes (madero colocado horizontalmente y
sobre el cual se apoyan otros, horizontales o
verticales. 3. Amr. Por infl. Del ing. Britnico sleeper,
traviesa de la va frrea.)

Sleeve
Camisa, casquillo, manga
Sleeveless shirt
Playera sin manga (mxico)
Slew (cranes: rotation of the superstructure for Giro (de una gra)
movement of loads in a horizontal direction about
the axis of rotation.)
Slewing
Torcimiento
Sling
Estrobo
Sling (steel ropes spun together with a spliced eye Eslingas
in each end)
Sling storage room
Caseta de estrobos (tipo de cable para gras)
Slip (pipe-handling tool)
Cua (dispositivo para el manejo de tuberas)
Slip blind
Blindaje corredizo
Slip joint
Deslizar tramo
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Slip on flange
Slip resistance flooring
Slippage (schedule delay)

Brida de deslizamiento
Piso antiderrapante
Retraso / desfase (en dos procesos peridicos la
diferencia entre los valores que, en un momento
dado, tiene la respectiva fraccin de perodo.)

Slippage or overlapping: modification of a logic Desfase o traslape: modificacin de una relacin


relationship which defines a delay or advance in a lgica la cual determina un retraso o adelanto en la
successive activity.
actividad sucesora
Slips
Cuas
Slit lamp for eye examination (medical)
Lmpara de hendidura para exploracin de ojos
Slop
La interfase, agua aceitosa, slop
Slop oil pump
Bomba de crudo recuperado
Slop oil storage
Tanque acumulador de aceite recuperado
Slop oil tank (a vessel for retaining contaminated Tanque de aciete recuperado
oil or water until it can be properly disposed of.
Usually collects oil mixed with water.)
Slop oil tank (collects oil mixed with water)
Slope
Slope benching

Tanque de crudo recuperado


Declive
Gaviones (cestn relleno de tierra o piedra usado en
obras hidrulicas.)
Slope.)
Inclinacin (ngulo de pilotes o patas)
Slot (cut into material)
Ranura
Slot (on platforms refers to installed platform Capacidad instalada para ____ pozos (en cuanto a
capacity in the form of conductor guides in the plataformas)
jacket and well bays on deck. Actual wells will be
installed later, e.g. 18-slot platform will have 18
wells.)
Slot coils (generator stator)
Bobinas en las ranuras (del devanado)
Slotted
Ranurado
Slowdown valves (flow velocity reduction)
Vlvulas de disminucin de flujo
Slug catcher (an arrangement of piping at a gas Trampa de lquidos slug catcher (de gasoducto) /
pipeline terminal made to intercept a slug of liquid separador de condensados
in the pipeline and separate it out of the gas
stream. In gas lines from offshore wells, petoleum
liquids (condensate) accumulate by dropping out
or conde
Slugging (liquid accumulation [water, oil or Acumulacin de lquidos
condensate] in a line. In low-pressure-lines, the
liquid will gather at a low place in the line and
restrict the passage of gas until enough gas
pressure has accumulated to blow through the
liquid. In a high-p
Slugging pit (D)

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Small production area (the geographic area rea de pequea produccin (rea geogrfica
delimited by cre where one same small production delimitada por la cre en donde un mismo
permit holder may generate electric energy up to a permisionario de pequea produccin puede generar
maximum of 30 mw under several small energa elctrica hasta por un mximo de 30 mw al
production permits.)
amparo de diversos permisos de pequea
produccin.)
Smart
inteligente/instrumentado
Smart pig (instrumented internal inspection device Diablo inteligente
for specially constructed pipelines. Smart pigs
can, by passing through a section of the line,
detecdt erosion, pitted areas, out-of-round spots,
incipiente cracks, and leaching. The instumented
pig is pu
Smaw (shielded metal arc welding)
Smoke developed rating
Smoke, fumes and vapors
Smooth (free of problems)
Smooth radius formed inlet cones
smoothing cones)
Sms sub-master station
Smu supplier markup
Sn (pneumatic supply)
Snag-free (furniture)

Soldeo por arco con electrodo revestido


Clasificacin de produccin de humo
Humos y vapores
Sin contratiempos
(airflow Conos de entrada formados con un radio liso (para
eliminar tubulencias en el flujo del gas)
Sms
Utilidad del proveedorf
Sn (suministro neumtico)
Sin protuberancias que atascan / que no causa
jalones ni rasgaduras (mxico)
Snapshot (of a process simulation scenario)
Imagen instantnea
Snips
Tijeras
Snub (to check running line)
Parada sbita en el viaje de la tubera (snubbing)
Snubber (of a pressure transmitter)
Amortiguador de presin
Snubber (of a pressure transmitter)
Amortiguador de presin
Snubbing (place pipes and tools inside well Trabajos de snubbing (colocar tubera y
usually with a complex system of hydraulic herramientas en un pozo al sobrevenir la presin con
cylinders, slips and rams which forces the pipe el peso de los mismos)
and tools by a blowout preventer or a stripper
head until the effect of the pressure of lifting the
pipes is overcome by
Snuffer
Extinguidor, corta flamas
Snuffing (flame)
Extincin de la llama
So swears (at end of document)
Bajo protesta de decir verdad
So that we may be in a position to exercise our Para estar en posibilidad legal y procesal de hacer
rightslegal and procedural
valer nuestros derechos
Social security factor (for costs calculations)
Fss (factor de seguro social)
Socket
Enchufe
Socket (joint)
Campana

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Socket weld (a fillet weld around a sleeve or Soldadura de filete de campana / con casquillo
socket placed around smaller piping. Inferior to a
butt weld, not used for structural welding. Socket
welding ends are propared by boring in each end
of the valve a socket with an inside diameter just
slight
Socket-head cap screw
Sockolets
Soft calcareous clays
Soft fail-over / fail soft

Prisionero de cabeza hueca


Unin de enchufe a acople
Arcillas calcreas de consistencia blanda
Falla activa compensada (falla activa que el sistema
puede compensar. Falla que permite el control
manual sin peligro de dao)

Softkey / soft keys (computer function)

Teclado blando (teclado de funcin programable)

Soft-touch panel (keyboard)


Software

Tablero activado por tacto suave


Software (el uso del ingls software es de uso ms
comn en vez de programas de informtica /
computacin)

Software overhead
Carga del software en el sistema operativo
Software overhead (consumption of system Carga del software en el sistema operativo
resources for operation of software itself, aside
from software functioning, processing, etc.)
Softwood (wood which is relatively soft or easily Madera de conferas
cut; esp. Coniferous trees or their timber.)
Soil angle friction
ngulo de friccin del suelo
Soil angle friction
ngulo de friccin del suelo
Soil data
Data de suelos
Soil senescence (senescence: the process or Envejecimiento del suelo
condition of growing old.)
Solar cells
Celdas solares
Solder (a fusible metallic alloy used for uniting Estaosoldeo
metal surfaces or parts. Various kinds are
distinguished by specific names, as hard, soft (a
common kind of solder, usually made from tin and
lead.), White, copper, gold, silver, pewterers,
plumbers sold
Soldering
Estaosoldeo
Sole sourcing (procurement)
Suministro por proveedor nico
Sole window
Ventanilla nica
Solicit bids, to
Convocar la licitacin
Solver
El solucionador lgico (el cual es el plc)
Sound material, until reaching (of a weld with a Material sano, hasta llegar a
fissure-sp original)
Sound pads
Amortiguadores acsticos / bafles acsticos
Soundness (equipment, construction)
Integridad

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Sour crude oil (oil containing hydrogen sulfide or Aceite amargo


another acid gas)
Sour crude oil (oil containing hydrogen sulfide or Aceite amargo (oil containing hydrogen sulfide or
another acid gas)
another acid gas.)
Sour gas (gas containing an appreciable quantity Gas amargo/cido (gas containing an appreciable
of hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans.)
quantity of hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans.)
Sour gas (gas containing an appreciable quantity Gas amargo (con sulfato de hidrgeno)
of hydrogen sulfide h2s and/or mercaptans.)
Sour gas stripper
Torre agotadora de gas amargo
Sour gasoline
Gasolina amarga
Sour water booster pump
Bomba reforzadora de agua amarga
Sour water pump
Bomba de agua amarga
Sour water strainer
Colador de agua amarga
Sour water stripper (the water separated in the Agotador de agua amarga
coalescer, is pumped through basket strainer, to
the top of the sour water stripper where the water
flows down and is countercurrently mixed with low
pressure fuel gas across a randomly packed bed.
The str
Sour water stripper prefilter
Source inspection
Source of funds
Southern pine
Space heater
Space heater
Spacing
Spall

Prefiltro del agotador de agua amarga


Inspeccin en el punto de origen
Orgen de fondos
Pino pantano (pinus echinata)
Calentador ambiental
Calentador ambiental
Separacin
Rejn (barra de hierro cortante que remata en punta.)

Spall
Spalling
Spalling hammer

Rejn,
Exfoliacin
Dolobre (pico para labrar piedras.) / almdana (mazo
de hierro con mango largo, para romper piedras.)

Spalling hammer
Span

Dolobre, almdana
Tramo en suspensin, tramo punteado (claro libre)

Span (elec/comp.)
Intervalo
Spare (equipment)
Reserva, de
Spare (equipment)
Reserva,
Spare and replacement parts
Refacciones y reemplazos
Spare parts (industrial parts that are machined by Refacciones (mx.)
mill, lathe, etc.)
Spare parts (non-machined like electronics, Repuestos
computer, such as chips etc.)
Spare parts allowance
Dotacin de refacciones / repuestos

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Spare...(entire piece of equipment like a De repuesto, (generador)


generator)
Spare...(specific part like a bolt)
De repuesto, (perno)
Spark free/antispark
Antichispas
Spark free/antispark
Antichispas
Spdt single pole double throw
Spdt
Speakers (for amplified sound transmission)
Bocinas (mxico)
Spear
Lanza
Specification
Especificacin
Specification break (end points of the pipeline Corte en la especificacin
system. Typical specification break points are a
subsea manifold, topside pig receiver, emergency
shut down valve, first valve on a permanently
moored tanker or topsides and the pipeline
connection device f
Specifications

Memoria descriptiva (no es de uso comn para


especificaciones)
Spectacle blinds
Figura 8
Speed droop
Fluctuacin de la velocidad
Speed droop
Fluctuacin de la velocidad
Speed increaser gearbox
Caja incrementadora de velocidad
Speeder
Reductor de velocidad / velocireductor
Speeder plug
Tapn reductor de velocidad
Speeder rod
Varilla reductora de velocidad
Speeder spring
Resorte reductor de velocidad
Speedup (computer)
Aceleracin
Sper (gas/smoke detectors)
Sper (sensor detector de gas y humo)
Spider insert (placed in coupling between drive Disco araa de insercin
and driven equipment shafts. Designed to break to
prevent greater damage.)
Spin-collar (air duct take off)
Unin de collar bridado giratorio
Spin-collar (air duct take off)
Collar bridado de giro para unin
Spin-ins (air-tight branch connection to main Derivacin ramal hermtica
supplier air duct, branch connection furnishes air
to diffuser)
Spin-ins (air-tight branch connection to main Derivacin ramal hermtica
supplier air duct, branch connection furnishes air
to diffuser)
Spinning wrench
Spiral bevel gears (right-angle gear pump driver)

Llave giradora
Engranes cnicos helicoidales

Spiral wound gasket


Empaque enrollado en espiral
Spiral-wound metal tape
Cinta metlica engargolada en forma helicoidal
Spirometry (instrument for measuring volume of Espirometra (medicin de la capacidad respiratoria
air in lungs)
de los pulmones.)
Spl single point load
Carga por un solo punto
Splash lubrication
Lubricacin por salpique

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Splash zone (area of platform jacket affected by Zona de oleaje


splashing of waves)
Splashproof
Protegido contra salpicaduras
Splice
Empalme, junta
Splice (re-bar)
Empalme
Split pin (shaft)
Chaveta hendida
Split range
Rango dividido
Split range control
Control de rango dividido
Split sleeve
Camisa partida
Split tee (fitting for hot tapping)
Cople en t bipartido
Spm (single point mooring)
Amarre de un punto nico
Spmc (senior project management committee)
Comit principal de administracin del proyecto
Sponsor
Spool

Entidad reguladora
Tambor, carrete; cuello (bridas); enrollar, devanar
(verbo)
Spool (pipe)
Carrete
Spool (piping)
Tramo de tubera prefabricada
Spool (simultaneous peripheral operations online) Realizar operaciones perifricas (spool) / transferir
the overlapping of low-speed operations with informacin a la memoria intermedia (spool)
normal processing. It originated with mainframes
in order to optimize slow operations such as
reading cards and printing. Card input was read
onto disk and p
Spot-check inspection
Inspeccin al azar
Sppinning wrench
Llave roladora
Spray nozzle
Boquilla de rociado, aspersor
Spray transfer mode of metal deposition (gas El mtodo de transferencia por aspersin para
metal arc welding)
depositar metal
Spread
Conjunto, grupo, arreglo
Spread (work)
Conjunto de trabajo
Spread / work-spread (a contractors men and Conjunto / frente de trabajo
equipment assembled to do a major construdction
job.)
Spread party chief
Spreader bars (for lifting)
Spring dowel
Spring plate
Spring wound clock
Spring-loaded control valve
Spring-loaded flyweights
Sprinkler
Sprinkler(firewater systems)
Sprinkler, spraying
Sptd-single pole double throw
Spud (toilet bowel to tank connection)

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Jefe del conjunto / frente de trabajo


Barras de distribucin de la carga / balancn
Clavija accionada por resorte
Base del resorte
Reloj de resorte, reloj accionado por resorte
Vlvula de control de resorte cargado
Contrapesos con resortes cargados
Aspersor
Rociador, ( esprea )
Aspersin
Spdt
Conexin macho al tanque (de la taza de excusado)

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Spur gears
Spurious trip
Sq or psq (project quality control dept.)

Engranaje de dientes rectos


Viaje injustificado/infundado
Departamento de control de calidad del proyecto

Sq/ or psq (project quality control dept.)

Departamento de control de calidad del proyecto

Squeegee
Squeegee
Squeeze packer
Squelch (radio communications)
Squirrel cage induction motor
Ss (velocity switch)
Ss (stainless steel)
Ss (stainless steel)
Sssv - subsurface safety valve
Sssv - subsurface safety valve
Sssv sub-surface safety valve
Ssv - surface safety valve
Ssv - surface safety valve
Ssv surface safety valve
St (smart transmitter)
Stabber (D)
Stabbing board (D)
Stabbing cones
Stabbing cones (electrical)
Stabbing guide (for platform bumpers)

Escurridor
Escurridor
Empaque de inyeccin a presin
Supresin de ruido
Motor de induccin de jaula de ardilla
Ss (interruptor de velocidad)
Acero inoxidable
Acero inoxidable
Vlvula subsuperficial de seguridad - vsss
Vlvula de seguridad subsuperficie- vsss
Vs (vlvula de seguridad) submarina
Vss vlvula superficial de seguridad
Vss - vlvula de seguridad de superficie
Vs (vlvula de seguridad) en la superficie
Transmisor inteligente
Chango para T.R
Media Changuera
Cono de enchufe
Cono de enchufe
Pistola (jerga por gua de conexin de una defensa
de plataforma)
Stabbing guide (funnel shapped opening at the Gua de acoplamiento
piling end which will receive the stabbing cone for
deck placement.)
Stabbing guides
Stabbing the hammer (pile driver)
Stabilazer balde
Stabilization (of crude)
Stabilizer blade
Stacking
Stacking
Staffing
Staffing
Staffing plan
Staging (v.)
Staging area
Stainless carbon fluoroelastomer

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Guas del enchufe


Conexin del martillo
Aleta estabilizadora
Estabilizacin (condicin estable del crudo a 1
atmsfera y 25 c)
Aleta de estabilizador
Apilar / ensamble
Ensamble
Asignacin de personal
Dotacin de personal administrativo
Plan de personal
Concentracin de medios (o personal)
rea de concentracin de medios / rea para la
movilizacin de materiales (antes del transporte)
Fluoroelastmero de carbn inoxidable

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Stairs (fixed, gradually ascending, as opposed to a Escalera (serie de escalones que sirven para subir a
ladder which is usually mobile and often is vertical los pisos de un edificio o a un plano ms elevado, o
requiring use of hands to directly ascend)
para bajar de ellos.)
Stairway / stairwell
Stamp (swage stamp, e.g. Astm)
Stampage
Stand
Stand
Stand pipe
Standard
Standard (rule or regulation)

Caja de escaleras
Suaje (estampado del molino, fabricante o sociedad
de certificacin)
Madera en pie
Lingada
Lingada
Tubera vertical
Estndar (nicamente para decir tipo normal)
Norma (regla que se debe seguir o a que se deben
ajustar las conductas, tareas, actividades, etc. 3. Der.
Precepto jurdico.)

Standard (the usual practice or thing)

Estndar / referencia, de / tipo (adj. Dcese de lo que


sirve como tipo, modelo, norma, patrn o referencia.
. Slo en sing.)

Standard abbreviation
Standard cover sheet
Standard document number (sdninfoworks)
Standard fuel
Standard methods
Standards (api, nema, etc.)

Abreviatura reglamentaria
Hoja de presentacin tipo (mxico)
Nmero estndar de documento (sdn)
Combustible tipo
Mtodos establecidos
No se traduce las siglas de las normas
estadounidenses de uso internacional. (api, nema,
etc.)

Standards, api, nema, etc.

No se traduce los nombres de las


internacionales escritas en el idioma ingls
Standby
Reserva
Stand-by (time)
Tiempo de arrastre (mx.)
Standby personnel
Personal contingente
Stand-by plant
Planta de reserva
Standing rope/line (pendant) (cranes: a supporting Cable de retencin / arraigada
rope that maintains a constant distance between
the points of attachment to the components
connected by the rope.)

normas

Standing wave

Onda estacionaria (radio: 1. Estado existente cuando


dos ondas progresivas, una incidente y otra reflejada,
se propagan en sentidos opuestos por un conductor,
una gua de ondas, o el espacio, dando por resultado
una districucin estacionaria de los puntos

Stands of pipe
Stand-up (an element, component)
Starpac intelligent gas lift valve control system

Lingada de perforacin
Puesta en pie
Sistema starpac de control inteligente de vlvula de
gas de bombeo neumtico
Tanque receptor del gas de arranque

Start gas receiver

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Start to finish: predecessor activity must start Relacin lgica: dependencia entre dos actividades
before subsequent activity may finish.
de un proyecto, o entre una actividad y un evento.
Los cuatro tipos de relaciones lgicas son:
Start up / starting / launching
Starter
Starter motor
Starting
Startup sequence
Starve ( crude oil to pumps)
Starve (to limit fuel to a motor or pump)
State medical care facilities
State of the art technology
State of the art/cutting edge technology

Arranque / puesta en marcha


Arrancador
Marcha, la (mxico)
En arranque
Secuencia de arranque
Cortar el suministro de crudo ( a las bombas)
Cortar el suministro ( a un motor o una bomba)
Establecimientos mdico asistenciales
Tecnologa de avanzada
Tecnologa de punta / de vanguardia / de avanzada

Static tip-over analysis (structural analysis)


Stationary battery closure, 24vdc
Stationary battery distribution panel, 24vdc

Anlisis esttico de volteo


Encabinado estacionario de batera de 24 vcd
Tablero estacionario de distribucin de la batera de
24 vcd.
Devanador estatrico, enrollado de turbina
Informe de estado de avance
Compilacin del estado de avance (del programa)

Stator winding
Status report (vis--vis schedule)
Status roll-up (schedule)
Statused (status in past tense)
Statutory, civil or common law liability

Categorizado
Responsabilidad conforme al derecho estatutario,
civil o consuetudinario
Statutory, civil or common law liability
Responsabilidad conforme al derecho estatutario,
civil o consuetudinario
Stay (platform stay i.e. Time on board)
Permanencia / estancia
Stc (sound transmission coefficient)
Coeficiente de transmisin del sonido
Steady
Continuo
Steady drive
Condiciones constantes de accionamiento
Steady state operating conditions
Condicin de operacin en un estado invariable
Steady-state
De operacin constante y estable
Steam recuperation compressor skid
Patn de compresor de recuperacin de vapor
Steel brush
Cepillo de acero
Steering system
Sistema de navegacin
Stem (out)
Vstago (saliente)
Stem casters (pivoting rollers for furniture)
Ruedas pivotantes de vstago
Step ladder
Escalera de paso
Step timer
Cronometro escalonado
Stepping the wave through the structure (for Pasar la ola por la estructura de posicin en posicin
structural modeling: utilizing different wave
positions along the structure)
Stepwise changes
Cambios por ajustes sucesivos
Stick up length (part of last pile that sticks up Longitud saliente
through jacket leg after driving)

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Stick up length (pile section deformed de driving Longitud sacrificable


and is cut off by torch)
Stick-up length (pile driving)
Extremo saliente
Stiffened or crimped steel plate
Placa de acero atiesada o troquelada con pliegue
Stiffened or crimped steel plate
Placa de acero atiesada
Stiffener
Atiesador
Stilbene (a colorless or yellowish crystalline Estilbeno
compound c14h12, used in the manufacture of
dyes and optical bleaches and as a phosphor)
Still (an apparatus for distillation, consisting Torre de destilacin
essentially of a close vessel (alembic, retort,
boiler) in which the substance to be distilled is
subjected to the action of heat, and of
arrangements for the condensation of the vapour
produced. Also appli
Stimulants or depressants (enervants is the Enervantes
medically correct term but not widely understood
or used outside of medical field.)
Stinger (a long structure attached to the stern of a Plataforma en barcaza para el tendido de tubera
pipe-laying barge which supports the pipe as it
enters the water and prevents it from buckling.)
Stock(item commercially available, not by De catlogo
custom order)
Stoicheiology (physics: the science of elements.) Estequiologa
Stoicheiometry (chem. The process or art of Estequiomtrica (qumica: relacin numrica entre
calculating or determining the equivalent and las masas de los elementos que forman una
atomic weights of the elements participating in any sustancia y las proporciones en que se combinan los
chemical reaction; the science of estimating elementos o compuestos en una reaccin qumica.)
chemical elements; the branch of science
concerned with the determin
Stokes wave theory (stream function theory a Teora de olas de stokes
mathematical function of position defined so that
lines along which it has a constant value are the
streamlines of a flow or the lines of force of a
field.)
Ston (short tons:1 ston = 2,000 pounds = 0.907 Toneladas cortas
ton)
Stop (safety training observation program)
Programa de observacin de la capacitacin en la
seguridad industrial
Stop bit
Bit de detenida
Stopping
En parada
Storage
Almacenamiento ( no almacenaje que, por lo
general, es el derecho que se paga por
almacenamiento)
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Storage site
Store (computer)
Store above ground on pallets

Local de guardia (mx.)


Almacenar
No sern almacenados en el suelo sino arriba sobre
tarimas
Stored on an exception basis
Almacenados por excepcin
Storm aftermath
Estragos de la tormenta
Storm surge
Ola ciclnica
Storm valve (on ships an opening below the Vlvula de mal tiempo (boca o agujero por donde se
gunwale to empty storm waters or deck wash)
vaca las aguas pluviales. Buques imbornales: en los
buques, un registro ubicado por debajo de los
trancaniles para vaciar agua de la cubierta)
Straighten up (D)
Acomodar
Strain
Deformacin/forzar
Strainer
Colador / tamiz
Strainer
Colador, tamiz
Stranded conductor (a conductor composed of a Conductor trenzado
group of wires usually twisted, or of any
combination of such groups of wires.)
Strapping

Zunchamiento (zuncho: 1. Abrazadera de hierro, o de


cualquier otra materia resistente, que sirve, bien para
fortalecer las cosas que requieren gran resistencia,
bien para el paso y sostenimiento de algn palo,
mastelero, botaln, etc. 2. Refuerzo metlico

Strapping
Strapping
Straps (316ss)

Zunchamiento
Fleje
Cinta metlica
(de acero inoxidable 316 para
aislamiento)
Stratified
Estratificado
Stratigraphic
Estratigrfico
Stratum (a bed of sedimentary rock, usually Estrato / capa / lecho
consisting of a series of layers or lamin of the
same kind, representing continuous periods of
deposition. The precise application of the term has
varied, some geologists having used it as
equivalent to la
Stray current
Corriente parsita
Stream
Corriente
Stream function wave theory
Teora de la funcin de corriente en olas
Streaming tape cartridge (computer: a high-speed Casete de cinta en continuo
magnetic tape drive that is frequently used to
make a backup copy of an entire hard disk.)
Streamline
Streamlined (structural design)
Street elbow
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Simplificar / racionalizar / agilizar / volver ms


eficiente / eficientar (expresin incorrecta.)
Simplificacin (del diseo)
Codo macho y hembra
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Strength level ground motions


Movimientos ssmicos
Strength reserve factors (rsr)
Factores de reserva de resistencia
Strengthen guarantees
Ampliar / robustecer las garantas
Stress grade (wood in psi: the grading of timber Clasificacin de madera segn la resistencia de
according to its strength, as estimated from the esfuerzos
number and distribution of knots and other visible
defects.)
Stress relief (metallurgy: the reduction of residual Relevado de esfuerzos
stress in a material by thermal treatment.)
Stressed-skin prefab panels (used for aeronautical Fabricacin de forro resistente / revestimiento de
fabrication or for prefab modules. stressed trabajo (los paneles estn formados por dos caras
refers to load or stress transmitted through panel generalmente de contrachapado que van pegadas a
to supporting structure.)
un bastidor en el que se encuentra una pequea
estructura. Este tipo de estructura acta como
elemento ais
Stress-reducing weld reinforcements

Refuerzos para reducir esfuerzos en las soldaduras

Strict compliance
Cumplimiento riguroso
Strict liability (liability for any and all hazardous Responsabilidad
objetiva/
products which unduly threaten consumers responsabilidad no culposa
personal safety. That which poses an inherent risk
in all dangerous materials regardless of
precautions taken)

inexcusable

Strict liability rule


Norma de responsabilidad inexcusable
Strict time limit
Plazo perentorio
Strictly follow agreement
Ceirse a pie de la letra del acuerdo
Strictly prohibited
Terminantemente prohibido
Striking pin
Pasador percutor (interruptor) (de un regulador)
String lay down platform
Mesa de estrobos
String lay-down platform
Mesa de tendido de la sarta de tubera
String test (pump & driver connected)
Prueba del tren/paquete
String type gasket
Empaques tipo cordel
Stringent standards, the most
Exigentes / estrctas normas, las ms
Stringer (a horizontal member connecting uprights Larguero (cada uno de los dos palos o barrotes que
in a framework, supporting a floor, supporting or se ponen a lo largo de una obra de carpintera, ya
tying together a bridge, or the like; a tie or tie- sea unidos con los dems de la pieza, ya separados;
beam.)
como los de las camas, ventanas, bastidores, etc.) /
durmiente longitudinal
Stripped (stripped of the lighter ends in a stripper Despojado
column, or in the gas of sour water stripper, water
containing h2s is stripped of the gas)
Stripped down (machine)
Stripper gas
Stripper tower
Stripper, sour water
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Desmontado/seccionado
Gas de agotamiento
Torre agotadora
Agotador de agua amarga
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Structural adequacy

Capacidad estructural adecuada (no adecuacin)

Structural baseplate
Placa de base estructural; patn
Structural competence (the ability of the machine Capacidad estructural
and its components to withstand the stresses
imposed by applied rated loads.)
Stub in (to attach a line (usually of smaller Saliente, una (del alcantarillado)
diameter) to an existing line, manifold, or vessel
and make the connection by cutting a hole in the
existing installation and welding on a nipple or
other fitting.)
Stub up, a (of a storm drain system)
Stud
Stud (wall hanging support)
Stuffing box
Styrofoam
Subassembly
Sub-cellar deck (not a complete deck)
Sub-cellar deck firefighting package
Sub-grade crude
Submarine tar seepage (water)
Submersible pump
Submittal

Saliente, una (del alcantarillado)


Esprrago
Pie derecho (construccin) / poste
Caja de estoperos (mex) estopera
Espuma de estireno / unicel (mxico) / icopor
(colombia)
Subensamblaje, subensamble
Subnivel
Paquete contra incendio del subnivel
Nafta de desplante (mx.)
Chapopotera (mx.)
Bomba de inmersin
Propuesta, documentos presentados (no emisin)

Submittals
Entrega de documentos
Subparagraph x.y.z (a point under a heading)
Inciso x.y.z
Subrogation (1. Substitution. 2. Law. The Subrogacin (subrogar: sustituir o poner una persona
substitution of one party for another as a creditor; o cosa en lugar de otra.)
the process by which a person who pays a debt
for which another is liable succeeds to the rights of
the creditor to whom he pays it; the right of such
successio
Subscapular fold (ergonomics: situated below, or Pliegue subescapular
on the under surface of, the scapula.)
Subscriber (radio communications)
Usuario
Subsea
Submarina
Subsection (of a document)
Fraccin
Subsidence (geol. A gradual lowering or settling Hundimiento
down of a portion of the earth due to dynamic
causes, mining operations, or the like.)
Subsoil (the stratum of soil lying immediately Subsuelo
under the surface soil.)
Substandard acts
Acciones por debajo de la norma
Substantial progress
Avance considerable

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Substrate (construction term for any underlying Material de apoyo


material to be attached to or for resting on)
Substrates
Base de piso
Subtier / lower tier contractors
Contratistas de un estrato menor
Successful bidder
Adjudicatario / licitante ganador
Sudden & accidental pollution (120 hours Contaminacin sbita y accidental (informe de 120
reporting)
horas)
Suitability
Idoneidad
Suite (on a living quarters platforms)
Conjuntos de recmara y bao
Suite (software packages)
Paquetera
Suits or legal proceedings instituted against the Litigios o procesos iniciados en contra de la
company
compaa
Sulfur chloride
Cloruro de azufre
Summary
Resumen
Summary count (personnel planning term)
Cmputo resumido / recuento resumido
Summary schedule
Programa resumen calendarizado
Summary temperature alarm
Alarma de lectura resumida de temperaturas
Summary to follow (when its not there)
Se incluir el resumen posteriormente
Summation (math)
Suma / sumatoria
Summons (court order)
Requerimiento (1. M. Accin y efecto de requerir.
[ Intimar, avisar o hacer saber una cosa con
autoridad pblica.]
Sump
Colector
Sump (on a platform)
Crcamo (a veces fosa)
Sump (on land drainage)
Colector (no sumidero)
Supplementary act (blacks, that which supplies a Ley extraordinaria
deficiency, adds to or completes, or extends that
which is already in existence without changing or
modifying the original. Act designed to improve an
existing statute by adding something thereto
without c
Supplementary works
Supplied
Supplier
Supplier deviation disposition request (sddr)

Trabajos extraordinarios
Proporcionado
Proveedor
Solicitud de decisin por desviacin del proveedor

Supplier quality surveillance plan

Plan de inspeccin de control de calidad del


proveedor
Alimentacin de potencia elctrica
Embarcacin de abastecimiento
Apoyo
Soporte
Documentacin de soporte
Placa de soporte
Sustentado

Supply (electricity)
Supply vessel
Support (organization, human resources)
Support (physical)
Support documentation
Support pad
Supported (by documentation)

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Supported
by
(information,
documents: Documentos sern justificados / sustentados por
assessments shall be supported by records)
Supporting document
Documento justificativo
Supporting documentation
Documentacin comprobatoria
Supporting materials/data (documentation)
Documentacin
Surcharges and legal and pacted or discretionary Recargos y prestaciones legales y extra legales
benefits
Surf (the internet)
Navegar
Surface burning resistance (ceiling tiles)
Resistencia al quemado de la superficie
Surge
Sobrecarga/sobretensin/sobrepresin
Surge (compressor pressure)
Surge
Surge (compressor pressure)
Pulsacin en la presin
Surge (electricity: a sudden or violent oscillation of Sobretensin transitoria
electric current.)
Surge (increase in liquids)
Surgencia / pulsacin / compensacin
Surge (speed)
Aumento sbito de velocidad
Surge (sudden acceleration of a motor)
Aumento sbito de velocidad
Surge (vessel)
Compensacin
Surge drum
Tanque de balance
Surge drum (a chamber (often open to the air) Tanque de balance
connected by a t-junction to a pipe so as to absorb
surges of pressure by filling and drops in pressure
by emptying.)
Surge line, anti (compressor pressure)

Lnea anti-surge / lnea de recirculacin del sistema


contra pulsaciones de presin
Surge line, anti (compressor pressure)
Lnea de recirculacin del sistema contra pulsaciones
de presin
Surge protection (elec.: A device that employs Proteccin
contra
sobretensiones
transitorias
some method of surge suppression to protect (sobrevoltaje implica overload)
electronic equipment from excessive voltage
(spikes and power surges) in the power line.)
Surge tank
Surge tank of surge system (liquids)

Servidor de barita
Tanque de balance del sistema de compensacin

Surge theory (storms at sea)


Teora de oleaje ciclnico
Surge, anti (compressor pressure)
Sistema contra pulsaciones de presin
Surtaxes
Impuestos complementarios
Surveillance, inspection (procurement term for Inspeccin de control
general rather than specific inspection)
Survey
Levantamiento topogrfico / levantamiento
Survey grid
Cuadrcula del levantamiento
Surveyor
Arqueador, topgrafo, supervisor
Survival craft
Embarcacin de supervivencia
Suspended ceiling
Falso plafn (mxico)
Suspended lay in ceiling panel system
Sistema de falso plafn de tejas encajadas
Suspension shall be voided
La suspensin quedar sin efecto
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Svcs (abbr. For services)


Swabbing pig
Swabbing the hole
Swc (surge withstand capacity)

Servicios
Diablo achicador / diablo pistn
Sondeando el pozo
Capacidad de resistir sobretensiones transitorias

Sweepolet
Unin de solapa
Sweet gas
Gas dulce
Sweetening
Endulzar (eliminar cido sulfhdrico del gas)
Sweetening plant
Endulzadora
Swell (the rising or heaving of the sea or other Mar de fondo / mar de leva / oleaje / marejada
body of water in a succession of long rolling
waves, as after a storm; concr. Such a wave, or,
more usually, such waves collectively. Also spec.
In meteorol. And oceanogr., Wave movement
persisting after th
Swell abatement (ocean)
Swell, to (oceanogr.)
Swing (of a crane boom)

Reduccin de oleaje
Embravecerse (el mar)
Giro (la pluma gira alrededor de su pedestal rotatorio)

Swing bearing (crane)


Swing rope

Conjinete de rotacin de la pluma


Liana (trmino no recomendable pero utilizado por la
tarzanera)
Switch box
Caja de interruptores
Switch rack
Bastidor de los interruptores
Switch, limit (cranes: a device that is actuated by Dispositivo de lmite
the motion of a part of a power-driven machine or
equipment to alter or disconnect the electric,
hydraulic, or pneumatic circuit associated with the
machine or equipment.)
Switch, to
Conmutar
Switchgear
Interruptor de distribucin
Swivel
Pivote
Swivel joint
Unin giratoria
Swl (safe working load)
Carga segura de trabajo
Sworn affidavit declaring that none of the Declaracin por escrito bajo protesta de decir verdad,
regulatory assumptions set forth in article 41 apply de no encontrarse en alguno de los supuestos
to it
sealados en el artculo 41
Symbology
Synchronizer motor
Synchronous-salient pole type generator
Synchronous-salient pole type generator
Synchrony loss
System flush
System integrity module (sim) (comp.)
T (temperature)

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Nomenclatura
Motor sincronizador
Generador elctrico del tipo sincrnico de polo
saliente
Generador elctrico del tipo sincrnico de polo
saliente
Prdida de sincrona
Lavado del sistema
Mdulo de integridad del sistema (sim)
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T&g (tongue and groovemethod of fitting boards Machihembrado


together end into end)
T. P. - power turbine (taken from spanish)
Turbina de potencia
T.o.c. (top of concrete, same as b.o.s. bottom of Nivel superior del concreto
steel)
T.o.p. (top of pipe)
Punto culminante del ducto
T.o.s. (top of steel-max height of structure not Nivel superior de acero (n.s.a.)
counting secondary structures)
T/c (thermocouple)
Termopar
T/t (tangent to tangentfor vessel measurement) Tangente a tangente (que se mide de costura a
costura de la soldadura cilndrica sin incluir las tapas
torriesfricas en los extremos, en su caso).
T-1 (communications line)
Table of clearances
Table of contents

Table of contents
Tabulate bids
Tabulated data
Tackle box
Tactile feedback (keys in a keyboard)
Tag (equipment)

Canal portador t-1 (de 1.544 megabitios que pueda


manejar 24 canales de voz y de datos)
Tabla de tolerancias /holguras
ndice (lista del contenido que aparece al comienzo
de un documento, libro, etc. En ingls, se usa la
palabra index nicamente para indicar una lista de
trminos en orden alfabtico, tpicamente incluida al
final de un documento o libro.)
ndice
Preparar el cuadro de cotizaciones
Datos, informacin tabulados
Caja de pescador
Retorno tctil
Clave de identificacin (no es necesariamente una
etiqueta fsica aunque la placa (tag) s lleva la clave)

Tag no. (equipment number not necessarily an Clave de identificacin


actual tag or plate)
Tag no. (equipment) (equipment number not Clave de identificacin (no es necesariamente una
necessarily an actual tag or plate)
etiqueta fsica aunque la placa (tag) s lleva la clave
de identificacin)
Tag out (tags/signs are placed to prohibit access Sealizacin para inhabilitacin de equipo
to equipment during maintenance)
Tag up (D)
Abatimiento de peso
Tagging
Etiquetar
Tah (high temperature alarm)
Tah (alarma de temperatura alta)
Tailgate meeting
Junta imprevista
Tailings dam
Presa de jales (mxico) / presa para almacenamiento
de residuos de minera
Take a more trenchant approach
Aplicar un criterio ms severo
Take apart
Desarmar
Take delivery of
Se sirva tener por presentado
Take minutes, to (meetings)
Levantar el acta
Take off, air (tubing/ducts)
Derivacin
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Take-and-pay contract / clause (a clause in a gas Contrato firme de compra (sin derecho de rescisin)
purchase contract requiring the buyer to take a
specified quantity of gas and pay for it. In the
event the buyer fails to take the specified quantity,
the contract measure of damages is applicable.)
Take-or-pay contract / clause (clause which Contrato firme de compra (sin derecho de rescisin)
requires the buyer to pay the purchase price for
the spedified quantity, whether taken or not.)
Taking survey
Tomando desviacin
Tal (low temperature alarm)
Tal (alarma de temperatura baja)
Talent pool (human resources)
Fuente de recursos humanos
Tamper-proof (equipment, furniture)
A prueba de vandalismo
Tamper-proof envelope (for bids)
Sobre inviolable
Tank farm (area where a number of storage tanks rea de tanques / patio de tanques
are located.)
Tankers
Buques tanque / aljibe (barco para transportar agua
potable.)
Tank-top (shirt)
Camiseta de tiras (mxico)
Tap (to tap into a system: elec., Gas, liq, etc.)
Toma
Tap (to thread something)
Machuelar
Tap (to thread something)
Machuelar
Taper
Ahusado
Taper angle
ngulo de ahusamiento
Tapered roller bearing
Cojinete de rodillo cnico
Tapped
Machuelado
Tapped and plugged/metal plugs connections
Conexiones con tapones metlicos o con rosca tapn
Tapped and plugged/metal plugs connections

Conexiones con tapones metlicos o con rosca tapn

Tapping
Tar pit (if collecting on ground)

Aprovechamiento de recursos
Chapopotera (mxicode chapopote, nahua o
caribe. 1. M. Asfalto ms o menos espeso que se
halla en mxico y las antillas. 2. Alquitrn.)

Tare (the weight of the wrapping, receptacle, or Tara (lo que se quita, el peso de los embalajes. 1. F.
conveyance containing goods, which is deducted Peso del continente de una mercanca o gnero,
from the gross in order to ascertain the net weight; vehculo, caja, vasija, etc., Que se rebaja en la
hence, a deduction made from the gross weight to pesada total con el contenido. 2. Peso sin calibrar
allow for this; also (esp. As tare weight), the que se coloca en un platillo de la balanza para cal
weight of
Tariff (relative to nitrogen plant. Like other utilities Tarifa (no arancel)
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Tariff / customs duty (tariff: an official list or Derecho arancelario / aranceles


schedule setting forth the several customs duties
to be imposed on imports and exports; a table or
book of rates; any item of such a list, the impost
(on any article); also the whole body or system of
suc
Tarp, tarpaulin
Lona
Task force (working group usually for a specific Grupo operativo
task or problem.)
Tauten rope
Tensionar la cuerda
Tax burden / tax impact / tax effect
Incidencia (de aplicacin impositiva)
Taxes and charges payable
Crditos fiscales
Taxpayer identification number (mex)
Registro federal de causantes (mex)
Tba (to be assigned)
Para ser asignado
Tbd (to be determined)
Por determinarse
Tc (temperature control blind)
Tc (control de temperatura - ciega)
Tc (trunk codetelecom)
Cdigo interurbano
Tcp/ip (transmission control protocol/internet Protocolo de control de transmisin/ protocolo de
protocol)
internet (tcp/ip)
Tdm (time division multiplexing) computers]
Multiplexin por reparto de tiempo (tdm)
Tdp (technical data package)
Paquete de datos tcnicos
Team builder
Promotor de trabajo en equipo / colectivo
Team building
Trabajo colectivo / promocin de trabajo en equipo
Team leader
Lder del grupo
Technical and legal opinions (the opinion that the Dictmenes tcnico y legal (opinin que las reas
technical and legal departments of cre submit to a tcnica y legal de la cre presentan al pleno de la
plenum of the commission for resolution of the comisin para que ste resuelva acerca de la
permit request.)
solicitud del permiso.)
Technical committee for public works contracts Comit tcnico para la contratacin de obras pblicas
and related services (coteco)
y servicios relacionados (coteco)
Technical finding
Fallo tcnico (fallo: sentencia definitiva del juez, y en
ella, especialmente, el pronunciamiento decisivo o
imperativo. 2. Por ext., Decisin tomada por persona
competente sobre cualquier asunto dudoso o
disputado.
Technical opinion
Tefln tape
Teg (tri ethylene glycol)
Teg dehydration package
Teg reboiler
Teg regeneration still
Teg rich/lean exchanger
Teg rich/lean exchanger (tri ethylene glycol)
Teg sock filter
Telephone system
Telltale (switch)
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Dictamen tcnico (dictamen: opinin y juicio que se


forma o emite sobre una cosa.)
Cinta tefln
Teg
Paquete de deshidratacin de teg
Rehervidor de teg
Torre regeneradora de glicol
Intercambiador teg rico/pobre
Intercambiador teg rico/pobre
Filtro tipo calcetn de teg
Sistema telefnico
Delatador, dispositivo
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Telltale (switch)
Tell-tale fashion, installed (piping)
Tema
(tubular
exchanger
association)
Temp. Oil pig launcher
Temperature control - blind

Delatador / "chismoso"
Instaladas de forma expuesta
manufactures Tema (asociacin estadounidense de manufactureros
de intercambiadores tubulares)
Trampa temporal de diablos
Control de temperatura ciega (ciega quiere decir
que controla la temperatura sin suministrar
informacin ni despliegue)

Tempered water (water whose temperture has Agua atemperada (templar: quitar el fro de una
been warmed and equalized to the the water with cosa, calentarla ligeramente; se usa especialmente
which it will be mixed.)
hablando de los lquidos.)
Template
Plantilla
Template platform (an offshore platform whose Plataforma de plantilla
supporting legs fit into a frame previously
constructed and anchored to the seafloor. The
platform, constructed on-shore is taken out to
location by a crane barge, where it is set into the
frame.)
Temporary shelter
Refugio provisional
Temporary weldments
Soldaduras provisionales
Tempsc (totally enclosed motor propelled survival Bote
salvavida
propulsada
por
motor
y
craft)
completamente encerrada (cacahaute)
Ten (10) base t-connector (computer plug-in Conector en t de 10 megabitios
connector)
Ten percent spares inventory list
Lista del 10% de repuestos de reserva
Tenants legal liability (insurance)
Responsabilidad legal del arrendatario
Tender (ship)
Barco nodriza (barco que atiende a otros barcos en
cuanto a suministros, combustible, reparaciones,
etc.)
Tender doc.
Tensile strength
Tension leg platform
Terminal
Terminal block
Terminal strip

Licitacin
Resistencia tensora
Plataforma de pata tensionada
Punto de contacto/borne
Tablilla
Tablilla (mxico) / tablilla de terminales / conector de
cables/ regleta de terminales
Terminal strip
Conector de cables/regleta de terminales
Terminal strip (type of, where cable insulation is Tablilla con clemas
peeled away, a spring-loaded clip is raised, and
the bare wire inserted to make contact)
Terminal tabs
Terms and conditions of payment
Tertiary amyl methyl ether (tame)
Tertiary butyl alcohol (tba)
Test agenda
Test failure
Test Plug (D)
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Clemas de la tablilla / terminales de orejeta


Forma de pago
Terciario amilo metilo ter
Terciario butilo alcohol
Lista detallada con los procedimientos para las
pruebas
Deteccin por prueba de falla / prueba negativa
Probador solido
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Test records
Registros y certificados de pruebas
Test sampler (valve for gas sampling)
Probeta de mostreo (compresores)
Test separator
Separador de pruebas
Testing measures (for a training class)
Mecanismos de evaluacin
Tests
Pruebas
Tetraethylene glycol (tteg)
Tetraetileno glicol
That being the case
Siendo as/ de ser as
That he executed this instrument as the free act Que de su libre albedro celebr el presente
and deed of said company, in the capacity stated instrumento en representacin de dicha compaa,
therein,
ejerciendo sus facultades aqu establecidas
That you deem this writ to have been filed in due Se me tenga por presentado el presente escrito en
time and proper fashion
tiempo y forma
That your office accept as submitted
Tenerme por ofrecido
The company/government body either invites Licitacin
(la
compaa/entidad
estatal
o
bidders to participate in a limited invitation to gubernamental abre la licitacin como el licitador,
bid/tender (concurso) where bidders are invited to invitando a los licitantes, con una invitacin a cotizar
submit
a
bid/quote/tender/offer/proposal in o convocatoria, a participar en el concurso (si es por
response to an rfq (request for quotation) or a invitacin) o abre una licitacin pblica. Los li
public bid is open
The companys true and lawful agent and attorney El representante y apoderado de la compaa
in fact
The complainant
El inconforme
The minimum deck elevation is the height of the La elevacin mnima de la cubierta corresponde a la
lowest part of the platform cellar deck girder with elevacin del pao inferior de la trabe ms peraltada
the greatest depth
de la cubierta inferior de la plataforma
The most cost effective method
El mtodo ms eficaz en funcin de los costos
The party bringing the action
Promovente
The resultant ... Capacity
Que resulta en una capacidad..
The rights of shall remain unaffected
Quedarn a salvo los derechos de
Theoretical conditions
Condiciones ideales
There is no basis for this request (not as strong as Esta solicitud no procede
without merit or baseless)
Thereafter
Despus de eso, en seguida, segn, conforme, en
conformidad
Thereby
Por eso, por medio de eso, con ello, de este modo
Therefore
Therefrom
Therein
Thereinto
Thereof
Thereon
Thereout
Thereto, thereunto
Thereunder
Thereupon
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As bien / por lo tanto / por consiguiente / luego


De all, de all, de eso, de aquello
En esto, en aquello, en eso
En aquello, en eso, dentro de aquello o de esto
De esto, de aquello, de ello
En eso, sobre eso
De all, fuera de all, fuera de eso o aquello
A eso, a ello
Debajo de eso
En consecuencia de eso, sobre eso, al instante
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Therewithal
A ms, adems, al mismo tiempo
Thermal expansion tank
Tanque de termoexpansion
Thermally bonded
Fraguado trmicamente
Thermally bonded
Fraguado trmicamente
Thermocouple
Termocople
Thermowell
Pozo trmico
Thickness
Espesor, grosor,
Thimble (at the end of cable)
Guardacabos
Thin down (coating, veneer) / weight reduction
Aligerar (chapa)
Third party facilitator
Agente independiente para facilitar
Thirty-minute self-contained breathing apparatus Aparato autnomo para treinta minutos de
with cabinet
respiracin con gabinete
This power of attorney shall remain in full force Este poder surtir efecto y tendr vigencia hasta que
and effect until.
.
Thread protector
Guarda rosca
Threaded connection (pipes)
Conexin roscada
Threadolet
Unin roscada
Three barred tees (for pig launcher/receiver line) Tees guiadas o especiales
Three decimals, to
Aproximacin en milsimas
Three million two hundred and sixty four thousand, Tres millones, doscientos sesenta y cuatro mil,
nine hundred and seventy six with seventy four novecientos setenta y seis con setenta y cuatro
hundredths (3,264,976.74)
centsimos
Throat bushings
Bujes de garganta
Throttle valve
Vlvula de estrangulacin
Through bolting
Atornillado/empernado pasante
Through the lens (detector characteristic)
Trnsito por el lente (detectores de humo)
Through-put (of a pump)
Gasto / caudal (de una bomba)
Throughput (the speed with which a computer Capacidad de tratamiento til / caudal
processes data. It is a combination of internal procesamiento y transmisin
processing speed, peripheral speeds (i/o) and the
efficiency of the operating system and other
system software all working together.)

de

Thrust bearing
Thrust bearing of the camshaft
Thrust ring
Thruster
Thus

Cojinete de empuje
Chumacera de empuje del rbol de levas
Collar de empuje
Impulsor/propulsor
As, de este modo, por lo tanto, por consiguiente,
hasta
Thw (thermoplastic vinyl) flame retardant, Vinilo de termoplstico
moisture and heat resistant cable insulation
Ti (temperature indicator)
Ti (indicador de temperatura)
Ti (temperature indicator)
Indicador de temperatura (ti)
Ti test internal
Tia (telecommunications industry association )
Asociacin de la industria de telecomunicaciones
Tic (temperature indicator control)
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Tidal marsh

Marisma (terreno bajo y pantanoso que inundan las


aguas del mar.)
Tidal storm surge
Marea de tormenta y oleaje
Tidal zone (area of platform jacket afected by Zona de marea
increased height of sea due to tides)
Tidy up, to
Arreglar / asear
Tie-downs
Estructura de anclaje / amarre
Tie-downs (welding of jacket or deck launch cradle Seguros marinos / amarres / estructura de anclaje
onto barge for marine transport to platform site.)
Tie-in
Conexin, entrelazar, conectar, enlace
Tie-in ( a connection made to an existing line)
Conexin` (tie-in)
Tie-in (an operation in which two sections of line Interconexin a lineas existentes (tie-in) (hay que
are connected: a loop tied into the main line, a emplear el ingls para evitar confusin con otros
lateral line to a trunk line. Is distinguished by being tipos de conexiones.) / preparativo (jerga mexicana)
made to an existing line.)
Tie-in platform
Tig tungsten inert gas (weld)
Tighten
Tile/sheeting joiner (flooring)

Plataforma de enlace
Apretar
Ensamblador de loseta u hojas de cubierta de piso

Tilting pad bearing


Cojinete de zapata basculante
Timber (rough hewn used in construction but Madera para construccin
disposed of and not incorporated)
Time cycle control
Control de ciclo de tiempo
Time delay (electronic)
Retardo de tiempo
Time division multiple access (tdma) [1. A high- Acceso mltiple por reparto de tiempo (tdma)
speed burst mode of operation that can be used to
interconnect lans; fisrt using muliplxing technique
on shared communcation. 2. A satellite and
cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple
digital si
Time domain step-by-step analysis (of the righting Anlisis paso a paso de dominio en el tiempo
of jacket following launching at sea)
Time scale
Escala temporal
Time schedule
Plan cronolgico
Time slot
Segmento de tiempo
Time study (planning)
Anlisis de tiempo
Time
weighting
average
(twadecibel Promedio con ponderacin cronolgica
calculations)
Timed override (computer)
Sobrecontrol temporizado
Timed override (computer)
Sobrecontrol temporizado
Time-lag fuse
Fusible de accin retardada (elec)
Time-line (a schedule, a deadline)
Programa cronolgico
Timely
Oportunamente

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Timer

Temporizador (sistema de control de tiempo que se


utiliza para abrir o cerrar un circuito en uno o ms
momentos determinados, y que conectado a un
dispositivo lo pone en accin; v. Gr. Para disparar
una cmara fotogrfica o activar una carga
explosiva.)

Timer (oven)
Regulador de tiempo
Timing (comp.: Electrical pulses generated in the Temporizacin
processor or in external devices in order to
synchronize computer operations.
The main
timing signal comes from the computer's clock,
which provides a frequency that can be divided
into many slower cycles
Timing (motors)
Regulacin del encendido/sincronizacin
Timing (on/and off at a predetermined time for Relevador de tiempo (timer)
various machines)
Tinman's shears
Tijeras de hojalatero
Tinted glass
Vidrio polarizado/ahumado
T-m 2 phase pipeline receiver
Trampa de diablos del ducto de 2 fases t-m 2
Tmr triple modular redundancy
Rmt - redundancia modular triple
To attest to the above, a letter of record was En constancia de ello se firm un acta en el campo
signed in the field
To be accountable to
Responder ante
To be back on track (schedule)
Para ponerse al da
To be cause for
Haber lugar a
To be given due consideration at the proper time Valoradas en el momento procesal oportuno (las
in the course of the proceeding. (the evidences pruebas de la inconformidad)
submitted in the pleadings in the writ of protest)
To be held accountable for
Ser responsable de
To enforce any claim or cause of action owned or Para hacer valer cualquier reclamo o causa del
held by the company
dominio o en la posesin de la compaa
To file an appeal for
Interponer recurso de
To go / hold astern (barge turning)
Ciabogas / ciar (mar. Vuelta que se da a una
embarcacin bogando avante los remos de una
banda y al revs o para atrs los de la otra. Tambin
puede hacerse manejando un solo remo.
To me personally known and, after first being duly Reconocido personalmente por mi y, despus prestar
sworn by me,
juramento ante mi, declar (mxicoreconocido
personalmente por mi y, despus bajo protesta de
decir verdad ante mi, declar
To present possible objections at a later date
Objetar eventualmente
To raise the bar (to set a more demanding Hacer un estndar ms robusto / exigente
standard or goal thereby challenging the
competition)
To that end/for that purpose
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To the account of (i.e. Who will pay or assume Por cuenta de


liability)
To the full extent of any loss or damage
En toda la extensin de cualquier prdida o dao
To the letter, complies
To the same extent
To whom it may concern

A carta cabal, cumple


En la misma medida
A quien corresponda mex. / a quien pueda interesar

To whom the circumstances apply


Que se encuentren en el supuesto de
To wit (the following)
A saber (los siguientes aspectos)
Toe boards (edging on structure to prevent foot Roda pie
from slipping off)
Toeplate (of stairs, edge of platform, etc. To Guardapie
prevent foot from sliding off edge)
Together with the derivative actions arising as a As como los actos derivados y que se deriven del
consequence of this petition
mismo
Toggled (changing a switch position)
Alternado a una posicin de
Toilet
Inodoro
Toilet facilities
Instalaciones sanitarias
Toilet with stall
Inodoro con cubculo / compartimiento
Toluene diisocynate
Diisocianato de tolueno
Tongs
Llave de apriete
Tongs dices
Dados para llaves de fuerza
Tongs off
Llave de potencia fuera
Tool box talks (line management orientation in Plticas en el sitio con los trabajadores
field)
Tool joint
Conexin en tubera de perf.
Tool shop
Taller de herramientas
Tooling (to provide necessary tools)
Suministro de herramientas
Top top of pipe
Punto culminante del ducto
Top beams (of a roof, structure)
Vigas coronas
Top condition (best condition)
Mejor condicin
Top drive
Motor de fuerza arriba
Top drive
Block perforador viajero
Top of jacket (highest point of a platform jacket)
Planta / nivel superior de la subestructura
Top out the roof (architectualfinish roof)
Rematar la cubierta
Topographic survey (plant and profile)
Levantamiento topogrfico (planta y perfil)
Topping regulator (fuel regulator on a turbine)
Regulador limitador de combustible topping
Topside
parte superior
Top-side / topsides (everything above platform Superestructura (de la plataforma)
jacket)
Top-side piping (all piping on platform)
Tubera en la plataforma / en la superestructura
Torch operator
Sopletero
Torque
Par (vlvulas)
Torque
Torsin

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Torque (the twisting or rotary force in a piece of Torque/torsin


mechanism (as a measurable quantity); the
moment of a system of forces producing rotation.)
Torque track
Riel de torsin
Torquemeter
Medidor de torsin
Tos (top of steel-max height of structure not Nivel superior de acero (n.s.a.)
counting secondary structures)
Total float: amount of time in which an activity can Holgura total: cantidad de tiempo que una actividad
be delayed from its early start without delaying puede ser retrasada desde su inicio temprano sin
project final date.
Float is mathematically retrasar la fecha final del proyecto. La holgura es
calculated and may change over the course of a calculada matemticamente y puede cambiar a lo
projects development.
largo del desarrollo del proyecto
Toughness test until breaking
Prueba de tenacidad hasta rotura
Towed fish
Sonda submarina
Towed fish (a probe [sonar/magnetic] towed Sonda submarina
behind a vessel)
Towel rack
Toallero
Tower (cranes: a structural frame consisting of Torre
columns and bracing capable of supporting a
superstructure with its working and dynamic loads)
Tower crane (construction) [a class of tower crane Gra de torre (para construccin de obras)
built and intended for use at construction sites and
for similar applications. They are characterized by
provisions to facilitate frequent erection and
dismantling. Additional mounting means may
include a
Tower crane (similar to a portal crane, but with a Gra de torre
tower intervening between the superstructure and
the gantry or other base structure; ordinarily, no
portal is provided for traffic to pass beneath the
crane (see figs. 3 and 4). To resist overturning
mome
Towing padeyes (attached to barge)
Orejas de remolque
Towing spread (the vessels and men to tow a Conjunto de remolque / barra de remolque
structure)
Toxic plume study (a study of toxic atmospheric Estudio de comportamiento de columna de emisiones
releases as to wind direction, dispersion, etc.)
txicas
Tp - power turbine
Turbina de potencia / turbina motriz
Tp monitor (teleprocessing monitor or transaction Monitor de procesamiento de transacciones
processing monitor)
a control program that
manages the transfer of data between multiple
local and remote terminals and the application
programs that serve them. It may also include
programs that format
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Tr (temperature recorder)
Tr (registrador de temperatura)
Trace line (galvanometer)
Lnea de trazos (galvanmetro)
Traceability
Rastreo
Track weld
Soldadura intermitente
Trackability
Dotar con/tener la capacidad de rastreo
Trackability of materials
Rastreabilidad de materiales
Tracking
Rastreo
Tracking number
Nmero de seguimiento (rastreo)
Trade name
Marca comercial
Trademark (chile and argentina)
Marca registrada
Trade-off (a balance achieved between two Solucin de compromiso de ventaja relativa
desirable but incompatible features; a sacrifice
made in one area to obtain benefits in another; a
bargain, a compromise.)
Traffic control railing (to control movement of Barandal de control del movimiento de personas
people in public areas like galley)
Trailer (truck)
Remolque
Trailer office
Remolque en forma de oficina
Train, to / training
Capacitar (por lo general, es preferible usar
capacitar. Se aplica cuando se trata de impartir
informacin)/ entrenar (se debe usar cuando se
trata de prcticas de actividad mecnica o fsica) /
adiestrar (cuando se trata de prcticas como las de
emer
Trainees
Participantes en una capacitacin
Trainees
Participantes
Training
Entrenamiento, capacitacin
Transaction
Operacin (entre dos partes)
Transducer
Transductor
Transfer coefficient smooth kcal/h/m2 oc ( of an air Coeficiente de transferencia de la superficie sin tubos
cooler, heat exchanger, etc.)
ni aletas (smooth) kcal/h/m2 oc
Transfer coefficient smooth kcal/h/m2 oc ( of an air Coeficiente de transferencia de la superficie sin tubos
cooler, heat exchanger, etc.)
ni aletas (smooth) kcal/h/m2 oc
Transfer gas metering
Paquete de medicin de gas
Transformer (an apparatus which transforms Transformador (aparato elctrico para convertir la
continuous currents from one voltage to another, corriente alterna de alta tensin y dbil intensidad en
or continuous into alternating currents or vice otra de baja tensin y gran intensidad, o viceversa.)
versa. In mod. Use, a static apparatus in which an
alternating or pulsating current in one winding
induces an alter
Transhybrid loss
Transient fluctuation (telecom)

Prdida transdiferencial
Perturbacin transitoria /componente en rgimen
transitorio m, componente transitorio m, fluctuacin
transitoria f, onda errante f, variacin transitoria

Transmission fluid
Transmitter

Aceite de transmisin
Transmisor

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Transmitter detected variable feedback

Rvdt (retrotransmisin variable detectada por


transmisor)
Transmitting multiple signals over a single Multiplexin (proceso de combinar mltiples
communications line or computer channel. The mensajes simultneamente en el mismo soporte
two common multiplexing techniques are fdm, fsico o lgico. Hay dos clases principales:
which separates signals by modulating the data multiplexin de divisin de tiempo y multiplexin de
onto different carrier frequencies, and tdm, which divisin de frecuencia. En la primera se asignan a un
separates signals by in
dispositivo e
Transparencies (for overhead projection)
Transportation

Acetatos/micas
Transporte (no transportacin que es un anglicismo)

Transportation
Transverse members (steel structures)
Trap
Trash compactor
Travel expenses

Transporte
Elementos bidireccionales
Trampa
Compactador de basura
Viticos (prevencin, en especie o en dinero, de lo
necesario para el sustento del que hace un viaje.)

Travelling block
Travelling crane
Trays (cable)
Trc (temperature recorder control)
Treasury

Block viajero
Gra viajera
Charolas (mx.) / bandeja (colombia, etc.)
Trc (control del registrador de temperatura)
H.p. (hacienda pblica)

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Treated diesel
Treated gas compressor

Diesel limpio
Turbocompresor para gas de bombeo neumtico

Treated gas compressor

Turbocompresor para gas de bombeo neumtico

Treater
Treating doctor
Tree/shrubbery breaks
Trench
Trenching, a
Trend (report of a potential deviation from plan)

Tratador
Mdico de cabecera
Barreras vivas
Fosa, zanja
Excavacin de zanjas
Tendencia / evolucin (relativo al estimado de costos)

Trend (this is a formal project term. It is a report Cambio en el alcance


of a potential deviation from plan or scheduling
deviation)
Trend, to
Trendable performance parameters

Distinguir/definir tendencias
Parmetros de desempeo que indican una
tendencia
Trending (for displays)
Identificar y representar tendencias
Tret (loss by during transport / evaporation an Deduccin por merma / tara (rebaja de 4 libras en
allowance of 4 lb. In 104 lb. (= 1/26) on goods sold 104 libras en ciertos artculos por desgaste, merma,
by weight after the deduction for tare.)
etc.) / porcentaje de depreciacin durante un viaje.
Marina orellana)
Trial (1. The action of testing or putting to the proof Ensayo
the fitness, truth, strength, or other quality of
anything; test, probation. Partial or controlled
operation of equipment or system short of fully
functional. 2. Something that serves as a sample
or
Trial fitting (of equipment)
Montaje de ensayo
Trial run (a preliminary trip given to a new vessel, Ensayo / prueba funcional
vehicle, engine, or device, to test its performance.)
Tricipital fold (tricepsfor ergonomics)
Triethanolamine (tea)
Triethylene glycol (teg)
Trim (carpentry)

Pliegue tricipital
Trietanolamina
Trietileno glicol
Arquitrabes y otros adornos (alrededor de los huecos
de puertas o ventanas/obra blanca/chambrana o
contramarco de puerta

Trim (of a vessel)


Balance
Trip (valve, switch)
Disparo
Trip off (for a valve or switch to close)
Cerrar
Trip speed (speed at which a turbine triggers Velocidad de disparo
switch)
Trip ticket (for control of drivers)
Hoja de ruta (para los choferes)
Tripping line
Cabo gua

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Trolley, load (cranes: the device that travels along Carro de rodadura de carga/cangrejo de carga
the horizontal boom of a hammerhead crane and
contains the upper load block.)

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