composition board

Spanish translation: cartón de modelo

14:46 Feb 8, 2019
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
English term or phrase: composition board
De la descripción de una obra de arte: "Oil and tempera on composition board and wood"
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 01:07
Spanish translation:cartón de modelo
Explanation:
Another option.

cartón:
7. m. Pint. Dibujo sobre papel o lienzo, a veces colorido, de una composición o figura, ejecutado en el mismo tamaño que ha de tener la obra de pintura, mosaico, tapicería o vidriería para la que servirá de modelo.

https://dle.rae.es/?id=7l5h752

To make it more explicit. If the audience is specialized "cartón" as noted by Patinba would suffice...

"Oil and tempera on composition board and wood\"
"Óleo y témpera (pintura al temple) sobre cartón de (para) modelo y madera".

Saludos cordiales.

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JohnMcDove
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Local time: 21:07
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cartón


Explanation:
composition board
1
n a stiff moderately thick paper
Synonyms:
cardboard

It can also mean certain types of wood board, but your context already states "and wood"



patinba
Argentina
Local time: 01:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

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agree  JohnMcDove: Sí, aunque doy otra opción, "cartón" me parece válido en el sentido de la definición 7 del DRAE. ¡Saludos!
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  -> Ok! Gracias y saludos!
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cartón de modelo


Explanation:
Another option.

cartón:
7. m. Pint. Dibujo sobre papel o lienzo, a veces colorido, de una composición o figura, ejecutado en el mismo tamaño que ha de tener la obra de pintura, mosaico, tapicería o vidriería para la que servirá de modelo.

https://dle.rae.es/?id=7l5h752

To make it more explicit. If the audience is specialized "cartón" as noted by Patinba would suffice...

"Oil and tempera on composition board and wood\"
"Óleo y témpera (pintura al temple) sobre cartón de (para) modelo y madera".

Saludos cordiales.

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Note added at 12 days (2019-02-21 05:13:02 GMT) Post-grading
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You're welcome! :-)

JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 21:07
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 96
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