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El primer día que me encuentre ágil, la sacaré del agua y la calafatearé.
First day my joints is limber enough I'll haul her out and give her a good caulking.
Había que calafatear, pintar y cambiar los aparejos.
It had to be caulked and painted and fitted with new rigging.
Un tipo de estopa para calafatear llamado oakum era altamente inflamable;
A hemp caulking material called oakum was highly flammable;
Ayudar a mamá a lijar, calafatear, pintar en el cobertizo de las antigüedades.
Helping Mom sand, scrape, caulk, paint in the antique barn.
El betún era esencial para obtener mortero, incienso e insecticidas, así como para embalsamar y calafatear.
Bitumen was essential to mortar, incense, and insecticide, to embalming and caulking.
—Cetalia me pondrá a calafatear juntas por marcharme sin permiso —rezongó—.
"Cetalia will use me to caulk drafts for running off without leave," she grumbled.
Cogió su tablilla y un tubo de calafatear y se los metió debajo del brazo.
Picked up his clipboard and a tube of caulk, tucked them under his arm.
Por cierto, que este fin de semana Martha y yo vamos a calafatear y pintar tu laúd.
And speaking of cats, this weekend Martha and I are going to caulk and paint your catboat.
Durante el trayecto se había perdido la brea para calafatear, pero no servía de nada culpar a nadie.
Tar for caulking the ships had been lost somewhere en route, and it was no use blaming any individual.
La estopa era cuerda vieja rebozada en alquitrán que se utilizaba para calafatear los barcos.
Oakum was old rope that had been heavily coated in tar to make it usable for ships’ caulking.
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Hay un poco de calafatear terrible abajo en el tanque tres.
There's some terrible calking down in tank three. That must be cracking...
Ahora bien, estos pocos días había que emplearlos en forrar y calafatear el buque con cuidado.
And these few days it was necessary to employ in planking and carefully calking the vessel, and launching her.
Para calafatear las costuras se hizo estopa con cierta hierba marina seca, que fue introducida a golpes de mazo entre los tablones del casco, de los forros del puente;
For calking the seams they made oakum of dry seaweed, which was hammered in between the planks;
verb
Había árboles para la estructura, cáñamo para las velas y las sogas, usaban la resina de los pinos para producir brea, que se usaba para calafatear a los barcos.
There were trees for the framework, hemp provided the sails and ropes, and they used pine resin to produce pitch, which was used to waterproof the ships.
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