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Zocalo. I've heard that word somewhere here in Bolivia before. It's hardhat-construction related, I'm not sure if it's related to sockets or maybe a type of wre

Zocalo. I've heard that word somewhere here in Bolivia before. It's hardhat-construction related, I'm not sure if it's related to sockets or maybe a type of wrench. I think it's the little plastic you put into a hole in the wall after you drill it. It's so the screw you place in the wall is securely set and won't move. Cool name!

fasteo 12y ago
The white wooden part is a "Zocalo" http://img.decoesfera.com/2013/01/zocalo-madera.jpg http://img.decoesfera.com/2013/01/zocalo-madera.jpg
- sergiotapia 12y ago
  That's the one! I knew I had heard it before. Kudos for finding it.
- adolfoabegg 12y ago
  For me, "zócalo" in spanish, is this: https://www.google.com/search?q=skirting+board https://www.google.com/search?q=skirting+board (see the images)
- mark212 12y ago
  baseboard or plinth. I think they were going for "something upon which the rest is built" but it comes across as meaning merely ornamental or decorative.
bernardom 12y ago
It's also the name of the main square in Mexico City: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%B3calo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%B3calo
- jordigh 12y ago
  Or any main square in Mexico. Most cities in Mexico have a zócalo.
aamar 12y ago
Also, in Mexico, Zocalo means "town square" or "public plaza".
thawkins 12y ago
Babylon 5, marketplace in the hub was called zocalo
DanBC 12y ago
In English those are called rawl-plugs.
- justincormack 12y ago
  No hyphen in that word, and it is a trade name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawlplug_Ltd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawlplug_Ltd.
WildUtah 12y ago
Zócalo means plinth. It's a base for another object, including foundations, baseboards, or the columns upon which a statue might sit. Antonio López de Santa Anna was the president (eleven noncontiguous terms) of recently independent Mexico in the early 1800s and wanted to build a monument to the Revolution that started in 1811 and secured that independence. He had the government put up a plinth for that monument in the central plaza where the National Cathedral and Presidential Palace sat, but it was never finished. Santa Anna was too busy losing Texas to the slave power; the Anglo Texans rebelled because Mexico had abolished slavery and they wanted some. Now Mexican towns almost always have a central square with the local church on one side and the ayuntamiento (city hall) on the other. It usually has elaborate band stands, gardens, benches, and flagstone walking paths. The central plaza in the capital of the Mexican Republic, officially the Plaza of the Constitution, came to be called by metonymy the Zócalo. The plinth itself was taken down in the 1850s, but the name stuck. In fact, the name spread through the country and now all the central plazas in the republic are called zócalos.
sk5t 12y ago
Although this could hardly be farther off topic, in English the plastic wall things are called "anchors," or sometimes "molly bolts."

fasteo 12y ago

The white wooden part is a "Zocalo" http://img.decoesfera.com/2013/01/zocalo-madera.jpg http://img.decoesfera.com/2013/01/zocalo-madera.jpg

sergiotapia 12y ago
That's the one! I knew I had heard it before. Kudos for finding it.
adolfoabegg 12y ago
For me, "zócalo" in spanish, is this: https://www.google.com/search?q=skirting+board https://www.google.com/search?q=skirting+board (see the images)
mark212 12y ago
baseboard or plinth. I think they were going for "something upon which the rest is built" but it comes across as meaning merely ornamental or decorative.

bernardom 12y ago

It's also the name of the main square in Mexico City: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%B3calo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%B3calo

jordigh 12y ago
Or any main square in Mexico. Most cities in Mexico have a zócalo.

aamar 12y ago

Also, in Mexico, Zocalo means "town square" or "public plaza".

thawkins 12y ago

Babylon 5, marketplace in the hub was called zocalo

DanBC 12y ago

In English those are called rawl-plugs.

justincormack 12y ago
No hyphen in that word, and it is a trade name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawlplug_Ltd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawlplug_Ltd.

WildUtah 12y ago

Zócalo means plinth. It's a base for another object, including foundations, baseboards, or the columns upon which a statue might sit. Antonio López de Santa Anna was the president (eleven noncontiguous terms) of recently independent Mexico in the early 1800s and wanted to build a monument to the Revolution that started in 1811 and secured that independence. He had the government put up a plinth for that monument in the central plaza where the National Cathedral and Presidential Palace sat, but it was never finished. Santa Anna was too busy losing Texas to the slave power; the Anglo Texans rebelled because Mexico had abolished slavery and they wanted some. Now Mexican towns almost always have a central square with the local church on one side and the ayuntamiento (city hall) on the other. It usually has elaborate band stands, gardens, benches, and flagstone walking paths. The central plaza in the capital of the Mexican Republic, officially the Plaza of the Constitution, came to be called by metonymy the Zócalo. The plinth itself was taken down in the 1850s, but the name stuck. In fact, the name spread through the country and now all the central plazas in the republic are called zócalos.

sk5t 12y ago

Although this could hardly be farther off topic, in English the plastic wall things are called "anchors," or sometimes "molly bolts."