Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term
United States
24 years of experience in many countries
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 6 more.
Marro
Colleagues from Spain, feel free to send me your suggestions as well.
It's a translation of a legal deposition done to someone from Mexico. This was done for an American attorney and a witness from this country. He is a construction worker and technician for a construction company in The State of California.
This is for Latin People living in The United States and Americans readers. Is okay to translate it as sledgehammer?
Attorney: How were you doing your work?
Witness: Estábamos trabajando con marros. Nosotros usábamos estos marros para romper las paredes donde trabajamos y también para romper pedazos de metal que traían a la compañía.
Las carretas y las canastas donde ponían estos materiales eran muy pesadas. Las más livianas eran de por lo menos 50 libras y habían otras que eran demasiado pesadas. Yo creo que me lastimé la espalda cargando una de las canastas que era pesada.
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Luis García
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| We've had this before |
philgoddard
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Proposed translations
United States
Technology-savvy & results-driven
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, US, Puerto Rican) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Sledgehammer
Further research showed that in México, the term marro is also used to designate a sledgehammer. The second reference below is for a Home Depot hardware store in México that lists marros with pictures. The pictures show that they are sledgehammers.
El obrero uso el marro para derribar la pared.
La almádena, conocida en algunas partes de América Latina como marrón o marro, es una herramienta esencial en la construcción.
| Muchas gracias Luis. Saludos de Los Estados Unidos. |
Reference comments
United States
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
We've had this before
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/engineering-ind...
| Thanks for your help Mr. Philgoddard. |
| Maybe the construction worker doesn't know the type of hammers they were using in that place. |
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neilmac
: I reckon just "hammer" would do. https://uk.rs-online.com/web/content/discovery/ideas-and-adv...
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Yes, it's not for us to guess what kind.
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Luis García
: According to the Real Academia Española in Mexico, Uruguay, Puerto Rico and Las Canarias, the term "Marrón" is used as a substitute to almádena.
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