menores y niños pequeños

[Bill Osler]

Original:
Manténgase fuera del alcance de menores y niños pequeños.

I think the translation is something like: Keep out of reach of _________ and small children. Normally I would guess the missing word would be "infants" but I have never seen "menor" used to mean "infant".

In this context, what does "menores" mean?

Thanks.

 

[usarenzo]

Normalmente, la frase dice Manténgase fuera del alcance de los niños. Menores refers to anyone who is not legal age. Keep out of reach of children should suffice.

 

[Agró]

menor: under 18

 

[MargotPorcia]

Menor en este caso es una metonimia. Usamos frecuentemente "menor" para referirnos a "menor de edad", es decir, que no ha alcanzado la mayoría de edad legal que en España son los 18 años. Creo que en inglés se dice "minor".

Saludos

 

[pubman]

Maybe you could use "minors and small children"

 

[Bill Osler]

Thanks everyone. I think usarenzo's suggestion (to leave out "menores") may be best in this case:
Keep out of reach of small children.