Editing Angle grinder (section)

== Naming ==

In German, Dutch, Slovak, Czech, Polish, Croatian, Romanian, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Latvian, an angle grinder is colloquially called a "flex", and in Italy and in Spanish-speaking countries it is sometimes called "flexible". In [[Switzerland]] it is known as "Perles" from a popular brand of cutting tools. In Polish it is also known as "kątówka"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.technikanarzedziowa.pl/2014/11/08/podaj-flexa-krotka-historia-szlifierki-katowej/|title = 'Podaj flexa!' – krótka historia szlifierki kątowej}}</ref> or "gumówka"<ref>[https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/szlifierka_kątowa Wikidictionary]</ref> (= the rubber thing), which refers to the elasticity of certain types of disks. However they are never made out of true rubber due to fire hazard. In Russian, it is known as "болгарка" ("bolgarka")<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.webmiastoto.com/?p=27184|title=Защо ъглошлайфът в Русия се нарича "българка"?|date=11 July 2023 }}</ref> (literally "Bulgarian" of the feminine gender), since the first angle grinders in the USSR were Bulgarian made.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gp.by/novosti/kaleidoscope/news142402.html|title = 'Болгарка' - история названия и секреты правильного выбора инструмента}}</ref>