I am translating from Spanish into English and I was curious if I overlooked a more precise word that the one I have in mind...
As I am excited to see all the silly responses, I do hope that someone can help.
Thanks.
2007-01-25 18:12:24 · 6 answers · asked by Revel 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Although it gets translated as cliff, abyss, precipice, etc. What is lost in the English translation is that desbarrancadero implies that one would jump off such a thing. Precipice almost works...but more implies caution than the fact that someone is likely to go over the edge. For this very reason Fernando Vallejo's El Desbarrancadero is translated as The Edge of the Abyss. I almost feel like there might be a word in English too, but I can't think of one... good luck and good question...
2007-01-25 19:07:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about "desbarrancadero, barranca, desfiladero"(all mean the same in Spanish), then:
"bluff, crag, escarpment, palisade, precipice, scarp"
All these words mean: a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice. Example: the cliff rises 200 feet from the island's south shore.
2007-01-25 18:22:29 · answer #2 · answered by mr_martinez 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is one of those words that you will need to explain in order to translate. You could try:
Desbarrancar = Swerving off the road into the ravine.
2007-01-25 18:27:38 · answer #3 · answered by ninhaquelo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A place very likely to get fallen down to a gully.
This word sounds much as from Colombia
2007-01-25 18:23:08 · answer #4 · answered by QQ dri lu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Renegade
2007-01-25 18:18:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I used babel fish for translation:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
It came up with Precipice
http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aprecipice&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
2007-01-25 18:23:21 · answer #6 · answered by Halfie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋