Nov 8, 2011 11:20
12 yrs ago
Spanish term
despeñamiento del vehículo
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Death in traffic accident
Good morning!
I am still translating witness statements regarding a traffic accident in which a person died and would appreciate help with this phrase.
Not quite sure about this, although I have found "falling off a cliff..."but what is involved in my text is a "barranco" = bank.
Here is the context:
Agrupación de Tráfico de la Guardia Civil, Detacamento de Motril
Atestados e Informes
Accident de Circulación ocurrido XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX en el camino de tierra sin denominación que va de la localidad XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, consistente en la salida de vía por el margen izquierdo y despeñamiento del vehículo todo terreno marca Land Rover, resultando del mismo UNA PERSONA MUERTA,...
Thank you!
I am still translating witness statements regarding a traffic accident in which a person died and would appreciate help with this phrase.
Not quite sure about this, although I have found "falling off a cliff..."but what is involved in my text is a "barranco" = bank.
Here is the context:
Agrupación de Tráfico de la Guardia Civil, Detacamento de Motril
Atestados e Informes
Accident de Circulación ocurrido XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX en el camino de tierra sin denominación que va de la localidad XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, consistente en la salida de vía por el margen izquierdo y despeñamiento del vehículo todo terreno marca Land Rover, resultando del mismo UNA PERSONA MUERTA,...
Thank you!
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Helena Chavarria
Spain
Spain
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Spain
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Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
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the vehicle running off the road into a gully
When my mother visited me in Spain, she called them gullies.
gully1, gulley [ˈgʌlɪ]
n pl -lies, -leys
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a channel or small valley, esp one cut by heavy rainwater
2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) NZ a small bush-clad valley
3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) a deep, wide fissure between two buttresses in a mountain face, sometimes containing a stream or scree
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (tr) to make (channels) in (the ground, sand, etc.)
[from French goulet neck of a bottle; see gullet]
Noun 1. gully - deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
arroyo - a stream or brook
draw - a gully that is shallower than a ravine
vale, valley - a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
wadi - gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season
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Sorry, I forgot the links:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gullies
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/249259/gully
gully1, gulley [ˈgʌlɪ]
n pl -lies, -leys
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a channel or small valley, esp one cut by heavy rainwater
2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) NZ a small bush-clad valley
3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) a deep, wide fissure between two buttresses in a mountain face, sometimes containing a stream or scree
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (tr) to make (channels) in (the ground, sand, etc.)
[from French goulet neck of a bottle; see gullet]
Noun 1. gully - deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
arroyo - a stream or brook
draw - a gully that is shallower than a ravine
vale, valley - a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
wadi - gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season
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Note added at 46 minutos (2011-11-08 12:07:15 GMT)
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Sorry, I forgot the links:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gullies
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/249259/gully
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This is what I used, and it fits with the entire picture of the accident."
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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the vehicle running off the road
From the Oxford Spanish:
despeñarse [A1] verbo pronominal «persona/mula» to go o fall over a cliff (o precipice etc); «coche» to run off the road, go over a cliff (o precipice etc)
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or if you wanted to be more specific:
running off the road and down a bank
despeñarse [A1] verbo pronominal «persona/mula» to go o fall over a cliff (o precipice etc); «coche» to run off the road, go over a cliff (o precipice etc)
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Note added at 6 mins (2011-11-08 11:27:25 GMT)
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or if you wanted to be more specific:
running off the road and down a bank
Peer comment(s):
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Noni Gilbert Riley
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Thanks Noni
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Lisa McCarthy
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Thanks Lisa
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Damian Hosford
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Evans (X)
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Benjamin A Flores
: "...off the road into a ravine" ¿? maybe?
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Gary Smith Lawson
: Barranco can also be a cliff or dry watercourse, but inland (ie, not "acantilado" as in Dover). I'd say "falling off" but I guess that's splitting hairs.
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Charles Davis
: Sorry, Simon, but I think the "running off the road" bit is "salida de vía", just before; "despeñamiento" is falling from a considerable height. The Oxford entry finds no support elsewhere and I think it's wrong.
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I see your point, but we do not know the nature of the bank/cliff/precipice that the car goes down, hence my answer being more vague. I envisaged "salida de vía" as being "left the lane"
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evelyn beltrán
United States
United States
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&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Language Translator Spanish-English
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
the vehicle ran off the road into a ditch
el auto se fue al "barranco"
3 hrs
...the vehicle running of a cliff
Not Again! Another Charlie Sheen Car Off a Cliff - E! Online
15 Jun 2010 ... It was only after running a search of its tags did authorities discover the car ... "
Obviously, someone took the car and ditched it off the cliff. ...
www.eonline.com/news/not_again...car_off/185874 - Cached - SimilarNFL great Seau arrested, then SUV runs off cliff | SignOnSanDiego.com
19 Oct 2010 ... NFL great Seau arrested, then SUV runs off cliff ... Junior Seau injured after
car plunges off cliff in Carlsbad · Seau out of hospital; ...
www.signonsandiego.com/.../nfl-great-seau-arrested-then-suv... - Cached - Similar
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-11-08 15:17:10 GMT)
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NOTE: See, for example:
http://www.google.com.mx/imgres?imgurl=http://images.mefeedi...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-11-08 15:19:02 GMT)
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despeñamiento in context | images | on twitter
des·pe·ña·mien·to Masculine - Noun - Singular
Plural: despeñamientos
fall from a cliff, fall off a cliff, falling down, falling from a cliff; Synonyms: derrumbe, caída desde un precipicio, derrumbamiento, desplomamiento; Acción o resultado de despeñar o despeñarse [precipitar(se), arrojar(se), caer(se) violentamente desde una altura].
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-11-08 15:20:36 GMT)
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ANOTHER EXAMPLE WITH IMAGE:
http://www.farodevigo.es/portada-ourense/2010/04/26/fallece-...
Saludos
eski :))
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Note added at 10 hrs (2011-11-08 21:28:19 GMT)
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Hi Liz: Only you know what's best for your context:
Thanks for your note.
eski :))
15 Jun 2010 ... It was only after running a search of its tags did authorities discover the car ... "
Obviously, someone took the car and ditched it off the cliff. ...
www.eonline.com/news/not_again...car_off/185874 - Cached - SimilarNFL great Seau arrested, then SUV runs off cliff | SignOnSanDiego.com
19 Oct 2010 ... NFL great Seau arrested, then SUV runs off cliff ... Junior Seau injured after
car plunges off cliff in Carlsbad · Seau out of hospital; ...
www.signonsandiego.com/.../nfl-great-seau-arrested-then-suv... - Cached - Similar
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-11-08 15:17:10 GMT)
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NOTE: See, for example:
http://www.google.com.mx/imgres?imgurl=http://images.mefeedi...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-11-08 15:19:02 GMT)
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despeñamiento in context | images | on twitter
des·pe·ña·mien·to Masculine - Noun - Singular
Plural: despeñamientos
fall from a cliff, fall off a cliff, falling down, falling from a cliff; Synonyms: derrumbe, caída desde un precipicio, derrumbamiento, desplomamiento; Acción o resultado de despeñar o despeñarse [precipitar(se), arrojar(se), caer(se) violentamente desde una altura].
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-11-08 15:20:36 GMT)
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ANOTHER EXAMPLE WITH IMAGE:
http://www.farodevigo.es/portada-ourense/2010/04/26/fallece-...
Saludos
eski :))
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Note added at 10 hrs (2011-11-08 21:28:19 GMT)
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Hi Liz: Only you know what's best for your context:
Thanks for your note.
eski :))
Note from asker:
| Hi Eski, I appreciate your contribution, but as this occurred in a forest, I am going with "gully"...this is why I posted the question, as I could not fathom how a cliff could be in/near a forest...? |
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