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Spanish term or phrase:
Peatones \"agarrados\"
English translation:
pedestrians holding hands/pedestrians linking arms
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Peatones "agarrados"
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B) CONDUCTOR DEL TURISMO:
A los Instructores relato que circulaba dirección Torrevieja a unos 60 — 70 Km/h, viendo a los Peatones "agarrados" y cruzar desde el arcén, frenando y tratando de evitarlos, sin poder impedir el atropello.
B) CONDUCTOR DEL TURISMO:
A los Instructores relato que circulaba dirección Torrevieja a unos 60 — 70 Km/h, viendo a los Peatones "agarrados" y cruzar desde el arcén, frenando y tratando de evitarlos, sin poder impedir el atropello.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | pedestrians holding hands/pedestrians linking arms |
Yvonne Gallagher
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| 5 | Pedestrians "engaged in a fight" |
camilapedraza
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| 3 | holding each other |
José Manuel Lozano
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Proposed translations
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Yvonne Gallagher
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pedestrians holding hands/pedestrians linking arms
can mean they were linking their arms or just holding hands
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linking arms also ARM-IN-ARM
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glad to have helped
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linking arms also ARM-IN-ARM
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Note added at 14 days (2012-09-25 10:15:48 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped
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José Manuel Lozano
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holding each other
Supongo que se refiere a que los peatones iban abrazados o agarrados del brazo o algo así.
3 days 16 hrs
camilapedraza
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Pedestrians "engaged in a fight"
I am specially sure if this is a Latin American text, and even so more if Colombian.
Agarrados rarely refers to people holding hands or each other, but rather to engaged in a fight (be it verbal or physical). It is a widespread colloquial term.
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and even more so*
Agarrados rarely refers to people holding hands or each other, but rather to engaged in a fight (be it verbal or physical). It is a widespread colloquial term.
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and even more so*
Example sentence:
Se agarraron en la fiesta
Después del agarrón hicieron las paces
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