trapear

13:52 Oct 8, 2007
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Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Portuguese term or phrase: trapear
A description of an accident. I understand what "trapear" means (tying, fixing one cable to the other), but I cant find the correct term.

Queda do cabo de extensão e bóia na área de carga.
Causa imediata: **trapear **o cabo com cabo de polipropileno.
Ação corretiva: **trapear** os cabos no cabide com cabos de aço ou correntes.
Ana P D Carvalho
Brazil
Local time: 16:07


Summary of answers provided
5To flap
suesimons
4flop - (flopping the lines or one line with another)
Michael Powers (PhD)
1to intermingle
liz askew


Discussion entries: 1





  

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flop - (flopping the lines or one line with another)


Explanation:
trapear
verbo intransitivo
to flap (sails), to flutter, to flop;

Mike :)

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Note added at 12 mins (2007-10-08 14:04:27 GMT)
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also "flip-flop"

Shuffling feat
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At Auburn we flip-flopped the line, so I never knew if I was going to be on the left side or the right side from play-to-play. It wasn't easy getting into a ...
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 15:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  liz askew: Admittedly I don't do Portuguese, but isn't this about an extension cable and not fishing??//Fine... "cable lines" then..:)//Sure, for those of us who take things too literally!:)//BTW I still don't understand "flopping" here.
1 hr
  -> liz, your comments are always welcome. I was refering to cable lines, not fishing lines. // it probably would be better to avoid any confusion - thanks, liz - Mike :)
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to intermingle


Explanation:
Yes, a guess..

especially as this involves an accident

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-08 15:14:04 GMT)
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Or

to have the cables caught up together,

as in fishing lines being caught together

one cable caught up on another cable...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
To flap


Explanation:
When the sails don't have enough wind or the boat is hove to i.e. into wind with no wind getting in to the sails.

suesimons
Local time: 20:07
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Native speaker of: English
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