May 8, 2015 11:11
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Spanish term
Spain
aguas salvajes
Spanish to English
Science
Science (general)
water
"El agua que cae en forma de precipitaciones (lluvia, nieve o granizo) sobre el suelo suele moverse sobre él, originando aguas salvajes, torrentes y ríos... Las aguas salvajes son corrientes temporales de agua superficial sin cauce fijo, que se producen después de una lluvia intensa o de un rápido deshielo de la nieve."
This is from a textbook for Spanish secondary school children, in a section called "Aguas subterráneas". I am toying with wild waters and whitewater. Also not sure whether torrentes is translated as streams here? Many thanks
This is from a textbook for Spanish secondary school children, in a section called "Aguas subterráneas". I am toying with wild waters and whitewater. Also not sure whether torrentes is translated as streams here? Many thanks
Proposed translations
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| 5 +4 | flashflood/freshet |
Peter Guest
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| 4 | whitewater |
neilmac
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| 4 | wild water |
jude dabo
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| 3 | surface runoff / overland flow |
Jacob Z. (X)
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| 3 | raw water |
liberfo
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References
| torrente -> torrent |
neilmac
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Proposed translations
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33 mins
Peter Guest
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
33 yrs Ships, Engineering Marketing
Native in: English 
Works in: Catalan to English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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flashflood/freshet
A friend of mine nearly drowned in the pre-Sahara in a flashflood caused by torrential rain in the Atlas. Flashfloods fill dry riverbeds (torrents) and gullies very fast and don't usually last very long.
Freshet is a similar, usually longer lived phenomenon caused by ice-melt.
Whitewater is, in my opinion a term for the turbulent water in a river where it narrows, shallows or its gradient increases, as in white water rafting. This may be more prevalent during a freshet...
Freshet is a similar, usually longer lived phenomenon caused by ice-melt.
Whitewater is, in my opinion a term for the turbulent water in a river where it narrows, shallows or its gradient increases, as in white water rafting. This may be more prevalent during a freshet...
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9 mins
whitewater
AKA "aigües braves" in Catalan, aguas bravas in Castilian.
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Note added at 10 mins (2015-05-08 11:22:16 GMT)
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WIKIPEDIA:
Whitewater, usually spelled white water in both American and British English, is formed in a rapid, when a river's gradient increases enough to create so much turbulence that air is entrained into the water body, that is, it forms a bubbly or aerated and unstable current; the frothy water appears white. The term is also loosely used to refer to less turbulent, but still agitated, flows...
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Note added at 10 mins (2015-05-08 11:22:16 GMT)
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WIKIPEDIA:
Whitewater, usually spelled white water in both American and British English, is formed in a rapid, when a river's gradient increases enough to create so much turbulence that air is entrained into the water body, that is, it forms a bubbly or aerated and unstable current; the frothy water appears white. The term is also loosely used to refer to less turbulent, but still agitated, flows...
2 hrs
surface runoff / overland flow
According to the asker's source text, "aguas salvajes" here refers to water flowing outside of any established river, stream channel etc., so I think this may be a good equivalent for the posted term.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_runoff
Another description of aguas salvajes in Spanish (and torrentes at the end):
"Las aguas salvajes son aguas superficiales carentes de cauce y caudal fijos. Corresponden por tanto a fenómenos episódicos de precipitaciones más o menos intensas o fenómenos de deshielo repentino de origen climático o volcánico, por ejemplo. Su efecto erosivo puede llegar a ser muy importante, arrastrando grandes cantidades de materiales, destruyendo el suelo edáfico e, incluso, ocasionando avenidas y desencadenando movimientos de ladera. En todo caso, depende de factores como: cubierta vegetal del terreno, pendiente, tipo de material.
Los torrentes se encauzan en canales persistentes aunque el caudal es también temporal."
http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~cmarti3/GEO/mod/salva.htm
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_runoff
Another description of aguas salvajes in Spanish (and torrentes at the end):
"Las aguas salvajes son aguas superficiales carentes de cauce y caudal fijos. Corresponden por tanto a fenómenos episódicos de precipitaciones más o menos intensas o fenómenos de deshielo repentino de origen climático o volcánico, por ejemplo. Su efecto erosivo puede llegar a ser muy importante, arrastrando grandes cantidades de materiales, destruyendo el suelo edáfico e, incluso, ocasionando avenidas y desencadenando movimientos de ladera. En todo caso, depende de factores como: cubierta vegetal del terreno, pendiente, tipo de material.
Los torrentes se encauzan en canales persistentes aunque el caudal es también temporal."
http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~cmarti3/GEO/mod/salva.htm
Peer comment(s):
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neilmac
: I think this would be "escorrentía"in Spanish, rather than "aguas salvajes"...
1 hr
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I think they are synonyms, check out section 2.1 at this link: http://www.2bachillerato.es/CTM/tema5/p2.html -- Also note the reference to Horton's Theory on the wikipedia page for escorrentía, then see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_overland_flow
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5 hrs
wild water
my choice
6 days
raw water
water,simply water
Reference comments
6 mins
Reference:
torrente -> torrent
It's already an English word, somewhat more hefty than a "stream"...
Torrent; plural noun: torrents
a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid..."rain poured down in torrents"
Synonyms: flood, deluge, inundation, spate, cascade, rush, stream, current, gushing, flow, overflow, tide, fountain More
Torrent; plural noun: torrents
a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid..."rain poured down in torrents"
Synonyms: flood, deluge, inundation, spate, cascade, rush, stream, current, gushing, flow, overflow, tide, fountain More
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