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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Horas de hacinamiento

English translation:

packed in, for hours on end

Added to glossary by Barbara Cochran, MFA
Nov 12, 2020 21:13
3 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Horas de hacinamiento

Spanish to English Other Other
Usted podrían ayudarme a traducir la siguiente oración.

" Los pobres pasajeros se sienten amenazados debido a tantas horas de hacinamiento en el avión"

Traduje de este modo: "the poor passengers feel threatened due to many hours of overcrowding."

Contexto: Se refiere a las horas tan largas que pasan a veces los pasajeros de un bueno, las cuales amenanza contra su salud. Los hace verse más cansados y agorados.

Muchas gracias.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 due to packed-in conditions, over a period of several hours
4 +4 hours spent cooped up
5 hours of overcrowding
Change log

Nov 15, 2020 14:49: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

+1
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due to packed-in conditions, over a period of several hours

Not very literal, but I think it would work.

packed-in passengers

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-11-12 22:48:14 GMT)
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"packed in like sardines

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-11-12 23:05:02 GMT)
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Or, "for hours on end".
Peer comment(s):
agree neilmac : I like "having been packed in like sardines for hours on end"...
10 hrs
Thanks, neilmac.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much!"
+4
29 mins

hours spent cooped up

Overcrowding is not wrong, but here's a slightly more colloquial version.

http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=haci...

Or you could say "hours packed together like sardines".
Peer comment(s):
agree patinba
4 mins
agree María Teresa Taylor Oliver
15 mins
disagree Barbara Cochran, MFA : People are cooped up in houses or apartments, not on airplanes, for the most part. There are only about 230,000 hits for "cooped up in an airplane, while there are more than 12 million for "cooped up in a house or apt".
1 hr
Not where I live.
agree David Hollywood : "cooped up" works for me albeit a tad free and agree with Barbara on that point
5 hrs
agree neilmac : "Only" 230,000 hits is enough for me....
10 hrs
Thanks! I see you agreed with "packed in like sardines". That was lifted from my answer.
agree Michele Fauble
4 days
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12 hrs

hours of overcrowding

"The unfortunate/poor passengers feel threatened by so many hours of overcrowding on the plane"
esta sería mi proposición de traducción. el término "overcrowding" es correcto en este caso, unque es usado para referirse a interiores de edificios normalmente.
Example sentence:

abordar con urgencia la cuestión del hacinamiento. - the overcrowding should be addressed as a priority issue.

severe overcrowding in rental units. - hacinamiento severo en las unidades de alquiler.

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