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Estrecho

English translation: Strait

07:28 Dec 18, 2000
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents
Spanish term or phrase: Estrecho
I know it means tight or narrow, but I need to give this article to a client. ABC daily from Madrid. Article about immigration. So Estrecho may be a place or someting. sentence:
...come ocurre en el Estrecho en determinados periodos...
darlene
English translation:Strait
Explanation:
The Strait of Gibraltar
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LinguaVox
Spain
Local time: 04:30
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naStrait
LinguaVox
naStraits (of Gibraltar)
Yolanda Broad


  

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Strait


Explanation:
The Strait of Gibraltar

LinguaVox
Spain
Local time: 04:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 154
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Yolanda Broad
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19 mins
Straits (of Gibraltar)


Explanation:
This is to *confirm* ffc's answer, which is quite correct. A bit of explanation of why this is so obvious: most of the illegal immigrants arriving in Spain (and in Europe) from Africa come in small craft across the Straits. A lot of them don't make it anyhow. Apparently this has led to lots of corpses turning up on the beaches in Gibraltar and neighboring Spain. A situation similar to what was happening with Haitians and Cubans trying to get into the US.


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Yolanda Broad
United States
Local time: 22:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 668
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