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raqueta

English translation: lay/by turn

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Spanish term or phrase:raqueta (motoring term)
English translation:lay/by turn

00:46 Nov 9, 2001
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: raqueta
"El conductor se dispuso a aceeder a una zona de servicios situada en el margen izdo. de la carretera, pero no utilizó la raqueta existente para efectuar el cambio de dirección."

This took place in Spain, where people drive on the right lane.
Elena Valdehita
Spain
Local time: 09:12
lay-by turn
Explanation:
It's easier to describe than to find an equivalent. It means that if you are driving alng a main road and cannot turn left into the road you want, because of heavy traffic in the other direction, you will find a semi-circular layby on the right so that you can enter and then face the road you want and cross when it's safe to do so, without holding up the traffic behind you. I don't think the term is officially accepted in Academic Spanish, but it's the common expression among motorists here.
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Sheilann
Spain
Local time: 09:12
Grading comment
Thank you very much. Your explanation has been very helpful.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4lay-by turn
Sheilann
5 +1loop
Walter Lockhart Ries (X)
5 -1lane
Monica Colangelo
4 -2racket
TBQGS (X)


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
racket


Explanation:
raqueta
(nf) racket
(de ping pong) bat
( ~ de nieve) snowshoe

Hope this helps,
good luck!



    The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary � 1998 HarperCollins Publishers
TBQGS (X)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Monica Colangelo: no se refiere a un elemento deportivo
7 mins
disagree  mgonzalez (X): Desde luego que no.
10 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
lay-by turn


Explanation:
It's easier to describe than to find an equivalent. It means that if you are driving alng a main road and cannot turn left into the road you want, because of heavy traffic in the other direction, you will find a semi-circular layby on the right so that you can enter and then face the road you want and cross when it's safe to do so, without holding up the traffic behind you. I don't think the term is officially accepted in Academic Spanish, but it's the common expression among motorists here.

Sheilann
Spain
Local time: 09:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 886
Grading comment
Thank you very much. Your explanation has been very helpful.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  schwensen (X)
7 mins
agree  Ian Ferguson: perfect description
1 hr
agree  maria_g
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agree  pzulaica
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lane


Explanation:
simple & cute

Monica Colangelo
Argentina
Local time: 04:12
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 1042

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  mgonzalez (X): 'Lane' is any 'carril',even a straight one.
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
loop


Explanation:
These access/exit ramps form loops, but also look like tennis raquets from above. The Rutledge Spanish Technical Dictionary translates "raqueta subterránea" as "buried loop" in the field of transport.

:-)


    Reference: http://www.kurumi.com/roads/interchanges/
Walter Lockhart Ries (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 100

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agree  mgonzalez (X)
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