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CAMIONETA in PERU/MIAMI

English translation: station wagon/pick-up truck

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Spanish term or phrase:CAMIONETA in PERU/MIAMI
English translation:station wagon/pick-up truck
Entered by: Remy Arce

15:29 Feb 12, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Poetry & Literature
Spanish term or phrase: CAMIONETA in PERU/MIAMI
Hello,

I have a text and it is written by a Peruvian who lives in Miami and talks about a family having breakfast and later discovering that their "CAMIONETA" has a flat tire when it is time to drive to school.

I am just wondering because I know this would normally be a large van, but could they be talking about a station wagon here?

Just want to make sure before choosing a word.
Alison Imms
station wagon/pick-up truck
Explanation:
hay varias opciones
Selected response from:

Remy Arce
United States
Local time: 12:47
Grading comment
Muchas gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7station wagon/pick-up truck
Remy Arce
5 +1station wagon y tambien van
Roxana V. Lamas
4pickup
Robert Anderson
4SUV
Peter van der Hoek
4van
Barbara Cochran, MFA


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
station wagon/pick-up truck


Explanation:
hay varias opciones

Remy Arce
United States
Local time: 12:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 25
Grading comment
Muchas gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sp-EnTranslator: hard to tell which one it is...It would definitely be a pick-up if they were Dominican.
3 mins
  -> Thanks Claudia!
agree  Laurie Price: sorry! didn't see you got there 1st, & Agree, definitely*
5 mins
  -> Thanks Laurie!
agree  Kathryn Litherland: I'm pretty sure it would be a pick-up truck, both because that's the usage I've always heard in the US, and because station wagons are pretty rare in the US these days. Also, "camioneta" was definitely a pickup truck in Bolivia when I lived there.
7 mins
  -> Thanks Kathryn!
agree  Robert Anderson: I didn't see you, either. I agree.
7 mins
  -> Thanks Robert!
agree  Lydia De Jorge
11 mins
  -> ¡gracias Lydia!, ¡que tengas un buen día!
agree  Ius Translation: pick-up truck
30 mins
  -> ¡gracias Ius!
agree  Steven Huddleston
48 mins
  -> ¡gracias Steven!
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pickup


Explanation:
You should also consider "pickup". Not sure about Miami, but that's what it is in Mexico. Toyota also advertises their pickups as "camionetas". Try Googling.

Robert Anderson
Local time: 10:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 26
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
station wagon y tambien van


Explanation:
Los peruanos utilizamos "camioneta" mas que nada para referirnos a "station wagons" o a "vans" ,pero algunas veces tambien lo utilizamos para referirnos a "pick-up trucks" (sorry this doesn't help any), aunque es mucho mas comun llamarle "picap" a las "pick-up trucks"...if there's no way to check w/the author, I'd go with a safer option, like "vehicle" ...

Roxana V. Lamas
United States
Local time: 12:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AVCR: I agree with Roxana here. Para mi "pick-up truck" es distinto a "van" o "station wagon" - que se identifican más con "camioneta".
5 days
  -> muchas gracias!
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
SUV


Explanation:
In Peru and most South American countries Pick-up trucks are usually called Picaps. SUV's are called camionetas.

Peter van der Hoek
Spain
Local time: 18:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
van


Explanation:
"Station wagons" haven't been around hardly at all in the United States since the 1970's or 1980's, more or less. But I suppose it would depend when this piece was written, or what time period it refers to.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 12:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 103
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