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seguimiento de pistas de rastreo

English translation: scouting


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Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Spanish term or phrase: seguimiento de pistas de rastreo
In a brochure listing different outdoor sports:
"...piragüismo, tiro con arco, SEGUIMIENTO DE PISTAS DE RASTREO"
Neda Mirova
Spain
Local time: 09:54
English translation:scouting
Explanation:
It is what scouts do: they follow leads.
Selected response from:

Marcela Robaina Boyd
Uruguay
Local time: 06:54
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4tracking
jude69
3scouting
Marcela Robaina Boyd
3trekkingJudyK
3orienteering
Sp and Fr to En


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
orienteering


Explanation:
= (= sport) carrera f con mapa y brújula

Sp and Fr to En
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, I was considering "orienteering" but elsewhere in the text it refers to "orientación" so I am assuming there is a difference.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  JudyK: Orienteering would have been my guess too, but as Neda says, orientación does in fact mean orienteering (as in Collins dictionary)
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trekking


Explanation:
As it seems to be referring to some activity relating to following tracks, I am wondering whether trekking could be used

JudyK
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Perhaps it´s a combination of trekking and orienteering, after all... Thanks a lot.

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scouting


Explanation:
It is what scouts do: they follow leads.

Marcela Robaina Boyd
Uruguay
Local time: 06:54
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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tracking


Explanation:
track and field

jude69
Spain
Local time: 08:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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