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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel | | Spanish term or phrase: cortado | Tourist pamphlet description of a cave in Andalusia:
"Para los más atrevidos, queda la entrada a la conocida Cueve de la Osera, de difícil acceso en un impresionante CORTADO de piedra caliza, tan espectacular como peligroso."
From the context it sounds like a cliff. |
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| | defile, gorge, mountain pass | Explanation:
Hola Daniel,
Una posibilidad según el Diccionario Simon & Schuster's y el DRAE:
cortado.
10. f. Abertura o corte entre dos montañas.
DRAE©
Buena suerte y feliz 2006.
Oso ¶:^)
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Note added at 2005-12-30 05:48:57 (GMT)
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The noun defile has one meaning:
Meaning #1: a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
Synonym: gorge
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