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English translation: sun loungers


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Spanish term or phrase:hamacas
English translation:sun loungers
Entered by: Rachel Fell
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22:01 Jan 9, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / Beach rental equipment
Spanish term or phrase: hamacas
Typical on European beaches, they're wood frame chaise-longues that are rented for the day along with beach umbrellas, etc. What's be the most widely used term in the U.S.? And in the U.K.?

TIA,

Martin
Martin Perazzo
Spain
Local time: 21:07
sun loungers
Explanation:
sugg.

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or sun beds

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if they're like a chaise longue - a deck chair isn't "longue"

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if they're like a chaise longue - a deck chair isn't "longue"

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http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/frames.asp?http://www.museu...

This is a (traditional) UK deck chair - there's a picture on the page: the seat was usu. of canvas, but nowadays of nylon

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(or some other artificial fibre)
Selected response from:

Rachel Fell
Local time: 20:07
Grading comment
I chose this answer as it seems themost appropriate. A Google Images search for "deck chair" or "lounge chair" shows images of sun loungers, but also of different types of chairs, while the same search for "sun lounger" renders only pictures of the kind of reclining chaise-longues I described. Also, the target audience of the text is primarily British, so...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4sun loungers
Rachel Fell
4 +2deck-chair
Francesca Callegari
3 +3beach chairxxxOso
3 +2hammocks / hamacs
Mariana Zarnicki


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
hammocks / hamacs


Explanation:
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http://www.101hammocks.com/

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podría ser también hammock chair, te paso este enlace qu ete pude servir
http://www.handmadehammocks.co.uk/

Mariana Zarnicki
Argentina
Local time: 16:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Enrique Espinosa: hammock lo he visto en lugares turísticos en México. Hamacs me parece que no existe
31 mins
  -> Gracias!!!
agree  Carmen Riadi
3 hrs
  -> Gracias Carmen!!
neutral  Simon Bruni: hammock realmente es una red que se tiende entre dos arboles, sirve como cama primitiva.
11 hrs
  -> es cierto, pero no me coincidía la definición con la "hamacas"
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
beach chair


Explanation:
Hola Martin,
**Con base estrictamente en lo que nos describes** (wood frame chaise-longues), ésta podría ser una posibilidad que se usa en EE. UU.

Es extraño, pues yo siempre había sabido que las "hamacas" son "hammocks" y no las sillas que describes.

Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

Una imagen en el enlace.

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Otra imagen de \"beach chair\":

http://impressive.net/people/gerald/2003/02/21/12-58-16-sm.j...

Otra posibilidad es la misma que ya has dado tú: wood frame chaise-longues

http://www.avantgreen.net/images/prodotti/ibiscus2.jpg


    Reference: http://www.lyceum.org.uk/sites/press/images/Summer%20on%20St...
xxxOso
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patrice: U.S. usage
15 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Patricia ¶:^)
agree  Elizabeth Lyons
20 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Elizabeth ¶:^)
agree  Rosa Maria Duenas Rios: Si no se cuelga, no es hamaca. Hay unas hamacas (se cuelgan) que parecen sillas; a esas las he visto como "hammock chair"
2 hrs
  -> Hola Rosi, mil gracias, no las conocía pero las busqué en Google Images y ya las ví ¶:^) las "hammock chair" ¡parecen columpios de bebé! ¶:^)
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
deck-chair


Explanation:
I suppose these are the items you're talking about!

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an image here:
http://www.ninasun.co.uk/

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there could be beach/garden deck-chairs

Francesca Callegari
Italy
Local time: 21:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MLG
12 mins
  -> thanks!
agree  Elizabeth Lyons
25 mins
  -> thanks!
neutral  Fiona Moodie: http://www.crocus.co.uk/furniture/deckchairs/ A chair with "hammock-like comfort and go-anywhere design"
1 hr
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
sun loungers


Explanation:
sugg.

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Note added at 17 mins (2006-01-09 22:19:03 GMT)
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or sun beds

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Note added at 19 mins (2006-01-09 22:20:39 GMT)
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if they're like a chaise longue - a deck chair isn't "longue"

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Note added at 38 mins (2006-01-09 22:39:42 GMT)
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if they're like a chaise longue - a deck chair isn't "longue"

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Note added at 42 mins (2006-01-09 22:43:48 GMT)
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http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/frames.asp?http://www.museu...

This is a (traditional) UK deck chair - there's a picture on the page: the seat was usu. of canvas, but nowadays of nylon

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Note added at 57 mins (2006-01-09 22:58:53 GMT)
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(or some other artificial fibre)

Rachel Fell
Local time: 20:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31
Grading comment
I chose this answer as it seems themost appropriate. A Google Images search for "deck chair" or "lounge chair" shows images of sun loungers, but also of different types of chairs, while the same search for "sun lounger" renders only pictures of the kind of reclining chaise-longues I described. Also, the target audience of the text is primarily British, so...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elizabeth Lyons: We call them lounge chairs here. I think people in the US use deck chair too for chiase longue. Rightly or wrongly : )
19 mins
  -> Thank you Elizabeth - yes I can see now from Googling deck chair pictures:)
agree  Xenia Wong
32 mins
  -> Gracias Xenia:)
agree  Fiona Moodie: "to hire a sunlounger costs 15 euros per day..." says an English tourist of a trip to le Meridien, Nice.http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g187234-d197179-r...
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Fiona + link:)
agree  Simon Bruni: yep, I would ask for a sun lounger, a deck chair is made of canvas and you can't lie on it
10 hrs
  -> Thank you Simon:)
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