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Calas para perderse

English translation: hideaway coves/bays


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Spanish term or phrase:Calas para perderse
English translation:hideaway coves/bays
Entered by: Adam Burman
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12:30 May 16, 2006
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Spanish term or phrase: Calas para perderse
Another subheading from a brocure higlighting the best beaches and coves.

Calas para perderse.

Si lo que buscas son pequeñas calas, rodeadas de naturaleza salvaje tus sueños se harán realidad en Cala Futadera.
Adam Burman
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:49
hideaway coves/bays
Explanation:
Perhaps a briefer and more common way of expressing this.
Selected response from:

Colin Howe
Local time: 04:49
Grading comment
Has to be! Many thanks to all.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4hideaway coves/bays
Colin Howe
5 +1Coves for getting away from it all
Reed D James
4 +1coves to get lost in / coves to forget it all
Susana Magnani
5Lose yourself in our coves/Coves for losing yourselfteju
4Coves to escape to
nedra
4inlets / coves to lose oneself
Xenia Wong
3Coves to disappear
Francisco Bolaños


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
coves to get lost in / coves to forget it all


Explanation:
good luck!

Susana Magnani
Argentina
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gabriela Mejías: I like "to get lost in". Regards from Buenos Aires!!
3 mins
  -> hola coterránea... saludos desde montreal!! y gracias!!
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
inlets / coves to lose oneself


Explanation:
sug.

Xenia Wong
Local time: 21:49
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Coves to disappear


Explanation:
Esta sería mi opción (y tal vez lo que necesitaría para relajarme un poco, hehehe...) Un saludo.

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Francisco Bolaños
Local time: 04:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sarah Brenchley: Sorry Francisco, it's not grammatically correct and the links you put are dubious (they don't actually give examples of your suggested phrase)
55 mins
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Lose yourself in our coves/Coves for losing yourself


Explanation:
Options.

teju
Local time: 20:49
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
hideaway coves/bays


Explanation:
Perhaps a briefer and more common way of expressing this.


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Colin Howe
Local time: 04:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Has to be! Many thanks to all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarah Brenchley: This is a really neat way of translating the idea.
45 mins
  -> cheers!
agree  Henry Hinds: I like "hideaway coves".
48 mins
  -> Thanks Henry
agree  bigedsenior
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Ed
agree  Rachel Fell: and neat for a sub-heading
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Rachel
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Coves for getting away from it all


Explanation:
Somehow the gerund sounds better to me.

HTH

Reed

Reed D James
Chile
Local time: 22:49
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Burns
46 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Coves to escape to


Explanation:
Yet another option: "Coves perfect for a getaway"

nedra
United States
Local time: 19:49
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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