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Spanish term or phrase:	camino vecinal
English translation:	byway
Entered by:	Rick Larg

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05:31 Jul 5, 2010

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Spanish term or phrase: camino vecinal

Fichas de los caminos inventariados ...are to include et al.....
3. Documentación localizada: se cita el tipo de documentos localizados, que pueden hacer referencia a camino vecinal, camino público, camino en el cual la administración ha intervenido, etc.
I think secondary road is too vague, (country) lane maybe not right here, track does not include the idea of vecinal... Any other ideas?

Rick Larg KudoZ activity Questions: 24 (none open) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 137 Spain
Local time: 18:20

by-road

Explanation:
by-roads - definition of byroads by the Free Online Dictionary ...Noun, 1. byroad - a side road little traveled (as in the countryside). bypath, byway · road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or ...

You are right about country roads sounding a bit tooo folksy but ... in some cases this may be what it means.

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Significado de camino vecinal, 1.- El construido y conservado por el municipio, cuyas necesidades sirve, y suele ser más estrecho que las carreteras.
www.significado-de.com/camino_vecinal_30051.html

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Thank you, Rick :)

Selected response from:

Eileen Banks
Argentina
Local time: 13:20

Grading comment

I eventually went with 'byway'. Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +3

local roads

Marian Vieyra

4 +1

minor road

Nikki Graham

by-road

Eileen Banks

3 +1

private or unadopted road (see explanation)

Deborah Lockett

local road

David Brown

municipal road / bridle path

eviteri

Discussion entries: 6

Answers

19 mins confidence:

municipal road / bridle path

Explanation:
Two options, though I think with the given context, municipal road works best.

Hope this helps!

eviteri
Argentina
Local time: 11:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

local roads

Explanation:
My suggestion.

Reference: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3186991.stm

Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

1 hr confidence:

local road

Explanation:
or just a "street"
camino vecinal
ES: camino vecinal, vía de servicio, camino local
EN: estate road, local road
Definition ES: vía destinada principalmente a dar acceso a las viviendas o propiedades colindantes en una zona residencial
Definition EN: a road providing access to dwellings in a housing area

David Brown
Local time: 18:20
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 28

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

minor road

Explanation:
meaning:

minor road (n.)
country lane, country road, track
http://dictionary.sensagent.com/minor road/en-en/

A side road is a minor road in a road network, typically leading off a main road. A side road may be so minor as to be uncategorized with a road number.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_road

Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 60

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

private or unadopted road (see explanation)

Explanation:
I suggest you translate as follows:

"private/unadopted road, public road..."

because "public road" implies that the road is maintained by the Local Highway Authority, and you need to distinguish between that and "camino vecinal".

In the U.K., some roads are built by Highways Authorities and others by developers as part of a housing estate etc. project. The developer must build the access roads according to the Authority's specification in order that the Authority "adopts" them, that is, takes responsibility for their maintenance henceforth.

Many "private or unadopted roads" are in the countryside and lead to farms etc. Many of them go back many years and still follow the route of the original farm tracks.

I used to live on a farm on an unadopted road.

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thank you for the additional information that these are footpaths. The equivalent terms in the U.K. would be:

"camino vecinal": private way or path

"camino público": public right of way (also called public footpath). This term is used by U.K. local authorities, who have a legal responsibility to maintain a register of these rights of way, maintain them -- including waymarking them with signposts -- and keep them open at all times to the public. As a reference please see the photo on the right of this page, captioned: "A public right-of-way path that provides access to a field". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_right_of_way

A public right of way ran across the farm where I used to live.

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 17:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 155

12 mins confidence:

by-road

Eileen Banks
Argentina
Local time: 13:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

I eventually went with 'byway'. Thank you.

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