parasailing

Spanish translation: parasailing

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English term or phrase:	parasailing
Spanish translation:	parasailing
Entered by:	Nikki Graham

21:47 Dec 12, 2003

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / sports

English term or phrase: parasailing

Want to have a bird's eye view on the North Sound? Why not have a go at parasailing, sit back under a parachute and enjoy the spectacular views over the North Sound. It will be an experience to remember.

hexe

parasailing / vuelo por tiro

Explanation:
This question has been asked before and the consensus was that parasailing is left untranslated in Spanish. I also found a site that called it vuelo por tiro

parapente = paragliding
ala delta = hang-gliding

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Note added at 15 mins (2003-12-12 22:03:06 GMT)
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Paragliding is also not Parasailing. Parasailing is done with a round parachute that is usually towed behind a boat. Unlike paragliding, the person being towed has little control over the parasail. Paragliding is not hang gliding. Hang gliders have a metal frame and fly in faster winds with the pilot steering by pushing and pulling on a metal bar.
http://www.overthehillparagliding.com/what.html

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Note added at 16 mins (2003-12-12 22:04:24 GMT)
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Another extract from the English link above:
What is paragliding?
Paragliding is a new flying sport which began in the French Alps during the mid 80\'s. The French call it PARAPENTE (pronounced para-pont). Paragliders, as we call them in the U.S. are loosely based on the ram-air, square parachutes that skydivers use

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Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:09

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3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

parasailing / vuelo por tiro

Nikki Graham

5 +2

parapente

David Russi

navegación con paracaídas

María Eugenia Wachtendorff

Answers

8 mins confidence:

navegación con paracaídas

Explanation:
Este deporte debe tener un nombre. Mira las imágenes en http://images.google.cl/images?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwi...

María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 16:09
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 10

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

parasailing / vuelo por tiro

Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:09
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

parapente

Explanation:
Un ejemplo abajo

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Note added at 20 mins (2003-12-12 22:08:15 GMT)
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Tiene razón Nikki, debe ser parasail, fíjate aquí:

http://www.mapuchito.com.ar/explora/turismo/sitios/lasgrutas...

Reference: http://www.parapenteonline.cl/
Reference: http://www.parasailing.com/

David Russi
United States
Local time: 14:09
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 67

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