Feb 5, 2008 23:07
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Argentina
Obsession for quality is a pleasure.
Native in: English 
, Spanish (Variant: Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
puentes
Spanish to English
Marketing
Tourism & Travel
períodos largos de descanso, por ejemplo, "puentes" o navidades...
cuando coincide que tenemos tres días seguidos de fiesta... o por ejemplo la Semana Santa que se junta con San Jose...
Se trata de un audio, en donde escucho que dice "puentes" en este contexto... no se bien qué significa ni que traducción al inglés puede tener. Gracias amigos por vuestra ayuda. Apelo a vosotros, de la ibérica península...
cuando coincide que tenemos tres días seguidos de fiesta... o por ejemplo la Semana Santa que se junta con San Jose...
Se trata de un audio, en donde escucho que dice "puentes" en este contexto... no se bien qué significa ni que traducción al inglés puede tener. Gracias amigos por vuestra ayuda. Apelo a vosotros, de la ibérica península...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | extended holidays |
Parrot
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| 4 +10 | long weekends |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 4 +5 | long weekends |
Bubo Coroman (X)
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| 4 | Festivities or Celebrations Break(holidays) |
Vladimir Martinez
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| 3 +1 | bank holiday weekends |
Noni Gilbert Riley
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Change log
Feb 7, 2008 22:52: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:
Non-PRO (1): Juan Jacob
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Proposed translations
+6
8 mins
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extended holidays
is the most standard I can get. There are long weekends, but "puentes" have what we used to call "sandwich days" in school.
Note from asker:
| Thanks to you and all. Here in Argentina we simply say "fin de semana largo". |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Andy Watkinson
17 mins
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| agree |
Marian Martin (X)
: Yes, possibly the best solution to avoid the weekend question.
33 mins
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Marisa Raich
43 mins
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Mark Solomon
: If for the UK I would say 'extended bank holidays' to make it clear that we are talking about odd days occurring throughout the year rather than someone taking say 3 weeks instead of 2 annual leave!
47 mins
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| agree |
Bubo Coroman (X)
: this avoids the problems of "long weekends"!
58 mins
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Teri Szucs
: At Least In The US Most Holidays Were Moved To Monday. Your Scenario Would Not Exist Here. PUENTES o NAVIDAD. Dias sandwich, long or extended weekends.
2 hrs
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| neutral |
Kate Major Patience
: I don't think this works so well. To me, extended holidays would be (ojalá) having longer than usual holidays. As Mark says above. Oh well, at least we HAVE puentes in Spain. :)
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Carol Gullidge
: agree with Mark: extended bank holidays
10 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+5
5 mins
long weekends
"puente" as I know it always includes a weekend; this is the only well-used English equivalent I know
Peer comment(s):
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Andy Watkinson
: hmmmm... 6th Dec (Tues) and 8th Dec (Thur) are holidays - "el miércoles hacemos puente" - no weekend involved....
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what you say is true, Andy: I'll post an agree on Parrot's answer as hers has no problems!
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Henry Hinds
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thanks Henry! All the best :-) Deborah
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Juan Jacob
: Agree: never heard of a puente without a weekend.
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Muchas gracias Juan, un abrazo :-) Deborah
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Mark Solomon
: Living in Spain I would agree with Andy, we had a puente in December that involved no weekends
46 mins
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Thanks Mark, what Andy says is true, I'll post an agree on Parrot's answer as hers has no problems!
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Teri Szucs
: .Agree, PUENTES o NAVIDAD. Dias sandwich, long or extended weekends
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Muchas gracias por tu aporte Teri, que tengas buenos días :-) Deborah
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Kate Major Patience
: Ok, but that bridge still hits a weekend doesn't it? Or at least almost always. Isn't this fine as a general term??
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Thanks so much Kate ... we don't know the exact context, so can't suggest anything tailor-made. Have a nice day :-) Deborah
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Gary Smith Lawson
: Andy and Mark are right, but the vast majority are indeed weekends, and this is the nearest natural expression in English that conveys the same idea.
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Thanks so much for your contribution Gary ... I hope Martin can adapt the term to fit his exact context. Have a great day :-) Deborah
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Richard Lynn Paul
: The words don't exist precisely in American English because the concept does not exist. Americans are mostly workaholics and the government puts most holidays on Mondays rather than Tuesdays, so taking a Monday vacation to "hacer puente" can't be done.
17 hrs
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Thank you so much Richard for the great explanation! :-) Deborah
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+10
4 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
115
long weekends
Mike :)
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Note added at 6 mins (2008-02-05 23:13:15 GMT)
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Oxford
"(vacaciones) long weekend (linked to a public holiday with an extrra day's holiday in between)"
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Note added at 6 mins (2008-02-05 23:13:15 GMT)
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Oxford
"(vacaciones) long weekend (linked to a public holiday with an extrra day's holiday in between)"
Peer comment(s):
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Steven Capsuto
1 min
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Thank you, Steven - Mike :)
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Kate Major Patience
: Puentes generally 'touch a weekend'. Surely it's rare (for example) Weds and Thurs off and Friday on again? Not saying it never happens, just don't know why long weekend (ie Thurs-Mon, Sat-Tues) wouldn't work perfectly well! It does. :)
2 mins
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Thank you, Kate - Mike :)
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Terry Burgess
: Yep.
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Thank you, Terry - Mike :)
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Sandra Rodriguez
12 mins
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Thank you, Sandra - Mike :)
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Victoria Porter-Burns
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Thank you, Victoria - Mike :)
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lafresita (X)
15 mins
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Thank you, Miroslawa - Mike :)
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Andy Watkinson
: A weekend is not always necessary "para hacer puente".// You don't understand "puente". It's not Mon or Fri. It's when TUESDAY is a holiday so you take the Monday off. THAT's a "puente".
15 mins
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Thank you, Andy - true, it is not always necessary, but in the U.S. when the holiday is on Tuesday through Thursday, school is let out on either Monday or Friday to create long weekends - Mike :)
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Juan Jacob
: Well, never heard of a puente without weekend. At least in Mexico.
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Thank you, Juan - I really like México - Mike :)
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Cecilia Welsh
: And when you take/you are given Monday off because Tuesday is a holiday, then you REALLY have a BIG PUENTE with Saturday and Sunday also off!!!
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and the bigger the puente, the better time to recharge!! - Mike :)
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Mark Solomon
: This is simply incorrect. Hacer puente is to take the day off between a bank holiday and a weekend or between two bank holidays. So December 7th is usually taken off as a puente to link the 6th and 8th which are holidays and they aren't always weekends.
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Thank you, Mark - I respectfully disagree with you based on the reasoning I expressed earlier - at least for the U.S. - Mike :)
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Teri Szucs
: .Agree, PUENTES o NAVIDAD. Dias sandwich, long or extended weekends
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Thank you, Teri - Mike :)
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Gary Smith Lawson
: I've just seen this answer came first ;.)
9 hrs
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Thank you, Gary - Mike :)
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Roser Villa
1 day 23 hrs
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Thank you, Roser - Mike :)
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2 hrs
Vladimir Martinez
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Spain
Even Sport items
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Cuban)
Works in: Spanish to English, Italian to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Festivities or Celebrations Break(holidays)
Agreed with the term "long" but not with "weekend" ´cause the word"puente is used only in Spain and refers to the Break between two or more celebrations like Catholic or Historical dates,Christmass,New Year Eve or Political Events,doesn´t matter weekends or along the week days.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-02-06 01:15:11 GMT)
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The british translation could be for Bank Holidays Break
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-02-06 01:15:11 GMT)
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The british translation could be for Bank Holidays Break
Example sentence:
We´re going to Canary Islands between celebrations break next month.
+1
10 hrs
Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
The translator people turn to
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
132
bank holiday weekends
In Britain it would be this, since the festivos, apart from religious festivals, are tacked onto a weekend, so that there is not possibility of taking an extra day off in the middle. Deborah's long weekend is this same thing under another name.
Problem is that in Spain at least, a puente can often mean an extra day squeezed in between a weekend and a festivo falling on, say, a Tuesday, and the whole thing could feasibly take place mid week without any connection with a weekend: for example, Dec 6th and 8th are national holidays, so if the 6th were a Tuesday, a lot of people would take the Wednesday in the middle off too. (And some lucky souls would wangle it take the Monday and/or the Friday off too).
Anyway, hope this is of some help.
Travel agencies will advertise special offers for trips organized to coincide with puentes. Hence:
"Viajes en oferta: Puente de Mayo" http://www.muchoviaje.com/ofertas/especial/especial.asp?llam... and similar in any travel agency's web page to care to consult.
Problem is that in Spain at least, a puente can often mean an extra day squeezed in between a weekend and a festivo falling on, say, a Tuesday, and the whole thing could feasibly take place mid week without any connection with a weekend: for example, Dec 6th and 8th are national holidays, so if the 6th were a Tuesday, a lot of people would take the Wednesday in the middle off too. (And some lucky souls would wangle it take the Monday and/or the Friday off too).
Anyway, hope this is of some help.
Travel agencies will advertise special offers for trips organized to coincide with puentes. Hence:
"Viajes en oferta: Puente de Mayo" http://www.muchoviaje.com/ofertas/especial/especial.asp?llam... and similar in any travel agency's web page to care to consult.
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