Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
pista (Colombian Spanish)
English translation:
airstrips
Added to glossary by
Sandra Alboum
Jul 6, 2005 03:59
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term
United States
Translation for mission-driven orgs
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English, English to Spanish, and 1 more.
pista (Colombian Spanish)
Spanish to English
Other
Slang
Colombian
From a memoir re: the Cali/Medellin cartels:
En fin, todo fue caos y confusion, la gente comenzo a retirarse y a vociferar y finalmente lo unico que se pudo conseguir a favor de los ponentes fue que todos se comprometieran a sacar las cociinas, laboratorios, *pistas*, y bodegas fuera de los limites del Valle del Cauca...
En fin, todo fue caos y confusion, la gente comenzo a retirarse y a vociferar y finalmente lo unico que se pudo conseguir a favor de los ponentes fue que todos se comprometieran a sacar las cociinas, laboratorios, *pistas*, y bodegas fuera de los limites del Valle del Cauca...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | airstrips |
Rene Ron
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| 4 +1 | landing strips/ tracks |
David Hollywood
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| 4 | "runways" |
KathyT
|
Proposed translations
+3
3 mins
Selected
airstrips
I am not 100% sure, but this usually refers to the clandestine airstrips used by drug runners.
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Comment: "Perfect, thanks."
+1
1 min
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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48
landing strips/ tracks
couple of options
9 hrs
"runways"
another alternative
AOPA Online -- AOPA Pilot -- Return to Norman's Cay
Oddly enough, the very pilot who had blocked the runway was instructed to return to ... In his book Turning the Tide: One Man Against the Medellin Cartel, ...
www.aopa.org/pilot/features/2004/cay0404.html
SnowBird
This was not the runway he was looking for. It wasn'ta runway at all. ... At this point I knew no more about the Medellin Cartel than the next man; ...
www.eckerd.edu/aspec/writers/snowbird.htm
Carlos Lehder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlos Lehder Rivas, co-founder of the Medellín Cartel and one of the most important ... Lehder built a 3300-foot runway protected by radar, bodyguards and ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder
A New Kingdom Of Cocaine: For Colombia's powerful Cali Cartel,
A third less often noted reason is that the cartel has established operations in ... [When not in use] the runway is camouflaged with logs strewn over it. ...
www.franksmyth.com/clients/FrankSmyth/ frankS2.nsf/0/c1ef26eb00e2d65885256b7b00790664?OpenDocument
AOPA Online -- AOPA Pilot -- Return to Norman's Cay
Oddly enough, the very pilot who had blocked the runway was instructed to return to ... In his book Turning the Tide: One Man Against the Medellin Cartel, ...
www.aopa.org/pilot/features/2004/cay0404.html
SnowBird
This was not the runway he was looking for. It wasn'ta runway at all. ... At this point I knew no more about the Medellin Cartel than the next man; ...
www.eckerd.edu/aspec/writers/snowbird.htm
Carlos Lehder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlos Lehder Rivas, co-founder of the Medellín Cartel and one of the most important ... Lehder built a 3300-foot runway protected by radar, bodyguards and ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder
A New Kingdom Of Cocaine: For Colombia's powerful Cali Cartel,
A third less often noted reason is that the cartel has established operations in ... [When not in use] the runway is camouflaged with logs strewn over it. ...
www.franksmyth.com/clients/FrankSmyth/ frankS2.nsf/0/c1ef26eb00e2d65885256b7b00790664?OpenDocument
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