Apr 9, 2013 08:34
11 yrs ago
Spanish term
afilada proa
Spanish to English
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Surfing
Hi everyone,
This appears in a text I'm translating about surf breaks in the Basque Country:
La Izquierda de Zenitz
Durante la marea baja también se puede coger la ola de izquierda, pero la entrada y la salida pueden complicarse un poco, ya que para llegar al lugar hay que cruzar una ***afilada proa***.
I know 'proa' can mean 'prow', but I'm not convinced that it has anything to do with a boat/ship in this context. The word appears several times throughout the text.
Many thanks in advance.
Jack
This appears in a text I'm translating about surf breaks in the Basque Country:
La Izquierda de Zenitz
Durante la marea baja también se puede coger la ola de izquierda, pero la entrada y la salida pueden complicarse un poco, ya que para llegar al lugar hay que cruzar una ***afilada proa***.
I know 'proa' can mean 'prow', but I'm not convinced that it has anything to do with a boat/ship in this context. The word appears several times throughout the text.
Many thanks in advance.
Jack
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Peter Guest
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Spain
33 yrs Ships, Engineering Marketing
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prow
Many prow-shaped rocks or vertical edges where cliff-faces join are know as prows, because that is what they look like.
A quick google for cliff prow or rock prow will turn up dozens.
This particular one must make surfing risky as it seems to jut out into the channel leading to the surfing area
A quick google for cliff prow or rock prow will turn up dozens.
This particular one must make surfing risky as it seems to jut out into the channel leading to the surfing area
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