Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

vereda

English translation:

settlement

Added to glossary by TravellingTrans
Nov 16, 2014 18:02
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Spanish term

vereda

Spanish to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
Municipio/intendencia/comisaría/corregimiento/vereda

All of these are administrative divisions of Colombia.
It explains what they are here:

http://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organización_territorial_de_C...
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 settlement
3 +1 vereda
Change log

Nov 22, 2014 17:16: TravellingTrans Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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settlement

Nevado del Tolima is El Silencio, a small vereda (settlement) 28 kilometers... books.google.com/books?isbn=1612386288

His ample home, high in the mountains and accessible only by horse trail in the vereda (scattered settlement) of La Morena, proved an ideal place for services. books.google.com/books?isbn=0838615783

Located in the San José Vereda rural settlement, inside a natural reserve in the Amazon forest... www.lonelyplanet.com/colombia/.../on-vacation-amazon-al...

The FARC opposed Plan Colombia along with the alternative development projects ... The vereda is a rural settlement composed of a number of nuclear families books.google.com/books?isbn=1601270380

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-11-16 20:39:26 GMT)
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I don't know why the google books links didn
t come out but you can search:

vereda (settlement) colombia

and you will find the links
Peer comment(s):

agree Phoenix III
2 hrs
cheers
agree Jessica Noyes
7 hrs
cheers
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vereda

Peer comment(s):

disagree Phoenix III : Vereda in Spanish is the same as in English???
4 hrs
neutral TravellingTrans : actually you can find it as such, I think the disagree is a bit harsh even though I'm offering a separate answer
6 hrs
Thanks TravellingTrans.
agree philgoddard : I would leave it in Spanish, with an explanatory note if necessary.
7 hrs
Thanks Phil. Definitely seems preferable to me - there's no established English term.
agree Jorge Rodrigo Caballero de La Reza
1 day 5 hrs
Thanks rodcab.
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