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camioneta de tina

English translation: pickup truck

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Spanish term or phrase:camioneta de tina
English translation:pickup truck
Entered by: Robert Forstag

16:48 Feb 25, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Nicaragua
Spanish term or phrase: camioneta de tina
Not much context: the term is used in the context of a sandinista guerrilla commander describing how he disguised himself as an engineer:

Y una semana después estaba en Managua, dirigiendo el Frente Interno, disfrazado como de ingeniero, pues, en una camioneta de tina, con unos rótulos de una compañía consultora, pues, muchos planos bajo el brazo, con un casco de aluminio, con lápices y todo.

Is it simply a term used in Nicaragua to refer to a pickup truck?

Thank you.
Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 11:52
Pickup truck
Explanation:
Depending on the country it has several names, for example a Camioneta de Platón is the same here..in US - Mexican border they kill the language and call it a "Troca" (half/ half)..that is so ugly I would not even call it Spanglish..its killglish!

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Note added at 14 mins (2007-02-25 17:02:48 GMT)
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BTW "Tina" is also bathtub, tray, pan...
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Roberto Rey
Colombia
Local time: 10:52
Grading comment
Thank you, Bob. Thanks also to Kelly.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3Pickup truck
Roberto Rey
3ute
Kelly-Jane Wallis


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Pickup truck


Explanation:
Depending on the country it has several names, for example a Camioneta de Platón is the same here..in US - Mexican border they kill the language and call it a "Troca" (half/ half)..that is so ugly I would not even call it Spanglish..its killglish!

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Note added at 14 mins (2007-02-25 17:02:48 GMT)
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BTW "Tina" is also bathtub, tray, pan...

Roberto Rey
Colombia
Local time: 10:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 48
Grading comment
Thank you, Bob. Thanks also to Kelly.
Notes to answerer
Asker: I suspected this: since "tina" is "tub" the idea is that the open bed of the truck resembles a bathtub (I suppose). Thank you.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Manuel Aburto: Absolutely agree with you!
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agree  Tim Jenkins
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agree  Sandra Holt
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
ute


Explanation:
ute / pickup truck

a vehicle (that is not a truck) which has storage space

Kelly-Jane Wallis
Local time: 17:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Ute? I thought that this was an Indian tribe native to the western US.... :-)

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