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I was translating a document from Spanish to English and then came upon the word
paseo. I searched the internet for over an hour and the only meaning I could find was taking a stroll and so on, but that is not the meaning I am looking for. I'm talking about the side lane you stop to for emergencies on the road. Does somebody knows how to say that in a single word in english? Thanks in advance
The shoulder?
In the UK at least the full term is "the hard shoulder". I think that's mostly on motorways/highways. For smaller roads which have this it's usually called a "layby", but its purpose is as much for stopping there and waiting, or briefly parking.
Edit: ah, apparently both terms are British English, so if you want to translate into American English, my help is useless
Edit: wiktionary.org claims "paseo" with that meaning is only used in the Dominican Republic, which is why you might be having difficulty finding that meaning of the word. Apparently there's a different term in every Spanish-speaking country:
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Spanish: acotamiento m (Mexico), arcén m (Spain), banquina f (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), berma f (Colombia, Chile), espaldón m (Costa Rica), hombrillo m (Venezuela), hombro m (Panama), paseo m (Dominican Republic)
Thank you for your help! Never really got to wiktionary in my search...And, I remember going to this site that I think it was about UK rules of the road ( or something) which actually mentioned the term 'hard shoulder' and I thought it was wrong
. Still think shoulder sounds strange, but it does have a resemblance when you try to understand it. Venenzuela, Costa Rica and Panama seems to have the same term (or close enough).
BTW, the list was quite interesting. Just so you know, not only is it used in Dominican Republic, in Puerto Rico we use that term, too
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