leones de piel ocre tumbados al sol

English translation: brown/ochre (furred) lions lying / basking in the sun

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Spanish term or phrase:leones de piel ocre tumbados al sol
English translation:brown/ochre (furred) lions lying / basking in the sun
Entered by: Noni Gilbert Riley

15:28 Jun 14, 2009
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Spanish term or phrase: leones de piel ocre tumbados al sol
I got a little lost with this one:

No puede faltar un pic-nic en el crater y un safari fotográfico: contemplar los hermosos leones de piel ocre tumbados al sol o la increíble fauna oculta que habita en el crater, es otro más de los atractivos de encontrarse con África.

Do not miss out on a picnic in the crater or a photo safari – gazing at the beautiful, ochre skin lions arched to the sun or the incredible hidden fauna that live in the crater...
srmoreno
Local time: 02:12
brown/ochre (furred) lions lying / basking in the sun
Explanation:
I've avoided using skin, because we don't actually see their skin, but their fur (the writer didn't have his/her eye completely on the ball here, I fear!). In fact I think it works best without anything at all. The colour adjective used is a little surprising: golden is what we're used to. And tumbados is really just lying, but basking is asking to be used I feel - a question of collocation.
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Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 07:12
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3brown/ochre (furred) lions lying / basking in the sun
Noni Gilbert Riley
4 +3golden-brown lions lazing in the sun
bigedsenior
4 +1lions with ochre-coloured skin lying in the sun
liz askew
5reddish-brown lions basking in the sun
Sylvia Valls
4Ochre lions lounging in the sun
Michael Kincaid
4lions the colour of ochre basking in the sun
Lucy Williams


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lions with ochre-coloured skin lying in the sun


Explanation:
Animales salvajes, animales en extincion, animales de la selva
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Pero no todos viven en manada, algunos leones, tanto machos como hembras, ... El león macho tiene la cabeza grande, la piel es de color ocre y está provisto ...
es.geocities.com/animaleswebs/animales-salvajes.htm - Cached – Similar

Flores Island, Indonesia
1 Sep 1998 ... The creature's scaly, ochre coloured skin was sun-mottled with shards of pink, green and silver. A couple of second later it shuffled away, ...
goinside.com/98/9/flores.html - Cached – Similar

Carretera al cielo de los gatos / Road to heaven' s cat on Flickr ...
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Esperará en la alcantarilla tumbado al sol a que llegue del trabajo por las ... He will be lying in the sun over the sewer cap and waiting me to come from ...
www.flickr.com/photos/pedrosalvador/3441875937/ - Cached - Similar


liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jmleger: ochre lions basking in the sun (forget the fur, forget the coloured, it's superfluous.)
1 hr
  -> fair enough.
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
brown/ochre (furred) lions lying / basking in the sun


Explanation:
I've avoided using skin, because we don't actually see their skin, but their fur (the writer didn't have his/her eye completely on the ball here, I fear!). In fact I think it works best without anything at all. The colour adjective used is a little surprising: golden is what we're used to. And tumbados is really just lying, but basking is asking to be used I feel - a question of collocation.

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 07:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lydia De Jorge: I agree 100%! 'Piel' refers to the fur not the skin and I like basking -
5 mins
  -> Thanks Lydia!

agree  Natalia Pedrosa (X): I completely agree with Lydia. Fur and basking. ;)
44 mins
  -> Thanks Natalia.

agree  liz askew: doh! of course, skin would imply they were bald! I was just translating literally! Strange, cos I don't like "basking" reminds me of sea lions rather than lions...:-)
2 hrs
  -> Ha! Perhaps Micahel's lounging.
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Ochre lions lounging in the sun


Explanation:
another option...sounds like a fun project :)

Michael Kincaid
United States
Local time: 02:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
reddish-brown lions basking in the sun


Explanation:
I think you can play around with the style a bit ... tumbados, flopped down... but they are indeed basking in the sun. More poetic... :--)

Sylvia Valls
Local time: 00:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
golden-brown lions lazing in the sun


Explanation:
Colors are highly subjective and no words can accurately describe them.

bigedsenior
Local time: 23:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 100

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tara Orzolek: I hate to say it, but often you have to appeal to the lowest common denominator, and I think most people would better visualize golden-brown than ochre. Although I do like basking vs. lazing.
8 hrs

agree  Cinnamon Nolan: Lying or basking
9 hrs

agree  Ruth Ramsey: I like "basking" but I think golden-brown captures it nicely.
16 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lions the colour of ochre basking in the sun


Explanation:
another idea

Lucy Williams
Spain
Local time: 07:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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