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rios crecidos

English translation: the rivers are swollen

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Spanish term or phrase:rios crecidos
English translation:the rivers are swollen
Entered by: Charles Davis

22:39 Feb 18, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Other / description of customs of Andean populations
Spanish term or phrase: rios crecidos
...durante la estación húmeda, cuando las lluvias son abundantes y los ríos crecidos.
Se trata de un libro sobre costumbres de los pobladores de los Andes.
teresa quimper
Peru
Local time: 13:10
(the) rivers are swollen
Explanation:
This is a common expression, which corresponds closely, I think, to the sense of "crecidos".

"HEAVY RAINS IN THE WEST.; Rivers Are Swollen in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 24. -- Heavy rains have swollen the Des Moines, Skunk, and Iowa Rivers, whose waters eventually flow into the Mississippi River, and, as a result, at Warsaw, Ill., the outlook is the worst so far this season."
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70614FC3D541...

"When rivers are swollen from spring rains or just receding from the snowpack runoff most of the water in the river is moving to fast for fish to hold in."
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Fish-the-Large-Rocks-of-Mon...
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 20:10
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3(the) rivers are swollen
Charles Davis
4 +1rivers are rising
Jennifer Levey
4the rivers are high
Noni Gilbert Riley
4the rivers are in spate
Derek Dunn


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
rivers are rising


Explanation:
cuando las lluvias son abundantes y los ríos crecidos
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when the rain is heavy and the rivers are rising

Flood forecast: Rivers still rising - [ Traducir esta página ]18 Feb 2011 ... NEW TODAY: This week's snow melt and the forecasted rain will likely cause area rivers, including the Rock River in.
qctimes.com/.../article_7ab61700-3b18-11e0-b685-001cc4c03286.html - Estados UnidosObtener más resultados de las últimas 24 horas
Thousands flee rising rivers - Disaster News Network - [ Traducir esta página ]13 Jun 2008 ... Thousands flee rising rivers. Historic flooding causes heartbreak for thousands of residents, many of whom do not have flood insurance ...
www.disasternews.net/.../article.php?... - En memoria caché - Similar

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 14:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 67

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agree  Travelin Ann
31 mins
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
(the) rivers are swollen


Explanation:
This is a common expression, which corresponds closely, I think, to the sense of "crecidos".

"HEAVY RAINS IN THE WEST.; Rivers Are Swollen in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 24. -- Heavy rains have swollen the Des Moines, Skunk, and Iowa Rivers, whose waters eventually flow into the Mississippi River, and, as a result, at Warsaw, Ill., the outlook is the worst so far this season."
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70614FC3D541...

"When rivers are swollen from spring rains or just receding from the snowpack runoff most of the water in the river is moving to fast for fish to hold in."
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Fish-the-Large-Rocks-of-Mon...

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 20:10
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 180
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Noni:)
agree  eski: Nice job, ! eski
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, eski :)
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
12 hrs
  -> Gracias, Bea :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the rivers are high


Explanation:
That's how it came out for me! But the other options are fine too.

"Double-handed rods are useful when the river is high" www.buccleuchsporting.co.uk/public/fishing/salmon/queensber...


Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 20:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80
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2 days 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the rivers are in spate


Explanation:
The concise OED defines "spate" as a river flood. The term would seem to be only employed in UK english.

Derek Dunn
Peru
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of: English
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