Playa preferida

English translation: is one of the most popular beaches

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Spanish term or phrase:es una de las playas preferidas
English translation:is one of the most popular beaches
Entered by: James A. Walsh

16:26 Aug 8, 2012
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
Spanish term or phrase: Playa preferida
Hola colegas

Siguiendo con mi texto turístico estaba buscando una forma idiomática en inglés de expresar lo siguiente

PLAYA XXX es una de las playas preferidas por los amantes del deporte acuático.

Para los que de ustedes sean nativos de inglés, ¿suena natural decir PLAYA XXX IS A FAVORITE HOT SPOT FOR WATER SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS?

Muchas gracias

KK
kleiner Kater
Chile
Local time: 05:00
is one of the most popular beaches
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James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 11:00
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7is one of the most popular beaches
James A. Walsh
4 +2X is a favourite with water sports enthusiasts
Kate Major Patience
4a beach much favoured
Simon Bruni
4preferred beaches or ideal beaches
Esteban Monge
3XXX is the perfect beach for water sports enthusiasts
Marian Vieyra


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a beach much favoured


Explanation:
by water sports enthusiasts

Personally I don't like 'hot spot' - it sounds a bit clichéd.

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'favored' for the US

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https://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sugexp=ekwcph&gs_nf=1&tok=XA...

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or just "is a favourite of water sports enthusiasts" is fine

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:00
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
es una de las playas preferidas
is one of the most popular beaches


Explanation:
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James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 11:00
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Hill
42 mins
  -> Cheers, Rich.

agree  Patricia Bower
1 hr
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agree  AllegroTrans
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agree  Lisa McCarthy
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agree  teresa quimper
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agree  Simon Bruni
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agree  Fabian Scasso
25 days
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
XXX is the perfect beach for water sports enthusiasts


Explanation:
A suggestion.

Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
preferred beaches or ideal beaches


Explanation:
prefered and ideal, in my opinion, soiund a little more natural.

X_ beach is one of the most preferred beaches for water sports lovers
X_ beach is one of the most ideal beaches for water sports fans.

Example sentence(s):
  • X_ beach is one of the most preferred beaches for water sports lovers
  • X_ beach is one of the most ideal beaches for water sports fans.
Esteban Monge
Costa Rica
Local time: 03:00
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
X is a favourite with water sports enthusiasts


Explanation:
I think this would be the most common and natural way of putting it. I don't think you need to use the word beach - it will be more than clear, and this way you can avoid a redundancy.

Kate Major Patience
Spain
Local time: 11:00
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters: Sure, why not?
2 hrs
  -> Cheers Trudy! :)

agree  Lisa McCarthy: or a 'favourite among'
2 hrs
  -> También. Thanks Lisa! :)
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