viajar "de mosca"

English translation: travelling in the goods carriages for free

06:52 Aug 23, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Spanish term or phrase: viajar "de mosca"
Mexican context
Viajaron 'de mosca' en un tren carguero

thank you
Marie P.
English translation:travelling in the goods carriages for free
Explanation:
ir de mosca---hanging of the back of a train/bus/trolleybus
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David Brown
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Local time: 10:55
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4 +5stowaway
anaell
5 +1train hopping
Patricia Rosas
4travelling in the goods carriages for free
David Brown


  

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viajar de mosca
travelling in the goods carriages for free


Explanation:
ir de mosca---hanging of the back of a train/bus/trolleybus

David Brown
Spain
Local time: 10:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
viajar
stowaway


Explanation:
es como decir que viajaban de polizones.....

they travelled as stowaways.....como verbo y también stowaway se puede utilizar como sustantivo...

suerte...

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Note added at 4 hrs 42 mins (2004-08-23 11:35:11 GMT)
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perdon, quería decir como verbo
to stowaway....

anaell
Spain
Local time: 10:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarita Palatnik (X)
1 hr
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agree  nothing: Sorry, I didn't see your answer
2 hrs
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agree  Xenia Wong
3 hrs
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agree  Jennifer Vela Valido
16 hrs
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agree  Ricardo Eid
4 days
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
viajar
train hopping


Explanation:
"Hitching a ride" is another way to say it. Tramps or hobos "train hop". Here it is used in a review of a film about it--

George, whose documentary film Catching Out (the colloquial term for hopping a freight train) has logged over 10,000 miles riding the rails around the country. Her film uncovers a fascinating subculture of old-timers, young punks, stamp tramps and yuppie riders that populate the train yards.


    Reference: http://www.northbankfred.com/dude.html
Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 02:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 56

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agree  EHsiao
7 hrs
  -> thank you, Elliot!
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