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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

running water

Spanish translation:

agua de red

Added to glossary by mediamatrix (X)
Apr 17, 2010 23:42
14 yrs ago
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English term

running water

Non-PRO English to Spanish Other Other daily life
me pueden decir si running water es agua de la llave o agua común y corriente
Proposed translations (Spanish)
4 +1 agua de red
4 +7 agua corriente
Change log

Apr 22, 2010 16:17: mediamatrix (X) Created KOG entry

Discussion

margaret caulfield Apr 19, 2010:
@ Lucia, I see no "unkind remakrs" in this dicussion, and much less "all over the page". I f you see any, please quote them!
claudia16 (X) Apr 19, 2010:
Tap water (running water) is part of indoor plumbing, which became available in the developed world in the late 19th century and common in the mid-20th century.[dubious – discuss]

The provision of tap water is a massive infrastructure of piping, pumps, and water purification works.
margaret caulfield Apr 18, 2010:
@mediamatrix I am not going to get involved in one of your usual protracted arguments. "Running water" is such a common way of saying "agua corriente" in daily life, as the asker has requested. I could go into technical/scientific explanations, but I simply can't be bothered wasting my time with them in this particular case. I'm glad you have so much time to waste, apparently.
mediamatrix (X) Apr 18, 2010:
@Margaret Even with the addition to your explanation, you've still not made it clear that a key feature of 'running water', in the usual meaning of the term, is that it is delivered under pressure through a water main. 'Any' water that moves - even if it's just a puddle on the kitchen floor - 'flows' (FLUYE).
margaret caulfield Apr 18, 2010:
@mediamatrix There's not enough space to answer you elsewhere. Water coming from the rain water collection system on the roof would not be called "agua corriente" sino "agua saliendo del colector...". One thing is for the water to be running down/from/etc. Another is the very common "running water".

Proposed translations

+1
30 mins
Selected

agua de red

'running water' usually refers to water supplied under pressure, from a point of 'captation' (and eventual processing) to residential or other premises, often with a minimum guarantee of potability.

The term would normally exclude, for example, water delivered by the force or gravity from a rainwater collection tank on the roof, even if the water still 'runs' from the tap..

Arch.argent.pediatr 2003; 101(2) / 93 Protección contra hepatitis ...de PG Aguilar - 2003 - Citado por 1 - Artículos relacionados
Lack of running water supply: 46%. Day care attendance: 13.2%. ..... Extensas zonas residenciales carecen de agua de red. ... Si los intervalos de confianza mostraran una aceptable precisión, podría ser útil la confec- ción de un modelo ...
www.sap.org.ar/staticfiles/archivos/2003/arch03_2/93.txt - En caché
Peer comment(s):
disagree margaret caulfield : This would be "water from the main/mains supply". It's not necessarily "running". It could simply be in the tank or pipes. As the word "corriente" implies, it's water in motion.
11 mins
agree jacana54 (X) : I agree with your right to give an opinion, whether mistaken or not, without getting a lot of unkind remarks all over the page.
13 hrs
agree claudia16 (X) : running water is an accepted term that means more than that the water is in movement, otherwise it could mean water from a river, which it doesn't, see discussion
1 day 4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thank you very much for your answer. In Chile, my country, this is known as agua de la llave, however you were really helpful ;)"
+7
2 mins

agua corriente

Sólo es el agua mientras está del grifo, de una manguera o de lo que sea.

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Note added at 32 mins (2010-04-18 00:15:03 GMT)
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Debido al comentario (un tanto didantesco) de mediamatriz, tal vez debía decir en mi explicación que es agua que FLUYE del grifo, una manguera, etc.
Peer comment(s):
agree Maria Elena Martinez
1 min
Gracias, María Elena. (No fue excesivamente complicada, ¿verdad?)
neutral Jennifer Levey : Would your term and explanation include water arriving through a tap or hosepipe, delivered by the force of gravity from a rainwater collection system on the roof?//No, I don't 'know this' from reading your answer. Hence my non-agree...
19 mins
What a strange reason for giving a "neutral"! Your query would have been more appropriate in the "Discussion" section, I'm referrring to water that flows due to artificial means (i.e. not running water from a stream/river). I have no doubt you know this!
agree Gloria Rivera : I agree with you. In fact, I would say it's "the water you pay for on a monthly basis. lol"
53 mins
Thanks, Gloria, unless it's cut off!!!!
agree Marcelo González : If I'm buying a house that has "running water," THIS is what I'd expect (y no un tinaco o tanque de agua en el techo). :-)
1 hr
Muy buena respuesta con mucho sentido del humor (que aquí no sobra), Marcelo. Gracias!
agree Tatiana Voloshchuk : The answer is obvious!!! Totally agree with you!!!
1 hr
Thanks, Tatiana. There's always someone who seems to feel the NEED to make the "obvious" a more complicated issue! I'm sure you follow me!
agree Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
5 hrs
Gracias.
agree Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi) : La primera y natural idea que me vino a la mente, también
6 hrs
Gracias, Luis.
agree Laura Gómez
11 hrs
Gracias, Laura.
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