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seat-of-the-pants

Spanish translation: por instinto

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English term or phrase:seat-of-the-pants
Spanish translation:por instinto
Entered by: Ruth García

21:47 Apr 21, 2003
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English term or phrase: seat-of-the-pants
He flew through several bad storms as he made his way across the Atlantic, deviating around towering thunderheads by faint moon and starlight, flying through clouds by rudimentary pitch and bank instruments in an era where that was still an unheard-of thing to do and in an airplane whose instability and need for **seat-of-the-pants** technique made it completely unsuited for instrument flying.

¿Cuál es el significado de esta expresión?

Muchas gracias,
Ruth García
Spain
Local time: 12:08
vuelo sin intrumentos de vuelo ni ayuda navegacional
Explanation:
vuelo por las buenas, por instinto.

Dic. Politécnico, F. Beigbeder Atenza.


Saludos, Sery
Selected response from:

Sery
Local time: 05:08
Grading comment
Muchas gracias por tu ayuda.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3vuelo sin intrumentos de vuelo ni ayuda navegacional
Sery
5Pegar el trasero al asiento
Jesús Marín Mateos
5a tientas
Raquel Iglesias
5a la buena de dios
Siobhan Bowers
4tecnica empirica
Gilbert Ashley


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
vuelo sin intrumentos de vuelo ni ayuda navegacional


Explanation:
vuelo por las buenas, por instinto.

Dic. Politécnico, F. Beigbeder Atenza.


Saludos, Sery

Sery
Local time: 05:08
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Muchas gracias por tu ayuda.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
18 mins
  -> Gracias, Luiroi
agree  Daniel Burns (X): "Learning as you go along."
1 hr
  -> Gracias, DaBu
agree  zwcorp
5 hrs
  -> Gracias, zwzhs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Pegar el trasero al asiento


Explanation:
cuya inestabilidad y la necesidad de usar la tecnica de pegar el trasero (culo) al asiento lo hacian ....

Jesús Marín Mateos
Local time: 11:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a tientas


Explanation:
así.

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Note added at 2003-04-21 22:04:06 (GMT)
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Meaning
Decide a course of action as you go along, using your own initiative and perceptions rather than a pre-determined plan or theory.
Origin
Early aviation parlance. Aircraft initially had few navigation aids and flying was accomplished by means of the pilot\'s judgement.
http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/meanings/f-1.html

Raquel Iglesias
Spain
Local time: 12:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tecnica empirica


Explanation:
'Por instinto' o 'a tientas' lo expresa tambien, aunque se me hacen un poco informal en este contexto.

Gilbert Ashley
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a la buena de dios


Explanation:
En ingles es una expresion 'slang' o coloquial que refleja improvisacion e intuicion.

Siobhan Bowers
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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