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BIVAQUER [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Camping and Caravanning
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

Make a temporary camp (as for the night) usually without prior planning by taking advantage of whatever shelter (as a boulder, log, or snow cave) is available.

OBS

Though mountain climbers may at times plan to bivouac on a difficult part of a climb, most bivouacking is forced when a hiker, camper or hunter is benighted away from camp or transportation.

Key term(s)
  • bivouack

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camping et caravaning
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Installer un campement provisoire en plein air pour passer la nuit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Campamento y caravaning
  • Deportes de montaña
DEF

[Instalar un campamento] de manera provisional para pasar la noche al raso.

OBS

vivac; vivaque: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda utilizar el término "vivac" (plural "vivacs"), que es la adaptación al español del término francés "bivouac". Es también válida, aunque menos frecuente, la forma "vivaque" (plural "vivaques").

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