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Nov 13, 2015 14:45
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Spanish term

Ciudad aluvional

Spanish to English Other Tourism & Travel
This is a description of Bariloche, a tourist center in Patagonia:

Ciudad aluvional, su población ha ido creciendo al compás de la industria turística del último medio siglo, sobrepasando los cien mil habitantes, y duplicando esa cifra con los visitantes de cada temporada.

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Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 fast-growing city
4 +1 city built on alluvial deposits/built on low-lying alluvial plainshoreline
4 populous/overcrowded city

Discussion

Andrew Darling Nov 13, 2015:
As the rest of the sentence describes how the population has been growing, I think "fast-growing city" would be the better option here.

Proposed translations

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fast-growing city

I may be wrong, but I think 'aluvional' in this context does not refer to 'flooded' in a literal sense, but in a figurative one. See link below:

http://trapera.blogia.com/2004/061102-ud-las-palmas-simbolo-...
Peer comment(s):
agree Andrew Darling : https://tangotours.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/san-carlos-de-ba...
6 mins
Thank you, Andrew. And thank you for the link, too!
agree patinba : I think the writer may have meant "ciudad de aluvión" which is exactly what you say, a city with a sudden influx of inhabitants.
1 hr
Thank you, patinba. That's how I understand it.
agree Thomas Walker : I think we're on the right track here, but I'm not sure that "sudden" is correct - the flow could be slow and steady, but still depositing particles/people at its terminus.
3 days 3 hrs
Thank you, Tom.
agree Yvonne Gallagher : interesting...I never knew this meaning= ongoing influx of people
5 days
Thank you, Gallagy.
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+1
28 mins

city built on alluvial deposits/built on low-lying alluvial plainshoreline

I don't think we'd say alluvial city although there is a place called just that in Louisiana

I think just better to work in that it's

built on a low-lying alluvial plain or following the shoreline
Peer comment(s):
agree Carol Gullidge : or just an alluvial plain; this is an improvement on my initial thoughts of "flood plain", with its somewhat negative connotations (believe me, I know what it's like living on a flood plain, and it's not something you'd want to advertise in a brochure)
4 mins
Many thanks:-) I don't live o a flood plain as such but have been flooded so know how horrible it is:-(
neutral AllegroTrans : I am not convinced this town is built on an alluvial plain, it appears to be on a lakeshore
20 hrs
yes, it is on a lakeshore but that doesn't mean it can't be built on alluvial deposits. Anyway, not what it means here it seems.
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1 day 2 hrs

populous/overcrowded city

'aluvion' connotes a very large quantity
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