Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
en alejamiento
English translation:
withdrawing
Spanish term
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en alejamiento
The context is that the submarine has fired a torpedo and miraculously escape detection. It means that the enemy is moving away, but I am not sure if there is a specific military/nautical term for it:
Destructor en alejamiento…
(…)
Parece que no nos detectó…
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| 4 +3 | withdrawing |
Juan Piedrahita
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| 4 +1 | pulling back |
YESHWANT UMRALKAR
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| 3 +1 | in dispersal; /if/ in retreat |
Adrian MM.
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| 3 | moving away/sailing away/getting farther away |
Hussein Abusitta
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Proposed translations
United States
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withdrawing
Esto tiene un contexto naval y militar:
(military: retreat) retirarse⇒ v prnl
The regiment was forced to withdraw after suffering heavy casualties.
El regimiento tuvo que retirarse después de sufrir daños.
withdraw from [sth] vi + prep (military: retreat from, pull out of) retirarse de v prnl + prep
irse de v prnl + prep
The troops withdrew from the region.
Las tropas se retiraron de la región.
replegarse de v prnl + prep
Las tropas se replegaron de la región.
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in dispersal; /if/ in retreat
Having convoyed the ship to the dispersal point, the destroyers separated and returned to Brest.
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Marcelo González
: in retreat/retreating, I'd say
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Canada
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moving away/sailing away/getting farther away
India
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