en alejamiento

English translation: withdrawing

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Spanish term or phrase:en alejamiento
English translation:withdrawing
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin

20:23 Aug 13, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense
Spanish term or phrase: en alejamiento
This is from a screenplay by an Argentine filmmaker; the film takes place on a submarine in the 70s

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…


Thanks
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 02:31
withdrawing
Explanation:
Destructor 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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Juan Piedrahita
United States
Local time: 22:31
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3withdrawing
Juan Piedrahita
4 +1pulling back
YESHWANT UMRALKAR
3 +1in dispersal; /if/ in retreat
Adrian MM.
3moving away/sailing away/getting farther away
Hussein Abusitta


  

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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
withdrawing


Explanation:
Destructor 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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Note added at 1 hr (2019-08-13 21:23:31 GMT)
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A próposito, no se si has visto este gosario que te puede ayudar bastante: https://www.udc.gal/iuem/documentos/monografias/maritimeGlos...


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Juan Piedrahita
United States
Local time: 22:31
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Destroyer.
6 hrs

agree  Shenice Parkyn
12 hrs

agree  Nina Cook
3 days 1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
in dispersal; /if/ in retreat


Explanation:
A NB destroyer in retreat had been my first thought, but the 'dispersal' may not be a 'withdrawal' or beating a retreat from any trouble.




Example sentence(s):
  • Having convoyed the ship to the dispersal point, the destroyers separated and returned to Brest.

    Reference: http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-historie...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcelo González: in retreat/retreating, I'd say
3 hrs
  -> Gracias por la confianza.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
moving away/sailing away/getting farther away


Explanation:
"the destroyer is getting farther away. It seems that they have not detected us"

Hussein Abusitta
Canada
Local time: 01:31
Native speaker of: Arabic
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pulling back


Explanation:
It is a tactical manoeuvre to reach a stand off distance so that the ship remains out of range of hostile fire.


    https://books.google.co.in/books?isbn=1472828607
YESHWANT UMRALKAR
India
Local time: 11:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shenice Parkyn
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Shenice
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