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Un camino de cabras
When we drive in a very poor road, taking into account the width or the surface, we call it, camino de cabras, is there a similar English expression?
Like trail of goats ? Thanks. |
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In BrE, we might say
1. An unmetalled road (a road without tarmac surface, but OK for any vehicle) 2. A cart track (bad surface, but wide enough a cart, and possibly a 4x4 car or tractor) 3. A goat path / goat track (for a narrow / steep trail impossible for any vehicle) |
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Thank you, Goat path is great!
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From what I've heard of AmEng, it seems that they usually just say a bumpy road or a bad road or maybe just "man you would need 4x4 if this were wet." In reference to the surface of the road we'll say that is a a gravel or a dirt road. Of course, other people might use some other terms too, but this is what I've heard.
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Nothing to do with goats in the USA ? Don´t you have wild goats in the mountains?
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We also have bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in the mountains in western North America: I have seen them inside the Grand Canyon in Arizona. |
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