{"id":624,"date":"2012-03-18T15:57:24","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T22:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/?page_id=624"},"modified":"2013-10-18T09:01:05","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T16:01:05","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/?page_id=624","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Pedalingo! \u2013 El Pedalero&#8217;s Spanish-English dictionary designed specifically for adventure cyclists!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever struggled to find a translation in your pocket dictionary, or looked up a term only to receive blank stares when you used it, then Pedalingo is for you! Even fluent speakers of Spanish know that words, terms, and ways of saying things can vary (sometimes significantly) throughout Latin America. For travelling cyclists, it can get confusing.<\/p>\n<p>Pedalingo is a growing dictionary organized by the themes most important to independent cyclists travelling Latin America. And your input is essential!<\/p>\n<p>If you come across a region-specific term for anything to do with bicycle touring in Latin America, please send it in to El Pedalero through the <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/?page_id=19\">contact<\/a> form.<\/p>\n<p>Provide (1) The word (or term) correctly spelled, (2) Where you heard\/found it, (3) What it means to the best of your knowledge, and (4) Any alternate spellings you encountered.<\/p>\n<p>All submissions will be researched and cross-referenced before being included to ensure that each entry is accurate and, therefore, useful.\u00a0Pedalingo is <em>our<\/em> travel dictionary, so let&#8217;s make it as comprehensive as possible!<\/p>\n<p>Within each theme, Pedalingo is organized like a Spanish-English dictionary. Unlike a regular dictionary, however, the Latin American terms are given preference and appear before the Iberian terms. The abbreviations are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><em>f<\/em>\u00a0 \u2013 feminine noun<\/p>\n<p><em>fpl<\/em> \u2013 plural feminine noun<\/p>\n<p><em>m \u2013 <\/em>masculine noun<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>mpl<\/em> \u2013 plural masculine noun<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>n \u2013 <\/em>noun (used only to distinguish from identical verb forms)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>v<\/em> \u2013 verb (used only to distinguish from identical noun forms)<\/p>\n<p><em>AmC<\/em> \u2013 term from Central America<\/p>\n<p><em>AmL \u2013 <\/em>term from Latin America<\/p>\n<p><em>AmS \u2013 <\/em>term from South America<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Andes \u2013 <\/em>term from the Ande<em>s<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Arg \u2013 <\/em>term from Argentina<\/p>\n<p><em>Bol \u2013 <\/em>term from Bolivia<\/p>\n<p><em>Chi<\/em> \u2013 term from Chile<\/p>\n<p><em>Col<\/em> \u2013 term from Colombia<\/p>\n<p><em>CR<\/em> \u2013 term from Costa Rica<\/p>\n<p><em>CS<\/em> \u2013 term from the Cono Sur, the Southern Cone of South America<\/p>\n<p><em>Cu<\/em> \u2013 term from Cuba<\/p>\n<p><em>Ec<\/em> \u2013 term from Ecuador<\/p>\n<p><em>Esp \u2013 <\/em>term from Spain<\/p>\n<p><em>Gua \u2013 <\/em>term from Guatemala<\/p>\n<p><em>Hon \u2013 <\/em>term from Honduras<\/p>\n<p><em>Mex<\/em> \u2013 term from Mexico<\/p>\n<p><em>Nic \u2013 <\/em>term from Nicaragua<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Pan \u2013 <\/em>term from Panama<\/p>\n<p><em>Par<\/em> \u2013 term from Paraguay<\/p>\n<p><em>Per \u2013 <\/em>term from Peru<\/p>\n<p><em>RPl<\/em> \u2013 term from the Rio de la Plata region<\/p>\n<p><em>RD<\/em> \u2013 term from the Dominican Republic<\/p>\n<p><em>Ur<\/em> \u2013 term from Uruguay<\/p>\n<p><em>Ven<\/em> \u2013 term from Venezuela<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Pedalingo! \u2013 El Pedalero&#8217;s Spanish-English dictionary designed specifically for adventure cyclists! If you&#8217;ve ever struggled to find a translation in your pocket dictionary, or looked up a term only to receive blank stares when you used it, then Pedalingo is for you! Even fluent speakers of Spanish know that words, terms, and ways [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":570,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-624","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4174,"href":"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/624\/revisions\/4174"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}