Another tienda de campaña post

Question

I can't link to the post, but there was some discussion about whether tienda de campaña referred to a general purpose camping tent or just to military tents. Here is an article from the Spanish newspaper El País that refers to it as a general purpose camping tent.

Vacaciones en un camping 'boutique'

Edit: I found the link to the earlier thread:

Tienda de campaña

Answer 1

I've slept many times in a "tienda de campaña", and I don't remember seeing any war around me. I was just camping.

tienda (de campaña)

1. f. Armazón de palos hincados en tierra y cubierta con telas o pieles sujetas con cuerdas, que sirve de alojamiento o aposentamiento en el campo, especialmente en la guerra.

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Lo creía, pero quizás es algo regional. Unas personas lo discutieron. - KevinB, Sep 8, 2010

Maybe Lazarus was camping in Switzerland. :) - 00e657d4, Sep 8, 2010

Answer 2

You wouldn't happen to have the instructions on how you fold up those wooden foundations and toss them in the back of your pick-up truck, would you? Or is that the wood for your next site's campfire?

I've built similar foundations for other projects. You wouldn't want to carry one in a backpack. - KevinB, Sep 8, 2010

Now that's my idea of camping! - Echoline, Sep 8, 2010