estacionamiento

Question

I was at a mexican restaurant yesterday and the sign for the handicap parking had "estacionamiento" in parenthesis under the english words "handicap parking".

I looked up "estacionamiento" and it means parking but there is no indication of what kind of parking.

Does this make sense or should the spanish translation have been more descriptive?

This was in Colorado, USA.

Answer 1

Sometimes translations are also "accommodated" to better fit the culture.

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Un poco descarado, ¿no? Jejeje. - lazarus1907, Aug 16, 2011

Vale la pena aprender español ¿Verdad? - MLucie, Aug 16, 2011

Lol! Si ML, es la verdad. Me encanta este letrero. :) - Jeremias, Aug 16, 2011

Answer 2

Concuerdo con Mariana.

Parking = Estacionamiento

Handicapped Paking = Estacionamiento para lisiados/incapacitados.

Parking lot = playa de estacionamiento

Answer 3

Estacionamiento just means parking. So maybe they want spanish speakers to have the best parking In mexico you see signs with E everywhere, and the E is to say that there is parking (general)

Good answer. - john20, Aug 16, 2011

Answer 4

It should be "estacionamiento para discapacitados."

. . .the sign probably wasn't big enough

That was my initial thought. - john20, Aug 16, 2011

Answer 5

The word "estacionamiento" simply means "parking" and nothing more.