what does "la panga " mean ?

Question

boté la panga

Welcome to the forum . Please remember to use proper capitalization in all of your posts. - Yeser007, Jan 22, 2012

Answer 1

Based on my diveboat experience and not my Spanish I will take a shot at this one. Boté la panga= Launch the inflatable boat. A Panga as I know it to be is a small (Zodiak) rubber boat often used on the larger live-aboard dive boats.

Hmm , I also just noticed your nickname which sort of confirms the boat theory. - Yeser007, Jan 22, 2012

well that sounds even better...... - 00434ec3, Jan 22, 2012

an upvote for you Yeser ;-) - 00434ec3, Jan 22, 2012

Yeser you are absolutetly correct :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panga_(boat) .A note: they are the type of boats used by the Somali pirates. - faliron, Jan 22, 2012

In baja a rubber boat like a zodiac is called a lancha. - gringojrf, Jan 22, 2012

Answer 2

Hi marineroloco,

I didn't know the answer either but the translator returned panga as a lighter.

panga (Centroamérica) (México) (lancha) barge; lighter; (transbordador) ferry(boat);

In that case it would mean: I dropped the lighter. But please wait for more comments.

dropped or threw out? :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jan 22, 2012

@kiwi....you probably know best :-) please correct me if I am wrong. Please do! - 00434ec3, Jan 22, 2012

The "lighter" is a type of boat / ship - so it would be difficult to drop one mi6 :) - ian-hill, Jan 22, 2012

well, well, well, I failed totally. I thought I could help but it turned out to be a maximum failure. back to basic :-( sorry marineroloco, - 00434ec3, Jan 22, 2012

MI6 you should have left your answer, right or wrong it was a good attempt. - Yeser007, Jan 22, 2012

changed it back, Yeser, you're right. But it seemed like horror when I read it afterwards - 00434ec3, Jan 22, 2012

Read some of my posts and you'll feel better :) - lorenzo9, Jan 22, 2012

Or mine! - annierats, Jan 22, 2012

Gracias mis amigos por las palabras bonitas - 00434ec3, Jan 22, 2012

thanks to the comments received , i can translate this as meaning " I launched the dinghy (or zodiac)" - marineroloco, Jan 23, 2012

Answer 3

A panga is a fibreglass boat anywhere from 15 to 30 feet in length. It is open like a rowboat but is powered by outboard engines. It is used all over the Sea of Cortez and Baja as a fishing vessel. They are reasonable inexpensive and are made locally in Baja.

I probably will not forget that word for the rest of my life. - 00434ec3, Jan 22, 2012

Answer 4

You've come up with a good one! My 3-inch-thick Barron's Spanish-English Dictionary doesn't even list it. However, I did find it in an old "post" where someone said that in some countries La Panga refers to certain types of fish

Cheers.