How to say jet lag in spanish

Question

I'm doing some writing on trips and i need to say jet lag is there a word for jet lag in spanish or do you just say jet lag? I've looked in dictionary's and translator and I've got nothing, any help?

And I put vuelos a horas tempranas del día - flight in the early hours of day, is that correct?

Thanks in advance

Excellent question!!! - rodneyp, Dec 31, 2013

Answer 1

I agree with Jubilado, according to this source:

I get jet lag if I travel through more than four time zones.

No puedo evitar sentir el jet lag cuando hago viajes largos.

However, as we can see by reading this forum, not every Spanish-speaking country uses this phrase. According to that link, we can at least surmise that in Spain the phrase "jet lag" is used often, but that perhaps in Colombia it is not.

The user from Colombia in that second link I put in the post describes what jet lag is but does not know the phrase itself:

Me podrian a encontrar la frase que se refiere al malestar que presenta una persona cuando viaja de un pais a otro debido al cambio de horario. Alguien me dijo Jet lite o de pronto jet light.

So, we can assume that if you use "jet lag" in a conversation and the Spanish speaker you are conversing with does not know the phrase, you can describe it by using the above bolded description, which is very succinctly put. =]

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EDIT:

According to this, the phrase "desfase horario" also works for "jet lag" if you don't want to use anglicismo.

1: http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=jet lag

Thank you very much that's very helpful - Ellacone, Dec 31, 2013

Answer 2

In the links AlyssaLTerry posted, I found this:

Ando con cambio de horario

Me afecto el cambio de horario

I also found this stuff through a Google search:

En pocas palabras: jet-lag = descompensación horaria

De hecho tiene otro nombre más científico - "síndrome del cambio de franjas horarias".

El jet-lag (el equivalente en castellano se llama "síndrome de los husos horarios"

I found all of those here

And:

El Jet lag, también conocido como descompensación horaria, disritmia circadiana o síndrome de los husos horarios

Which I found here

Lastly, if you check with the Fundéu (Español Urgente) which is a great site btw, they translate it as "desfase horario". These guys get my vote as they are dedicated to proper usage of the Spanish language.

Reminds me of the word for surfing (waves in the ocean). You can try all the clever inventions, but if your goal is to be understood, break the rules, - dennywells, Dec 31, 2013

and turn the English verb into a Spanish verb (surfear) as the native Spanish speakers do... - dennywells, Dec 31, 2013

Answer 3

Look here:

jet lag in SpanishDict Translate feature

I did but it came up in English, so it stays the same? - Ellacone, Dec 31, 2013

Yes, it seems that Spanish uses this phrase rather than inventing one with Spanish words. - Jubilado, Dec 31, 2013

Ok thank you - Ellacone, Dec 31, 2013