translation of pilote

Question

I think that the information at the page http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/pilote is either incorrect or incomplete. I am a very new beginner. However, the two definitions given are pile or party, and the example uses the word in the sense of the English word pilot. So the example and definitions given conflict.

I am new to this website also. I am having some technical problems with this website, so I could not read all of the rules before posting. Please forgive me if I did not handle this properly.

Thank you.

Welcome to the forum.:) - bosquederoble, Jul 11, 2017

welcome to the forum, :) - 006595c6, Jul 11, 2017

Answer 1

Hello!

The vocabulary for pilote is correct. From this page, scrolling down on Collins Dictionary.

1. (Architecture) pile
2. (Centroamérica) (fiesta) party

Pilotar (pilotear in the Americas) is the verb to pilot, steer, navigate & drive.

I had it verified on dictionaries like Oxford, Cambridge, Collins, Real Academia Española & wordreference. They seem to be false cognates, but it's correct.

Hope this helps.

Regards!

Thanks, this clears things up for me. The example is not for the same word. - planetluvver, Jul 11, 2017

Answer 2

About the reference to "pilot," the example is referring to the verb"pilotar* and the form "pilote" is in the present subjunctive form, which at this point you know absolutely nothing about.

The sentence is saying that you wouldn't want a novice piloting the biggest container ships, and so forth.

Thanks. I am abstaining from grammar today. My text caused me great confusion yesterday. I could not sort out llamarse and llamar. Finally found information on reflexive verbs and undestood enough to be content with leaving reflexive verbs for the future - planetluvver, Jul 11, 2017

Answer 3

Under pilote in our dictionary it seems to be pile, as used in construction. Examples of pilots are under piloto, not pilote, as far as I can find.

El pilote is a pile, in the specific architectural sense.

El or la piloto is a pilot, with a number of meanings similar to the English word pilot.

Here is the official definition of pilote:

http://dle.rae.es/?id=T0jFkBd

pilote

Del fr. ant. pilot. 1. m. Pieza larga a modo de estaca, de madera, hierro u hormigón armado, quese hinca en el terreno para consolidar los cimientos de una construcción.

Thanks. My teacher had mentioned the Academy very breifly. I think I will find this link very useful in the future. I did not realize that they actually had official definitions for words. But I need to learn much more Spanish before I start to use it. - planetluvver, Jul 11, 2017