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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Malpey: rodeada de malpey

English translation:

amidst black lava formations known as 'malpey'

Added to glossary by Christine Walsh
Oct 28, 2009 01:53
15 yrs ago
Spanish term

rodeada de malpey

Spanish to English Other Tourism & Travel Canary Islands tourist description
te vas adentrando en una obra firmada por la naturaleza rodeada de malpey y tierra pura. Canary Island description, I have a problem with "malpey", any suggestions?
Proposed translations (English)
4 amidst black lava formations known as 'malpey'
4 +1 surrounded by badlands
4 Surrounded by black lava deposits
3 immersed in a volcanic landscape
3 set within a lunar landscape called "Malpaís"
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Oct 31, 2009 00:06: Christine Walsh Created KOG entry

Discussion

Cecilia Gowar Oct 28, 2009:
Nombres Yo lo he encontrado como nombre propio y nombre de restaurante, así que no creo que tenga una connotación muy negativa.
Gad Kohenov Oct 28, 2009:
It's a black lava area There is one in New Mexico which the Spanish Conquistadores called el mal pais (malpey). So maybe you can call it a volcanic area.
Christine Walsh Oct 28, 2009:
http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?id=81071
Christine Walsh Oct 28, 2009:
Haven't been able to find anything definite, but apparently the meaning is something like 'bad country', and it seems to be connected with (black) lava (as in an area called Pozo Negro). I suspect it's some type of volcanic rock formation.

Proposed translations

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amidst black lava formations known as 'malpey'

Researched this soon after you posted it but was too sleepy to make a sensible suggestion, and forgot to do so the next day. Here's one, for what it's worth.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Actually most of the reviews I think were close enough but yours was a little more specific. Thanks"
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Surrounded by black lava deposits

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immersed in a volcanic landscape

It seems "malpey" means volcanic area.
El Malpais means the badlands but this volcanic area holds many surprises. Lava flows, cinder cones, pressure ridges and complex lava tubes dominate the landscape.
http://www.nps.gov/elma/index.htm

It is named El Malpais (Spanish for badlands) due to the extremely rough, rugged lava flow that covers much of the park.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Malpais_National_Monument
I would not say "surrounded" by a volcanic area so I changed it a bit.

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surrounded by badlands

OK, it sounds a bit negative, but no more so than the ST. Here, it's put to good and even positive use (all related to the Canaries, including in some travel guides):

El Hierro Canarias, Canary Islands, Spain
El Hierro certainly is the 'wild west' of the Canaries - the sweeping ravines, volcanic badlands, interior pine forest and the breathtaking views of El ...
www.iknow-canaryislands.co.uk/.../canaries.../el_hierro_can... - Cached - Similar

Lanzarote Holidays, Lanzarote Map, Lanzarote Canary Islands Spain
Lanzarote, of all the Canary Islands, has some of the best selection of .... Timanfaya contains some of the most fascinating 'badlands' or Malpais and now ...
www.iknow-canaryislands.co.uk/tourist.../lanzarote_holidays... - Cached - Similar

Show more results from www.iknow-canaryislands.co.uk
Native dispersers induce germination asynchrony in a macaronesian ...
Both populations are located on the easternmost islands of the Canaries (Lanzarote and Fuerteventura) in two semi-arid badlands, where slight variability in ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140196305001400 - Similar

by M Nogales - 2006 - Cited by 6 - Related articles - All 6 versions
Secondary seed dispersal systems, frugivorous lizards and ...
Badlands ; Canary Islands ; diplochory ; endozoochory ; frugivorous lizards ; island plant colonization ; long-distance seed dispersal ; seed coat and ...
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=19198240 - Similar

Peoples of Africa - Google Books Result
by Marshall Cavendish Corporation - 2001 - History - 59 pages
... dramatic mountains, pine woods, desert, and badlands of black volcanic lava. ... On the Canaries, however, vineyards soon replaced sugar plantations. ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=076147160X...

The Canary Islands: The complete guide - Telegraph
Yet you'd be quite wrong to tar everything in the Canaries with the same mass-market brush. ... and volcanic badlands coloured so unnaturally they could be ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../canaryislands/.../The-Canary-Island... - Similar

Plant Life in Lanzarote
The most common plants to be found on Lanzarote's vast malpaís, or badlands, are mosses (Bryophyta) and lichens, while the Canary houseleek (Aeonium ...
www.spain-lanzarote.com/uk/plantlife.html - Cached - Similar

THE CANARY ISLANDS, ISLAS AFORTUNADAS
Every island has an area of volcanic badlands .... and in 1823 the Canaries became incorporated as a full province of Spain with the capital at Santa Cruz ...
www.ships-yachts.com/canaryislands.htm - Cached - Similar

The Canaries Aren't Foi The Birds .
For contrast, there are turbulent fields of hardened lava on Grand Canary and cactus-strewn badlands where even the vultures go hungry. ...
news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19570216... - Similar
Lanzarote Travel Guide
Lanzarote pictures and concise information, Canary Islands - tourist advice ... white sand that contrasts with the black lava rocks of the Malpaís badlands.

Peer comment(s):
agree Richard Boulter : "...surrounded by 'Malpay' (black-lava badlands) ...". the original term and color words can't hurt a travel promotion. This all sounds so romantic that I'd like to step on a plane, myself! :)
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many thanks Richard! I agree it's a good idea to incorporate the "Malpay" for its added exoticism
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set within a lunar landscape called "Malpaís"

this is perhaps the most descriptive for a tourist publication. I think it refers to the fact that the Malpaís has no soil therefore it is bare of plants.

Pictures of the Malpaís de Güímar in Tenerife:

http://images.google.es/images?gbv=2&hl=es&sa=1&q="malpaís d...

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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-10-28 10:27:19 GMT)
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I need to correct "it is bare of plants" because as you can see from the photos some drought-resistant plants have colonized parts of the area, even though it's bare rock.
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