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1 cauce
m.1 channel (agriculture) (& figurative).2 river-bed.volver a su cauce to return to normal3 river bed, bed of a stream of water, riverbed, runway.4 gully, deep channel, gulley, ditch.* * *1 (de río) bed2 (conducto descubierto) ditch, trench* * *SM1) (=lecho) [de río, arroyo] riverbed; [de canal] bed; (=curso) coursedesviaron el cauce del río — they changed o diverted the course of the river
tras las riadas, las aguas han vuelto a su cauce — the river has returned to its normal level after the floods
2) (=medio) channel, meanspor cauces legales — through legal channels o means
tras el encuentro, las negociaciones volvieron a su cauce — following that encounter, negotiations returned to their normal course
dar cauce a algo —
este juego da cauce a la imaginación de los niños — this game provides a channel o outlet for children's imagination
3) (Agr) irrigation channel* * *a) (Geog) bedb) (rumbo, vía)* * *= riverbed [river bed], channel.Ex. The author discusses the hydrodynamic reasons why a riverbed meanders through a plain.Ex. The water, that trickles from it in a rivulet, leaves a white incrustation along its channel, in appearance exactly like soap suds.----* aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.* * *a) (Geog) bedb) (rumbo, vía)* * *= riverbed [river bed], channel.Ex: The author discusses the hydrodynamic reasons why a riverbed meanders through a plain.
Ex: The water, that trickles from it in a rivulet, leaves a white incrustation along its channel, in appearance exactly like soap suds.* aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.* * *1 ( Geog):el río se salió de su cauce the river burst its banksel cauce del río está seco the river bed is dry, the river has dried updesviaron el cauce del arroyo they changed the course of the streamlas aguas volvieron a su cauce the river returned to a safe level2(rumbo, vía): intentó desviar la conversación hacia otros cauces he tried to steer the conversation onto another tackeste acuerdo constituye el cauce para el diálogo this agreement opens the way for talks, this agreement provides an opening for talksno había seguido los cauces establecidos it hadn't gone through the normal channels* * *
cauce sustantivo masculinoa) (Geog) bed;
desviaron el cauce del arroyo they changed the course of the streamb) (rumbo, vía):
seguir los cauces establecidos to go through the normal channels
cauce sustantivo masculino
1 (de un río) bed
2 figurado (canal, vía) channel
cauces oficiales, official channels
' cauce' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
badén
- canal
- rebalsarse
- salir
English:
bed
- channel
- gully
* * *cauce nm1. [de río, canal] bed;seguir el cauce del río to follow the course of the river;el cauce del río no es navegable the river isn't navigable;Figya han vuelto las aguas a su cauce things have returned to normal2. [camino, forma] course;esta solicitud hay que hacerla siguiendo los cauces reglamentarios this application has to be made following the correct procedure;las negociaciones siguen por los cauces habituales the negotiations are continuing on the same course;volver a su cauce to return to normal;abrir nuevos cauces de diálogo to open new channels for talks3. [acequia] channel* * *m riverbed; figchannel;volver a su cauce fig get back to normal* * *cauce nm1) lecho: riverbed2) : means pl, channel* * *cauce n1. (de río) bed / river bed2. (canal) channel / procedure
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