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indicativo radiopatrulla

English translation: patrol car

11:36 Sep 14, 2023
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Police Report of Burglar
Spanish term or phrase: indicativo radiopatrulla
Usually I would take "indicativo" to mean a serial or reference number , but in this case it seems to refer to a police car or unit.

I'm actually quite confused by the whole sentence, as follows:

" Que aviso a la policia nada mas llegar, personandose en el lugar un indicativo radiopatrulla y funcionarios de la Brigada Local que Policia Cientifica que han realizado Inspeccion Ocular Tecnico-Policial"

Thank you and apoligies for the lack of diacritics.
Catherine Mactaggart
Australia
Local time: 01:25
English translation:patrol car
Explanation:
8 CHASE AND CATCH A MUGGING SUSPECT
https://www.nytimes.com › 1973/09/15 › archives › 8-ch...

15 Sept 1973 — Minutes later, a patrol car arrived with Police Officers John Reilley and Francis Orlando, who made the arrest. The woman's purse and wallet ...


A Study on Securing Safety via Application of the Blind ...
University of Portsmouth
https://pure.port.ac.uk › portalfiles › portal › K...
by B Aziz · Cited by 1 — Automatic arrival. This feature is a binary Yes/No, where Yes means a patrol car arrived within 50m of the incident scene, a GPS attached .
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AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:25
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3patrol car
AllegroTrans
4representative of/from the Radio Car
liz askew
3police unit in a vehicle with a radio
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Summary of reference entries provided
radiopatrulla
Althea Draper

Discussion entries: 1





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
representative of/from the Radio Car


Explanation:
https://www2.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-contracts...

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https://www2.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-spanish/automotive-ca...

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https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=rad...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: (a) 'Radio car' has a 1960s ring to it, (b) all police cars have radios, (c) I'm sure there's more than one of them, and (d) I don't think they have 'representatives'.
13 mins
  -> well, do you have anything better? "police car" works.
neutral  AllegroTrans: Nono to "representative"
7 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
patrol car


Explanation:
8 CHASE AND CATCH A MUGGING SUSPECT
https://www.nytimes.com › 1973/09/15 › archives › 8-ch...

15 Sept 1973 — Minutes later, a patrol car arrived with Police Officers John Reilley and Francis Orlando, who made the arrest. The woman's purse and wallet ...


A Study on Securing Safety via Application of the Blind ...
University of Portsmouth
https://pure.port.ac.uk › portalfiles › portal › K...
by B Aziz · Cited by 1 — Automatic arrival. This feature is a binary Yes/No, where Yes means a patrol car arrived within 50m of the incident scene, a GPS attached .

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alan Otero
29 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Marie Wilson
19 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  philgoddard
1 day 54 mins
  -> thanks
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
police unit in a vehicle with a radio


Explanation:
"...pasó un indicativo de Policía Local de XXX y mientras realizaban funciones de su cargo, procedieron a la identificación de dos mujeres..."

The context of the report containing this sentence leads me to believe that it is a unit of law enforcement officers, and that is how I translated. In the same report, "indicativo" is also used to identify a specific police unit located in a nearby airport.

Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Local time: 17:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: Not really "wrong" but clumsy and longwinded // in that case why not shorten it to "police patrol unit" if it's vital to retain "unit"?; "radio" is pretty obvious assuming this is the 21st century
31 mins
  -> True. Perhaps "police unit in a radio-equipped patrol car" might be better or the asker or a colleague can come up with something more concise. My main point is that "indicativo" means "police unit/patrol unit" in this context.
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Reference comments


2 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: radiopatrulla

Reference information:
Collins Dictionary and Wordreference give "patrol car" as the translation
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/spanish-english...
https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=rad...

Tureng gives the following options - patrol car, squad car, police patrol and communication center for the police (the last one is for Ecuador).
https://tureng.com/en/spanish-english/radiopatrulla

Althea Draper
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  AllegroTrans
2 hrs
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