Translation for "platanal" to english

Platanal

noun

• banana plantation

Translation examples

banana plantation noun

Seis jinetes aparecieron de pronto en el borde de un platanal, como a cuatrocientos o quinientos pasos de distancia de ellos.
Six cavalrymen had suddenly appeared on the edge of a banana plantation, at a distance of four or five hundred paces.

La casa era inmensa y tenebrosa, y el paraje mismo causaba una rara congoja, por la vegetación brutal y el río de aguas negras y escarpadas que se desbarrancaban hasta los platanales de las tierras calientes con un estruendo de demolición.
The building was immense and gloomy, and its very location caused a peculiar malaise because of its untamed vegetation and the black precipitous waters of the river that hurtled in a thundering explosion down to the banana plantations in the hotlands.

Decidió que Andrés debía acompañar a Evelyn de ida y vuelta a la escuela y en vez de acortar camino por el sendero verde de los platanales debían ir bordeando la carretera, aunque eso le agregaba veinte minutos al trayecto, pero Andrés no tuvo que obedecerle, porque su hermana se negó a volver a la escuela.
She decided that Andres should accompany Evelyn to school and back, and that instead of taking the shortcut along the green path through the banana plantation they should walk along the side of the road, even though this added twenty minutes to their journey. However, Andres did not have to follow her instructions, because his sister refused to go back to school.