parada-1
stopping place ; stop ; stopover ; layover ; comfort break.
So much depends on the nature of the van, the choice of stopping places and the person running the service.
It is certainly no accident that in Finland, a country that circulates an average of 17 books per capita per year through 1500 public libraries and 18,000 mobile-library stops, its public libraries are supported by both national and local monies.
This article discusses the strategic location of the Islands as a stopover and spring-board for more far-flung explorations along the African coast.
Whether you're headed to Italy or South Africa, you might have a long layover in London but you don't have to spend it holed up at the airport.
I generally stop for one or two comfort breaks - they are not planned, just when I need to pee.
hacer paradas
make + stops
Auckland has 2 mobile libraries which make stops daily at shopping centres, residential areas and nursing homes.
hacer una parada en el camino
stop along + the way
We will stop along the way to visit towering forests, waterfalls and scenic lakes.
lugar de parada
halting place
The town of Wexler was hacked out of the wilderness, and for many years it stood alone in the forest, a halting place in the long stagecoach journey from eastern localities to the unknown West.
marquesina de parada de autobús
bus shelter
The only problem with these new bus shelters is that they don't post the bus schedules, unlike the old shelters.
parada de autobús [Lugar donde para el autobús en su recorrido] [Referido a la estructura que sirve generalmente de protección en una parada de autobús]
bus stop
bus stand
bus bay
A railway station and covered walkway connect the SECC with the public transport network of Glasgow, as do several nearby bus stops and taxi ranks.
The girls were swept away by the water as they failed to hold on to the bus stand.
The existing bus shelter and bus bay shall only be demolished and removed after the new ones are completed and satisfactorily inspected.
parada de bola [En béisbol]
fielding
The database contains baseball statistics going back to 1871, including batting, pitching and fielding registers for all 13,000 major league players.
parada de taxis
taxi rank
A railway station and covered walkway connect the SECC with the public transport network of Glasgow, as do several nearby bus stops and taxi ranks.
parada en boxes
pit stop
Team members train constantly to accomplish a pit stop in the shortest time - every second in the pits means lost track position.
parada en el camino [En general, usado referido a las paradas que se hacen en un viaje largo para ir al baño]
rest stop
stop along the way
comfort break
The article is entitled 'Libraries on the superhighway: rest stop or roadkill?'.
The drive is 182 miles and the time factor would include at least one gas, food and rest room stop along the way.
I generally stop for one or two comfort breaks - they are not planned, just when I need to pee.
parada en un bar [Cuando se va de copas o de bares]
bar hop
After selling off a few things, they went to a bar where they had a few rounds of drinking, and a few bar hops later they both passed out on the sidewalk.
parada opcional
flag stop
It is one of America's last flag stop trains allowing travelers to get off the train anywhere along a 55-mile stretch to hike the backcountry.
