Pegontheroad

I'm writing the classic essay on "What I did last summer" for my Spanish class and couldn't find a translation for GPS (global positioning system). Can anyone tell me what that is in Spanish?

Some posters on the lounge have said it's the same as in the US. Es verdad?

Thanks for your help.

Matt

GPS (pr. Heee-pe-ese)

josele

Yes, that's true. We just pronounce the letters, as in english, only with spanish pronunciation, obviously.
Ge-Pe-Ese

maythefal

Or you can also state that you used a "sistema de navegación", which is a navigation system. Hope this helps.

Pegontheroad

Muchas gracias!

cferrb

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema..._sat%C3%A9lite

That's the link to the Wikipedia article in Spanish.

I often find it helpful to go to mx.yahoo.com if I am looking for information in Spanish. There are also yahoo sites for Argentina, Colombia, Spain etc.

screen_name_taken

yep, like josele says, name the letters - ge pe ese.

sobster

Um, the "g" is pronounced 'heh", so the letters in Sp. would be heh peh ese. Or you could circumlocute and call it "una maquina de navegacion" or as suggested above "sistema de navegacion. Ooorrr, you could call it "una computadora que usamos en el carro para buscar la mejor ruta de un sitio a otro sitio. "

Aduchamp1

In e-mails from Spain the kids write ja, ja, ja or ji, ji, ji, instead of ha, ha, ha

Matt

See first reply, written for english speakers who wouldn't know how to pronounce correctly ja,ja etc.

ribeirasacra

Some of my guests use the generic word "TomTom"