Travel & Outdoors

steep → raide

The path was very steep.

slippery → glissant

The road was too slippery to drive fast.

trail / path → sentier / chemin

We followed a small path through the forest.

hike / hiking → randonnée / faire de la randonnée

We went hiking in the mountains.

⚠️ hike peut être un nom ou un verbe :
We went for a hike.
We hiked for three hours.

climbing → escalade

I'm used to climbing.

via ferrata → via ferrata

I did a via ferrata for the first time.

canyoning → canyoning

I went canyoning yesterday.

caving → spéléologie

I'm going caving this afternoon.

abseiling 🇬🇧 → descente en rappel / rappel

We didn't do any abseiling.

🇺🇸 rappelling

high ropes course 🇬🇧 → parcours d'accrobranche

It was a mixture of via ferrata and a high ropes course.

💡 Il n'existe pas vraiment d'équivalent anglais unique et exact à accrobranche. High ropes course est une formulation naturelle en anglais britannique.

bruise → bleu / ecchymose

I've got bruises all over my body.

sore → douloureux / endolori

My muscles are really sore.

aching muscles → muscles courbaturés

I've got aching muscles after canyoning.

exhausted → épuisé(e)

I was absolutely exhausted afterwards.

have a nap 🇬🇧 → faire une sieste

I had a nap in the afternoon.

🇺🇸 On entend très couramment take a nap.