Spanish term
United States
Freelance Translator | English • Spanish
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
la travesía
voyage/journey/trip?
Mil gracias.
Feb 5, 2013 21:29: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): philgoddard, Billh, Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
Portuguese translations
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, Mozambican, Angolan, South African, European/Portugal, Cape Verdean)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 4 more.
crossing
Hth
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Jenni Lukac (X)
: You were first!
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Jenni, thanks
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Lisa McCarthy
: This was my first thought.
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Lisa, thank you
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philgoddard
: I think all the subsequent answerers should have agreed with you rather than submitting synonyms.
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Phil, I still am suprised by what I see done just for a couple of Kudoz points!
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crossing (but trip or journey would be acceptable in most contexts)
Spain
33 yrs Ships, Engineering Marketing
Native in: English 
Works in: Catalan to English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish
the passage
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Jenni Lukac (X)
: Also a very good answer. I imagine that any of the terms suggested would do.
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Lisa McCarthy
: Also valid.
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franglish
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Andy Watkinson
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James A. Walsh
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Argentina
QA & Revisions plus translations.
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
trip
I would go with navigation if you just want to comment the period of time taken to cross the river. (i.e. navigation took 4 hours instead of 3 and was so boring)
Argentina
25 years of experience
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 1 more.
voyage
Example:
The Titanic sank on her maiden voyage.
(Merriam Webster dictionary)
Discussion
My only doubt about "passage" is whether it's a word non-seamen would naturally use (the speaker/writer here may not be a seaman).
However, among seamen, the term in general use is passage for both.