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bystander

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Does anybody have any suggestions for the most appropriate Catalan equivalents for 'bystander' and / or 'onlooker'?

bystander:
somebody who watches something happening but is not involved. A 'bystander' does not choose to be there when the thing happens, it is pure coincidence. 'Bystander' often collocates with 'innocent' as shown in the first two examples:

p.ex. High-speed chases are dangerous not only for police and suspects, but also for innocent bystanders
In a bullying situation, there are usually bystanders, but they aren't exactly "innocent".
New guidelines from the American Heart Association are making it easier for bystanders to save lives

+ 'onlooker'
an 'onlooker', like a 'bystander', is someone who watches something happening and are not involved but they may well have turned up deliberately to watch

p.ex. (newspaper headline) Putting on make-up caused Britney to crash car say onlookers
Thousands of onlookers gather for the Amsterdam Gay Pride parade

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Oriol Vilaseca added a comment -

passavolant

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Linda Oxnard added a comment -

I'm not sure about this. Onlooker and bystander suggest stationary to me, whereas passavolant suggests motion:

(from DIEC2) Persona que no fa sinó passar, sense fer estada

Perhaps 'espectador' is a possibility in the sense:

Persona que presencia alguna cosa. Els espectadors d'un accident

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Linda Oxnard added a comment - I'm not sure about this. Onlooker and bystander suggest stationary to me, whereas passavolant suggests motion: (from DIEC2) Persona que no fa sinó passar, sense fer estada Perhaps 'espectador' is a possibility in the sense: Persona que presencia alguna cosa. Els espectadors d'un accident

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