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Traductores Técnicos Español–Inglés Traductores Jurados del Inglés, Intérpretes Español–Inglés en Madrid y Valencia
Glosario de Arquitectura
| Español | Inglés |
|---|---|
| a nivel | level |
| abside | apse |
| acequia | irrigation ditch |
| aguja piramidal | pyramidal spire |
| aislamientos | insulation |
| alfarjes | pannelled timber ceiling, or flat timber ceiling |
| alfarjía | batten (strip of wood) |
| alfiz | drip cap |
| almizate | collar |
| almudín | almacen de trigo, wheat storehouse |
| alquería | farmstead |
| alzado (dibujo) | front elevation (or front view) |
| aparejo | rigging, tackle |
| aparejo | design, referring to the way it is conceived or integrated |
| aparejo de espina de pez | herring-bone work |
| aparejo romboidal | rhomboid shape |
| apeo | false work or centering |
| arbotantes | flying buttress |
| arco conopial | ogee arch |
| arco formero | side arch |
| arcosolios | niches |
| argamasa | mortar |
| armadura de par y nudillo | trussed rafter roof |
| arquitectura culta | refined architecture |
| arranque de los nervios | the springing of the ribs |
| atarazana | dockyard, shipyard |
| baquetones | moulding |
| bóveda | vaults |
| bóveda aristada | groined vault |
| bóveda de cañon | barrel vault |
| bóveda de cañón apuntado | pointed barrel vault |
| bóveda de crucería | ribbed vaults |
| bóveda de cuarto de esfera | semi-dome |
| bóveda tabicada | timbrel vault |
| bóveda vaída | lobbed vault, sail vault |
| bóvedas aristadas de cantería | stone cut groin vaults |
| bóvedas con terceletes | lierne vaulting |
| cabecera | east end (where the sanctuary is) |
| cabildo | chapter (collected body of canons (persons)) |
| caja de fusibles | fuse box |
| caja eléctrica | electrical box |
| campanario | belfry |
| capilla absidal | apse chapel |
| capitulo | chapter house |
| caracol de mallorca | caracol de mallorca |
| carga | load |
| cartuja | carthusian monastery |
| caserío | group of houses (housing estate) |
| casilicio | niche |
| catastro | cadastre |
| cercha | roof truss / arch centre, timber frames |
| certificado de obra | (completed) punch list |
| chillas | shingles, lath |
| cimbras | shuttering, formwork |
| cimentación | foundation |
| cofradía | guilds, guildhalls |
| columnilla geminada, para ventanas | double shafts window |
| conductos de agua | water lines |
| constructor | builder, building contractor |
| contenedor de desescombros | skid |
| contrafuerte | buttress |
| cornisa | cornice |
| crujía | span |
| cubierta | roof covering |
| cuchillo | triangular truss |
| de ladrillo sólido | solid brick |
| dependencias de convento | convent outhouses, or conventual buildings |
| disposición | layout |
| dispuestos a rosca | rowlock |
| distribución | design |
| dóvelas | voussoir, usan la palabra francesa |
| edificio de dos alturas | 2-storey building |
| empuje | thrust |
| encofrado | formwork |
| enjarjes | springers |
| enjutas | spandrel (triangular area betwen extradoses of two adjoining arches) |
| enlucido | plastering |
| enmascaramiento | masking |
| entrada | entance or doorway |
| escalera de caracol | spiral stairway |
| escuadrías | wooden section |
| espadaña | bell gable |
| esterotomía | sterotomy (referring to the art of stone cutting) |
| evangelio (lado del) | gospel side |
| fábrica de murs i valls | municipal office for walls and sewers |
| fábricas desillería | cut stone, ashlar |
| fabriquero | churchwarden |
| fajón | if referred to an arch, transverse arch |
| fajones | transverse archs |
| faldones (de la cubierta de..) | gables (cornered upper endo of a wall where it meets the roof) |
| falso techo | false ceiling |
| forjado | top slab |
| forjado | slab floor |
| formero | side arch |
| gablete | gables (cornered upper end of a wall where it meets the roof) |
| gótico meridional | southern gothic |
| grado de protección al fuego | fire-resistant rating |
| holladero | flooring |
| hormigón armado | reinforced concrete |
| huecos de ventana | window openings |
| hundimiento de forjado | subsidence |
| imposta | impost |
| inífuga | fire-resistant |
| inscripciones cúficas | cufic inscriptions |
| instalación de fontanería | rough plumbing |
| isótropo | isotropic |
| jambas | jambs |
| labor de claraboya | ornamented with tracery |
| labor de claraboya | openwork gable |
| lacería | decorative plaited ribbons |
| lado de la epístola | epistle side (the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel) |
| lado del evangelio | gospel side |
| ladrillo | brick |
| ladrillo aplantillado | moulded brickwork |
| largueros | beams |
| lóbulo | lobe |
| losas de piedra | stone-made slabs |
| maclas | annexes |
| maestro de obras | master mason |
| mallazo | wire mesh |
| mampostería | masonry |
| marco de puerta | door frame |
| medio punto (arco de) | semi-circular arch |
| mendicant | mendicant |
| menestrals | artisans |
| ménsula | corbel (bracket) |
| modillón | modillion |
| molduración | moulding |
| moldurado | moulded. moulding |
| montea | diseño |
| morería | morish quarter |
| motles | template |
| mudejares | mudejar |
| muro de carga | bearing wall |
| muro de contención | retaining wall |
| nave | nave |
| nave (de hospital) | ward/ hospital nave |
| nave lateral | aisle |
| nervio torsos | wreathed ribs |
| nervios | ribs |
| ochavado | of poligonal shape |
| ojival | gothic |
| palmetas | palmette |
| palmetas | canes |
| par | rafter |
| pechinas | squinches, pendentives |
| peirón | bounday crosss (to mark the boundary of a territory) |
| perfil (dibujo) | side elevation |
| perfiles de molduras | mouldings |
| permiso de obras | planning permision |
| piedra labrada | hewn stone |
| pies | west end (entrance) |
| pijante | pendant |
| pilar | pillar; if enormous, pier |
| pilastra | pilaster |
| plano del piso | floor plan |
| planos del aquitecto | conract drawings |
| planta (dibujo) | plan, floor plan |
| plantilla | template |
| plato de ducha | shower tub |
| plementos, plementería | severies, web, vault compartment |
| polsar | means "quitar el polvo" |
| promotor | developer |
| puerta chapada en roble | oak panelled door |
| puntos del luz | electrical outlets |
| rampante | rampant (the difference in height between the main keystone and the keystone in the transversal arch) |
| rampante redondo (bóveda) | spherical vaulting |
| reforma de piso | renovation |
| registro de la propiedad | land registry |
| retablo | altarpiece |
| sedes de las cofradías | guilds, guildhalls |
| sillarejo | rubble |
| sogueados | wreathed |
| solapado | overlaid |
| sotsobrer | chief officer (of the fábrica de murs i valls) |
| tajamar | cutwater |
| gótico tardío | late gothic |
| terceletes | tiercerons or liern vaults |
| tirantes | tie beams |
| tracería calada | openwork gable |
| trazado apuntado | pointed design |
| trompas | squinches |
| tubos de desescombro | debris tubbing |
| vano | span |
| vanos | apertures (windows, doors, etc) |
| viga de carga | girder |
| vigas podridas | rotted girders |
| vigueta | joist |