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