Definitions tagged construccion in the street dictionary.
In Eastern Bolivia, this is a brick-lined tank or cistern built to store water (the term is specific to the tropical lowlands including Santa Cruz and Beni).
If you go to the backyard you will see the NOQUE my son and I made.
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A stereotypical term for a construction worker. The term describes a man who is a womanizer, catcalls women while on the job, carries his lunch in a reused ice cream tub, and drinks away his salary (The name refers to a prominent local construction firm).
A: So what does your daughter's boyfriend do? B: That guy is a Peñalba, brother. To be honest, I do not like that guy for my daughter.
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The ridge or peak of a roof where two sloping sections meet.
A: The building collapsed because of a defect in the caballetes. B: Oh really? I heard it was because of a defect in the foundations.
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A flat, smooth stone found in rivers and used as a construction material for floors and walls (commonly used in the interior of the country, which refers to the provinces outside of Panama City).
A: "Oh, that wall is so pretty, what material is it?" B: "That is pure laja, sis. My brother-in-law recommended it to me."
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A Venezuelan palm tree with a trunk used for building bridges and fences, and fronds used for roofing.
that bridge over the river is made entirely of mapora
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Large wooden pillars or posts used in traditional construction to support roof beams (bahareque is a building technique using mud, cane, and wood).
Those Horcones are getting wet, we have to do something about that; it refers to a type of large tree trunk that supports the structure or roof of a house.
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In the Venezuelan Andes, specifically in the state of Tachira, this refers to a tall, fibrous reed or cane plant that can reach six meters in height. It is a traditional construction material used for rural roofing and for building wattle and daub walls (bahareque is a regional building style using mud and these cane supports).
the roofs of the houses in the Andean highlands are made of Cañabrava and packed mud
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This term refers to the combination of bricks, cement, and concrete used as permanent construction materials. (In Peru, it is used to distinguish solid, modern structures from more precarious housing built with adobe, wood, or reed mats).
Peru is a seismic country, which is why adobe houses face a risk that those built with material noble do not.
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A venue or arena built specifically for cockfighting (a traditional and legal sport in the Dominican Republic).
There was a really heated argument at the gallera.
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A construction material consisting of coarse sand and small stones. It is primarily used mixed with cement and water for rustic flooring or as filler for structural columns.
You need a truckload of cacajo for the columns of that house.
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A colloquial name for a bulldozer (a phonetic adaptation of the English word into a more familiar term).
They brought in two bulldogs and evicted them.
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Member of the Dominican National Basketball Team from 1974 to 1983 and a civil engineer from the Pedro Henriquez Urena National University. He is currently a construction businessman and president of the company Leschhorn Constructora, S.A.
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A website designed for students, professionals, and architecture enthusiasts in general where one can find information related to the field.
Arquidromo is intended to promote high architecture.
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