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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

clave de remate

English translation:

keystone

Added to glossary by Lucy Williams
Nov 13, 2015 15:09
8 yrs ago
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Spanish term

clave de remate

Spanish to English Other Architecture Church architecture
Posee doble zuncho, el inferior a modo de entablamento y el superior como un anillo que rodea la estructura para asegurar y mantener unidas las partes.
El primer cuerpo dispone de ocho lados iguales.
Los principales, salvo la puerta de entrada, llevan arcos de medio punto con dovelas y clave de remate apoyados sobre estribo e imposta corrida.

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Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 keystone
3 keystone adornada (with finishing touches)

Discussion

Lucy Williams (asker) Nov 13, 2015:
I apologise if I was sharp. Thanks very much for your suggestion, I'm grateful for the help.
philgoddard Nov 13, 2015:
I assumed you were just cutting and pasting text without doing any research, since you didn't say you'd done any. You're more likely to get a good response if you tell us what you've found out so far.
Lucy Williams (asker) Nov 13, 2015:
Thanks for the helpful comment, that had never occured to me! Yes, I have looked up both the words but I'm afraid the meaning in this context still evades me. Perhaps you would care to hazard a translation yourself, or you could just refrain from posting such helpful (!) comments and hide the question if it bothers you so.
philgoddard Nov 13, 2015:
Again, Have you looked up "clave" and "remate" in a dictionary?

Proposed translations

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keystone

A "clave" is a keystone (see definition 5 in my first reference).

"De remate" means it's at the top, but since that's where keystones are by definition, you can leave it out.
Reference:

http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/clave

http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/remate

Peer comment(s):
agree Charles Davis : In this case keystone is the appropriate translation, and as you say, "de remate" is redundant.
4 hrs
agree Neil Ashby
17 hrs
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1 day 12 hrs

keystone adornada (with finishing touches)

Clave :
Dovela central de un arco; Pieza central de una bóveda

Dovela :
Cada una de las piezas (sillares o ladrillos) en forma de cuña que constituyen un arco
http://www.catedralesgoticas.es/glosaam.php

Dovela: keystone=centro de un arco =piedra clave de un arco

Clave: "keystone"
clave de remate: Acabado'terminado como "keystone"

Inglés :having a finishing touches keystone. "Keystone" rematado

De remate :Acabado/terminación de una pieza creada. Por ejemplo, de remate triangular. En nuestro caso, piedra de remate que remata.

remate
3. m. Aquello que en los edificios se sobrepone para coronarlos o adornar su parte superior
DRAE
http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/piedra-de-remate.1142...

my dictionary has finishing (touches) for "remates
http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/remate.417513/

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