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20:16 Mar 8, 2011 |
English to Spanish translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Architecture / Construction of houses | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Henry Hinds United States Local time: 03:19 | ||||||
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5 | fraccionamiento residencial |
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4 | Complejo Habitacional |
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4 | línea/cadena/serie |
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3 | ruta de casas |
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tract of houses Complejo Habitacional Explanation: Tract housing can best be translated in Mexican spanish as "Complejo Habitacional." However, tract housing or "complejo habitacional" does not refer to someone going from house to house. Look closer at the definition of tract housing for a better understanding on this. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tract_housing |
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tract of houses fraccionamiento residencial Explanation: En México es "fraccionamiento". |
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tract of houses línea/cadena/serie Explanation: Tracto in law refers to a 'chain' of title. With the digestive system it means the line or course of the intestines. The idea here surely is that he is being send from house to house in a line, chain, series to finish the tiling. |
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tract of houses ruta de casas Explanation: Me inclino porque no está hablando de una colonia, fraccionamiento ni complejo habitacional, sino que se refiere al hecho de que debe ir casa por casa poniendo los azulejos. Eso es una ruta; en este caso *la ruta de casas* que debe seguir para completar su trabajo. Suerte. |
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