Tract of Houses

Spanish translation: fraccionamiento residencial

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English term or phrase:Tract of Houses
Spanish translation:fraccionamiento residencial
Entered by: Henry Hinds

20:16 Mar 8, 2011
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English term or phrase: Tract of Houses
I am translating a deposition of a Mexican person. He speaks of tract of houses. He says that his boss was sending him from house to house to finish the tiling. Can tract of houses be translated as colonia for the Mexican community or complejo habitacional would work?
Thanks a lot!
sandra bravo
United States
Local time: 05:19
fraccionamiento residencial
Explanation:
En México es "fraccionamiento".
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Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 03:19
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Muchísimas gracias por la ayuda.
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Summary of answers provided
5fraccionamiento residencial
Henry Hinds
4Complejo Habitacional
The_Nuntius
4línea/cadena/serie
FVS (X)
3ruta de casas
Ricardo Galarza


  

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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):
  • El joven es propietario de un complejo habitacional en Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tract_housing
The_Nuntius
United States
Local time: 04:19
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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tract of houses
fraccionamiento residencial


Explanation:
En México es "fraccionamiento".

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 03:19
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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.

FVS (X)
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1 day 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
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.

Ricardo Galarza
Uruguay
Local time: 06:19
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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