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sem bomba

English translation: without wellhole

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Portuguese term or phrase:sem bomba
English translation:without wellhole
Entered by: Douglas Bissell

15:54 Nov 11, 2017
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
Portuguese term or phrase: sem bomba
Foi ainda desenvolvido uma
configuração de escadas que conceptualmente tem por base uma tipologia
Pombalina, sem bomba e adoçada à fachada.
Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 00:21
without wellhole
Explanation:
A rigor, "stairwell" é todo o vão que contém as escadas, incluindo o espaço ocupado pelas escadas em si. Bomba é apenas o vão central, delimitado pelas escadas. O termo correto é "wellhole" ou "well hole".
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Caio Camargo
Brazil
Local time: 20:21
Grading comment
How on earth do they get the 'bombless' term? Thanks anyway and for the the difference between this and stairwell. I actually put 'without stairwell central hole', so humans could understand it too
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5 +1without stairwell
Nick Taylor
4without wellhole
Caio Camargo


  

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without stairwell


Explanation:
without stairwell

Nick Taylor
Local time: 00:21
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 172

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without wellhole


Explanation:
A rigor, "stairwell" é todo o vão que contém as escadas, incluindo o espaço ocupado pelas escadas em si. Bomba é apenas o vão central, delimitado pelas escadas. O termo correto é "wellhole" ou "well hole".


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Caio Camargo
Brazil
Local time: 20:21
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
How on earth do they get the 'bombless' term? Thanks anyway and for the the difference between this and stairwell. I actually put 'without stairwell central hole', so humans could understand it too
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