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trapions and matrasses

Portuguese translation: gabiões e matrazes

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English term or phrase:trapions and matrasses
Portuguese translation:gabiões e matrazes
Entered by: Ana Gomez Lopez

18:56 Mar 16, 2007
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English term or phrase: trapions and matrasses
They are all individually constructed of high-quality steel and electrically spot-welded. Once filled Gabions remain sufficiently flexible to allow some movement and distortion, without losing strength of structure
Ana Gomez Lopez
Spain
Local time: 17:41
gabiões e matrazes
Explanation:
Daqui:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture

Brutalist building materials may include brick, glass, steel, rough-hewn stone, and gabion (also known as trapion).

Indo ao dicionário da Universal/Texto editora temos "gabião" como tradução de gabion.

Matrass traduz também no dicionário da Universal para Matraz e significa segundo o dicionário da Porto Editora:

vaso de vidro, de boca estreita e fundo largo e chato, com forma aproximadamente cónica ou esférica, para operações químicas;
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gabiões e matrazes


Explanation:
Daqui:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture

Brutalist building materials may include brick, glass, steel, rough-hewn stone, and gabion (also known as trapion).

Indo ao dicionário da Universal/Texto editora temos "gabião" como tradução de gabion.

Matrass traduz também no dicionário da Universal para Matraz e significa segundo o dicionário da Porto Editora:

vaso de vidro, de boca estreita e fundo largo e chato, com forma aproximadamente cónica ou esférica, para operações químicas;


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture
    Reference: http://www.universal.pt
José Raeiro
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