back porch

Spanish translation: Porche trasero

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English term or phrase:back porch
Spanish translation:Porche trasero

02:45 Dec 3, 2004
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / colonial houses
English term or phrase: back porch
It could be either front porch or back porch. They are describing a colonial american house that has both of them.
norman santiago
Porche trasero
Explanation:
Porche es una palabra usada para chalets y casas unifamiliares.
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Carmen Álvarez
Spain
Local time: 15:53
Grading comment
Estoy de acuerdo; me parece que es la mejor alternativa. Supongo que para el "front porch" seria porche frontal.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Porche trasero
Carmen Álvarez
5balcón trasero
Ismael Torres
4 -1patio trasero
Harmony
3galeria traseo
Judith Kerman


  

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Porche trasero


Explanation:
Porche es una palabra usada para chalets y casas unifamiliares.

Carmen Álvarez
Spain
Local time: 15:53
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
Grading comment
Estoy de acuerdo; me parece que es la mejor alternativa. Supongo que para el "front porch" seria porche frontal.

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agree  Refugio: o soportal
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patio trasero


Explanation:
Las casas coloniales solían tener patios o galerías en su parte posterior, donde se realizaban reuniones sociales.

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Note added at 12 mins (2004-12-03 02:58:36 GMT)
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Está refiriéndose, seguramente, a una casa del estilo chalet de la época de la Colonia.


    Reference: http://www.countrygraphicsbybackporch.com/
Harmony
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

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disagree  Refugio: El patio trasero = the back yard
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balcón trasero


Explanation:
My second option is 'pórtico trasero'.

Ismael Torres
Local time: 10:53
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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galeria traseo


Explanation:
In the Caribbean, at least, what I would call a porch seems to be called a galeria.

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Note added at 3 hrs 9 mins (2004-12-03 05:55:18 GMT)
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Perdón - trasero

Judith Kerman
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