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edificado en un cortado

English translation: built on a steep cliff

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Spanish term or phrase:	edificado en un cortado
English translation:	built on a steep cliff
Entered by:	lomen

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12:07 Jan 15, 2007

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology / Numancia

Spanish term or phrase: edificado en un cortado

No tengo contexto pero se refiere a algo que se ha construido en una pared de montaña abrupta y sin vegetación. Gracias!

lomen

built on a steep cliff

Explanation:
an idea.

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Thank you.

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patricia scott
Spain
Local time: 20:03

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thank you very much!
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built on a steep cliff

patricia scott

built on a bluff

Juan Vilca

Answers

1 hr confidence:

built on a bluff

Explanation:
"bluff" es una cara empinada y ancha de una montaña.

O alternativamente "on a steep mountain face"

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Reference: http://www.mountainproject.com/v/oregon/broughton_bluff/1057...

Juan Vilca
Local time: 14:03
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