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Spanish term or phrase:	a cuatro aguas
English translation:	steep apex, gable or saddle roof
Entered by:	Neil Rear

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11:24pm May 26, 2005

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Spanish term or phrase: a cuatro aguas

"Cubierta inclinada de teja árabe, en color ocre o viejo, con pendientes entre el 20% y 30% preferentemente a cuatro aguas." (Part of a text on house design)

Neil Rear

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steep apex, gable or saddle roof

Explanation:
Oxford

7 aguas fpl (vertientes) slope; tejado a dos aguas gable o apex o saddle roof; cubrir aguas to put the roof on

Mike :)

"steep" because "4 aguas" instead of "2" - also look the slope

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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States

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thanks Michael!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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4 +6

hip roof or hip and valley roof

RebeW

4 +1

four-sloped

Muriel Vasconcellos

steep apex, gable or saddle roof

Michael Powers (PhD)

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steep apex, gable or saddle roof

Explanation:
Oxford

7 aguas fpl (vertientes) slope; tejado a dos aguas gable o apex o saddle roof; cubrir aguas to put the roof on

Mike :)

"steep" because "4 aguas" instead of "2" - also look the slope

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 131

Note from asker to answerer

thanks Michael!

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

hip roof or hip and valley roof

Explanation:
Suerte! :}

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-05-26 23:29:31 GMT)
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This question is already in the glossary, the links are below. Good luck! :}

http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=29705

http://www.proz.com/?sp=k_h&disc=1&pair=esl_eng&eid_s=13055

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Note added at 10 mins (2005-05-26 23:34:30 GMT)
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Here it is called a \"hipped roof\"...

http://www.archiseek.com/guides/glossary/h.html

RebeW
United States
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 7

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

four-sloped

Explanation:
I think it's safer not to give it a special style -- just four slopes! Note the first example, describing something innovative.

... Played with a sloped roof today wich has 4 sloped sides, all sides under a
tricky angle... (so not under 45 degrees) It seems impossible ...
www.uberclan.com/modules.php?name=Forums& file=viewtopic&t=837&start=0&postdays=0&post

... It is notable for its 4-sloped roof with steeply dropping eaves. ... It also
has a 4-sloped roof, and a stained glass rosette window in front to let ...
www.enjoy-patagonia.org/ ushuaia-attractions-ushuaia-city.php

... By its rectangular frame, its four sloped roof , the symmetry of its doors,
windows and tall chimneys, it shows the elegance and balance of the ...
www.destinationbeauce.com/en/portrait.asp - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

VOLOGDA REGION - William C. Brumfield. PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION
... and each has a level, four-sloped roof placed over the zakomary (as opposed
to a roofline following the contours of the curved gables) (20). ...
www.cultinfo.ru/brumfield/province/index_e.htm - 51k - Cached - Similar pages

Improved Adobe Construction
... Build light low pitched couple roof, four sloped roof or single sloped roof;
The roof should transfer only vertical loads to the walls. ...
www.staff.city.ac.uk/earthquakes/ MasonryAdobe/ImprovedAdobe.htm - 44k - May 25, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages

Beijing Official Website International
... Its double-eaved, four-sloped roof is covered with yellow glazed tiles.
From each end of the main ridge, which is straight and level, fork down two ...
www.ebeijing.gov.cn/feature/Fortune%20Forum/ Fortune%20Beijing/General%20info/t20050328_221093.htm - 36k - Cached - Similar pages

Russian Art and Architecture through the Centuries
... received in the 18th century a larger drum to carry the new baroque cupola,
and in the 19th century acquired the present four-sloped roof. ...
www.xenophongi.org/rushistory/artandarch/dionisii.htm - 12k - Cached - Similar pages

Russian Art and Architecture through the Centuries
... It was later deformed with annexed chapels, Nikon's in 1548 on the south side
and a four-sloped roof that covered almost one third of the drum. ...
www.xenophongi.org/rushistory/ artandarch/trinitycath.htm - 4k - Cached - Similar pages
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Multimedia CD-ROM: Transfiguration of Our Savior Cathedral
... when the side domes were destroyed and the pozakomarnoye covering was replaced
by the four-sloped roof and the central dome's upper part was rebuilt. ...
www.iconofile.com/cd_church_savior.asp - 55k - Cached - Similar pages

Culture - Museums - The Etnographic Museum of Maramures
... The four-sloped roof is made of shingles, nailed every two rows. On the front
side the roof has two skylights ("ochiuturi") for smoke exhausting from ...
www.ici.ro/romania/en/cultura/mz_cberciu.html - 4k - Cached - Similar pages

The church of St. Boris and St. Gleb in Kideksha. Vladimir ...
... The upper part of the church collapsed and in the 17th the four-sloped roof
with a tiny dome was built instead. In the 14th century there was a ...
www.museum.vladimir.ru/eng/ towns/kideksha/kideksha_e?menu=towns - 16k - Cached - Similar pages

William Brumfield
... of the structure originally culminated in zakomary, whose outlines are still
visible beneath a four-sloped roof dating from the eighteenth century. ...
www.recherches-slaves.paris4.sorbonne.fr/ Cahier3/Brumfield.htm

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 28

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Spanish: a cuatro aguas

English translation: steep apex, gable or saddle roof