Zocalo porticado

English translation: Poticoed square

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Spanish term or phrase:Zocalo porticado
English translation:Poticoed square
Entered by: Edwin Castaño

23:59 Mar 25, 2003
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Spanish term or phrase: Zocalo porticado
El zócalo porticado, destinado al comercio a lo largo de todas las fachadas pretende enfatizar ese compromiso urbano, contribuyendo a la potenciación de la calle como espacio complejo y plurifuncional.
Edwin Castaño
porticoed square
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Parrot
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Local time: 03:49
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This will do just fine, thanks! Ed
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4 +5porticoed square
Parrot
5Main Square with Porticos
vhernandez
4portico
Nikki Graham


  

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Main Square with Porticos


Explanation:
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PARADOR DE CHINCHÓN
... Main Square, Aranjuez, Madrid. Go for a walk into the ”Plaza Mayor”
(main square) of Chinchón, with its porticos around. Dominating ...
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Best of Sicily - Country Life, Rural Simplicity
... Fewer porticos on the public buildings and fewer public gardens. ... They usually have
a main square where the Mother Church (Chiesa Madre) or town hall (municipio ...
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King Holidays USA - Paradores of Spain
... ENVIRONMENT. Main Square, Aranjuez, Madrid. Go for a walk into the ”Plaza
Mayor” (main square) of Chinchón, with its porticos around. ...
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Peru Travel
... It is distinguished by having three porticos with a bricked arcade. It has a neoclassic
style. ... It is located in the Main Square and has a viceregal style. ...
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In Italy Online - Monastero di Todi
... exquisite holiday retreat is just outside the village, 2 km from that main square. ... benches
and chairs for the residents have been set up beneath the porticos. ...
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The Moscow Kremlin and Red Square: Red Square Guide
... the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries also left its mark on Moscow\'s
main square. ... by the Kremlin wall booths were built with two porticos in the ...
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Kraft Hotel Florence, Hotels in Florence
... monastery) is to the right of the main door as ... one, plus the ground floor, with its
square entrance doors ... With porticos on all four sides, it is enclosed by ...
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CITTA\' di VIGEVANO - Rete CIVICA - Turismo - THE DUCAL SQUARE
... the centre of the piazza to the main castle gate ... Lobkowitz had the ramp removed and
porticos built in ... was erected, thus enclosing the fourth side of the square. ...
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This is the main square of the Friday Mosque. It is ...
This is the main square of the Friday Mosque. It is surrounded by four eivans
or porticos and in the centre there is a small pool surmounted by a square ...
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7 Porticos
Back to Horizon Group main page. ... A Place to Relax 7 Porticos also features 3 acres
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vhernandez
Local time: 20:49
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  clayton: Though "main square is found in a lot of places where it's been literally translated from other languages (as most of your references), it is not so common or natural in English (at least in the US).
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  -> I don't agree with you, but thanks for your words.
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porticoed square


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    Reference: http://www.aboutvalencia.com/valencia/itineraries.asp
Parrot
Spain
Local time: 03:49
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 97
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This will do just fine, thanks! Ed

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agree  Tomás Rosa Bueno: Porticoed main square. AFAIK, "zócalo" is not any* square, but the main one.
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agree  Will Matter
34 mins

agree  Thierry LOTTE
36 mins

disagree  vhernandez: Zocalo is the MAIN square, just like in my answer above Parrot.
1 hr

agree  EDLING (X)
7 hrs

agree  Refugio: Or 'porticoed town square'
16 hrs

agree  clayton: This is MUCH BETTER!!
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portico


Explanation:
from your context, it doesn't sound like a square to me at all, but rather a street. In which case, I imagine this to be a covered walkway with columns. If that is the case, then you can just say "portico", because that is what portico means

portico ['pɔ¢°t©¥kəʊ]
noun
(plural: -coes, -cos)
1 a covered entrance to a building; porch

2 a covered walkway in the form of a roof supported by columns or pillars, esp. one built on to the exterior of a building
[ETYMOLOGY: 17th Century: via Italian from Latin porticus porch]

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Note added at 2003-03-26 10:21:41 (GMT)
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I forgot to add that Collins gives boulevard and walk for zócalo (as well as main square and skirting board, etc.), which is where I got the idea from.


    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/English/definition.asp?en=porti...
Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:49
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 553
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