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torre de recreo

English translation: recreation facility

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Spanish term or phrase:	torre de recreo
English translation:	recreation facility
Entered by:	Lavinia Pirlog

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18:23 Feb 8, 2012

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / objeto de actividad

Spanish term or phrase: torre de recreo

Construcción de chalets, bungalows, edificios, casas y torres de recreo y construcción de edificaciones destinadas a viviendas, pisos, departamentos, locales...

Lavinia Pirlog KudoZ activity Questions: 3122 (14 open) (1 without valid answers) (22 closed without grading) Answers: 287
Local time: 07:11

recreation facility

Explanation:
or centre

Selected response from:

Julie Thurston
Local time: 22:11

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3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +1

villa

patinba

leisure time tower

Ellen Kraus

recreation facility

Julie Thurston

holiday home

Wendy Streitparth

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

villa

Explanation:
Fiestas y tradiciones
www.grisel.info/index.php?option=com... - Translate this page
El terreno donde se encuentra perteneció durante muchos años, como villa o torre de recreo, al Arcediano de Tarazona y en la actualidad la finca de olivos ...

villa.
(Del lat. villa).
1. f. Casa de recreo situada aisladamente en el campo

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-02-08 20:09:35 GMT)
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It is a very old Spanish term, predating towers and probably leisure too...

El Autonómico: Autopista Dos Mares o "El Capricho de Revilla"
elautonomico.blogspot.com/.../autopista-dos-mares... - Se trata de una casita (hoy restaurante) concebida como torre de recreo para el cuñado del Marqués de Comillas pero que debido a sus ...
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ﬁ-PUIGCERiJA-«eñ aoe-racrueneaos 1919 Numí' 27
www.valldepi.cat/Bibliografia/.../19191005.pdf - Translate this page
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tiión deterreno radica una casa torre de recreo, deﬂo- un portal de hierro que dista l4lmetrosf de 'diciw ÏÏÍA- minada chalet de la; Violetas, con fachada al pasaje ..

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 01:11
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English
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leisure time tower

Explanation:
tower-like buildings with cinemas and other kinds of amusement

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Note added at 1 Stunde (2012-02-08 20:12:17 GMT)
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it need not be a tower exclusively used for different sorts of entertainment and recreation. It might just as well be a residential tower in which there is ample space for multipurpose rooms, such as the following.: residential tower will be a recreational multi-purpose room consisting of a pool table, seating, multimedia entertainment center and kitchenette.
In other words: a multi-purpose recreational and entertainment tower.

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Note added at 1 Stunde (2012-02-08 20:21:37 GMT)
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www.stevenholl.com/project-detail.php?id=58Im PROGRAM: 644 apartments, public green space, commercial zones, hotel, ... spaces that vary from commercial, residential, and educational to recreational. ... offer tranquil green spaces, and at the top of the eight residential towers private roof ...

Ellen Kraus
Local time: 06:11
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