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Spanish term or phrase:	compás
English translation:	courtyard
Entered by:	Dave Pugh

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17:02 Jan 19, 2009

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Spanish term or phrase: compás

La plaza de San Francisco (25) fue hasta hace dos siglos el compás de la iglesia y el convento del mismo nombre.
Was the compass to the church... doesn't sound right to me.
Thanks in advance

Dave Pugh KudoZ activity Questions: 263 (2 open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 80
Local time: 21:09

courtyard

Explanation:
or maybe 'cloisters'

Compás de Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo 'little courtyard') of Cádiz This name is derived from the broadening (compás) of this street between the ends of the roads Santo Domingo and Sopranis, where the Convent is located. ...
www.guiasemanasanta.com/cadiz/in/calles_ficha.php?id=18 - 51k - Cached - Similar pages
Monuments in Valladolid, Spain: Real Monasterio de Santa Clara ... ... or 'Compás', courtyard; structural and decorative remains, in plasterwork, in the cloister domes, the Guilded Chapel and another smaller courtyard ...
www.spain.info/TourSpain/Arte y Cultura/Monumentos/H/UH/0/R...

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xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 15:09

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I'm gonna go with this.
Thanks for the help
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courtyard

xxxmediamatrix

forecourt/atrium

James A. Walsh

see explanation

Clayton Causey

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courtyard

xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 15:09
Works in field
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English
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Grading comment

I'm gonna go with this.
Thanks for the help

10 mins confidence:

forecourt/atrium

Explanation:
See link below.

Cheers.

Reference: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comp%C3%A1s

James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 21:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 31

8 hrs confidence:

see explanation

Explanation:
In the original latin meaning of compass (com- 'together' + passus 'a step or pace') had to do with the space between two things. This original sense is preserved (as are many others) in the terminology of the church. As was pointed out, it can mean "foyer" or "antechamber" of a church or convent. However, it can also have the sense of an open space between two different buildings that people of often go between, such as a church and a convent (possibly "courtyard" as has already been suggested).

Here is my suggestion:

Example sentence(s):

Until about two centuries ago, the Plaza de San Francisco (25) was bordered by the San Francisco church and convent.
Until about two centuries ago, there was a church and convent of the same name that opened on to the Plaza de San Francisco (25).

Clayton Causey
Local time: 15:09
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Native speaker of:

English

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