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portada monumental

English translation: monumental portal


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Spanish term or phrase:portada monumental
English translation:monumental portal
Entered by: Lisa McCarthy
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09:48 Jun 3, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / Historical buildings
Spanish term or phrase: portada monumental
Hernani, País Vasco

IGLESIA PARROQUIAL DE SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. Templo de una sola nave, con planta en cruz latina y ábside poligonal (ochavado). El altar se sitúa en el citado ábside formándose dos capillas en los brazos del crucero.
El interior es de estilo barroco.
La iglesia está dotada de una torre de planta cuadrada, y queda
adosada al edificio contiguo (Casa Consistorial). Se remata con una
cúpula semiesférica.
El acceso desde la plaza (***portada monumental**) se hace a través de una hermosa escalinata de piedra.
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 21:16
monumental portal
Explanation:
in reference to a church or cathedral, if it has a particularly ornate or large portal or even series of portals, often three.

http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/index2.php?option=com_parks...

http://www.ie.edu/university/pdf/ie_universidad/campus/Conve...
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Gilla Evans
Local time: 20:16
Grading comment
Thanks, Gilla!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5monumental portal
Gilla Evans
4 +4monumental facade
neilmac
4 +3monumental doorway
Diane Kenyon
5monumental façadeConstantinos Faridis
4 +1monumental entranceway
James A. Walsh
3 +1a huge frontispiece
Gad Kohenov
4monumental facade/monumental façadeJosé Mª SANZ
4grand facade / monumental facade
Jesús Cordero-Salvado
Summary of reference entries provided
Images of portadas
Nikki Graham

Discussion entries: 2





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
grand facade / monumental facade


Explanation:
Una opción...


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facade
Jesús Cordero-Salvado
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
monumental facade/monumental façade


Explanation:
Así aparece en muchos anuncios de turismo.


    Reference: http://www.photaki.com/picture-monumental-facade-of-council-...
José Mª SANZ
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
monumental portal


Explanation:
in reference to a church or cathedral, if it has a particularly ornate or large portal or even series of portals, often three.

http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/index2.php?option=com_parks...

http://www.ie.edu/university/pdf/ie_universidad/campus/Conve...


Gilla Evans
Local time: 20:16
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Thanks, Gilla!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: OK. I prefer this to "doorway" :-)
42 mins
  -> possibly, but "portada" is often used to mean this in practice.
agree  Nikki Graham
53 mins
  -> thanks, Nikki
agree  Cecilia Rey
1 hr
  -> thanks, Cecilia
agree  James A. Walsh: The more I've looked at this today, the more inclined I am to think that this is the right answer.
1 day36 mins
  -> thanks, James!
agree  Catherine Gilsenan
1 day5 hrs
  -> thanks, Catherine
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a huge frontispiece


Explanation:
From Babylon:

frontispiece
s. frontispicio, delantera, fachada, parte del frente, portada


Gad Kohenov
Local time: 22:16
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jesús Cordero-Salvado: Estoy de acuerdo con 'frontispiece', pero no con 'huge', no todos los monumentos tienen por que ser 'enormes'
6 mins
  ->  entonces "monumental frontispiece". Gracias!
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
monumental doorway


Explanation:
Portada also means doorway or entrance.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portada_(arquitectura)
Una portada es el conjunto de elementos arquitectónicos que forman la puerta y su ornamentación y en el cual aparece impreso con sus peculiares caracteres el estilo del edificio. Se dice principalmente de los monumentos arquitectócnicos religiosos.

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Note added at 15 mins (2010-06-03 10:03:56 GMT)
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I would suggest doorway especially since it is talking about access to the church.

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Note added at 17 mins (2010-06-03 10:05:42 GMT)
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Maybe entrance is better than doorway in this case.

Diane Kenyon
Spain
Local time: 21:16
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cecilia Rey: I agree because it is talking about access to the church.
17 mins
  -> Thank you Cecilia
agree  neilmac: It is indeed the entrance, so I end up agreeing with everyone...
34 mins
  -> Portada can also mean doorway, Neil, especially ornamental ones. Have a look at the wikipedia link:http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portada_(arquitectura)
agree  Nikki Graham: but portal is the better term in this case
50 mins
  -> Thanks again Nikki, you could be right about portal
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
monumental façade


Explanation:
monumental façade.
portada.

(De puerta).

1. f. Ornato de arquitectura que se hace en las fachadas principales de los edificios suntuosos.

Constantinos Faridis
Greece
Local time: 22:16
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
monumental facade


Explanation:
portada (de una iglesia): front, facade

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Note added at 47 mins (2010-06-03 10:35:34 GMT)
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Such as: The monumental facade of St. Peter's Basilica, Monumental facade of Council of Pamplona, ... etc.


neilmac
Spain
Local time: 21:16
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jesús Cordero-Salvado: ooopps!! Sorry, you got there first!!
3 mins
agree  Muses Inc
7 mins
agree  Marianna Tucci
8 mins
agree  Isamar
20 mins
disagree  Nikki Graham: The Spanish would have used fachada if it meant the facade. This is referring to the doorway, i.e. the portal
1 hr
  -> In my experience, "fachada" is just the front of any old thing, to me it lacks the more grandiose nuance of a gateway/portal (which BTW works well too), unlike facade in English which always sounds a bit French...
neutral  Cecilia Rey: agree with Nikki
1 hr
agree  britos
5 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
monumental entranceway


Explanation:
Yet another option! (and why not?! :)

Variations: 'entranceway', 'entrance way', 'entrance-way' or even 'entryway'

Direct Google hits are not great, admittedly, but many seem to refer to churches/cathedrals...


    Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=&q=%22monumental+entrancew...
    Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enES297ES29...
James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 21:16
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Nada, just a silly late Friday night joke because "entranceway" looks slightly longer than the rest. Please ignore me :)
1 day8 hrs
  -> Or as the French would say: Hien??!!??!!
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: Images of portadas

Reference information:
Have a look at the images of portadas in fachadas. Portada refers to the part of the facade where the door is.

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For what it's worth, the wikipedia entry on portada. Notice the link at the bottom to fachada. They are quite obviously not the same thing

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portada_(arquitectura)


    Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=%22portada+de+la+iglesia%22...
Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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