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secado al sol

English translation: adobe or sun-dried


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Spanish term or phrase:secado al sol
English translation:adobe or sun-dried
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16:07 Jun 14, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel / edificio
Spanish term or phrase: secado al sol
un edificio en Marruecos está hecho con barro, paja, y ladrillos secados al sol, asi que clay, straw y bricks???
aidagda
Local time: 18:26
adobe or sun-dried
Explanation:
bricks

adobe or sun-dried bricks.

Personally I prefer 'adobe' - it's well recognised in English and 'sun-dried bricks' makes me think of those shrivelled up tomatoes!

The Adobe House

... wooden doors. "Adobe" is a Spanish word derived from the Arabic "atob," which literally means sun-dried brick. The Spanish brought ...
www.homeownernet.com/articles/adobe.html - 22k - Cached - Similar pages


Utah Arts Council--Folk Arts Program--Chase Home Museum History ...

Adobe Construction. Many of the earliest structures in the Salt Lake Valley were build from adobes -- bricks made from sun-dried mud. ...
www.arts.utah.gov/folkarts/adobe.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages


ADOBE

... Real County. Adobe bricks are formed in wooden molds. They are then left in the sun to dry, typically for about two weeks. Because ...
www.rra.dst.tx.us/c_t/misc/ADOBE.cfm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
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Lucy Phillips
Local time: 17:26
Grading comment
Great! thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +13adobe or sun-dried
Lucy Phillips
5...sun-dried bricks
Nanny Wintjens
4 +1sun-dried bricks
BAmary
4dried in the sun
Paula Pereira Fernandes


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +13
adobe or sun-dried


Explanation:
bricks

adobe or sun-dried bricks.

Personally I prefer 'adobe' - it's well recognised in English and 'sun-dried bricks' makes me think of those shrivelled up tomatoes!

The Adobe House

... wooden doors. "Adobe" is a Spanish word derived from the Arabic "atob," which literally means sun-dried brick. The Spanish brought ...
www.homeownernet.com/articles/adobe.html - 22k - Cached - Similar pages


Utah Arts Council--Folk Arts Program--Chase Home Museum History ...

Adobe Construction. Many of the earliest structures in the Salt Lake Valley were build from adobes -- bricks made from sun-dried mud. ...
www.arts.utah.gov/folkarts/adobe.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages


ADOBE

... Real County. Adobe bricks are formed in wooden molds. They are then left in the sun to dry, typically for about two weeks. Because ...
www.rra.dst.tx.us/c_t/misc/ADOBE.cfm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

Lucy Phillips
Local time: 17:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Great! thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susana Galilea: adobe :)
1 min
  -> gracias, Susana ;-)

agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
2 mins
  -> gracias, Patricia

agree  adpace
5 mins

agree  David Russi
7 mins

agree  Nanny Wintjens
11 mins

agree  Ltemes
17 mins

agree  kellyn: I agree. adobe sounds good. "sun-dried" makes me think of food, also
29 mins

agree  biblios
1 hr

agree  Marsha Wilkie
1 hr

agree  consuelo buitrago
2 hrs

agree  xxxtazdog
13 hrs

agree  Leyre Bastero
18 hrs

agree  Duckster
1 day13 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sun-dried bricks


Explanation:
Sds.

BAmary
Local time: 12:26
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ltemes
16 mins
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dried in the sun


Explanation:
Ventilated Green ClayGuaranteed Dried in the Sun - [ Traduzir esta página ]
Gli Specifici. Ventilated Green Clay Guaranteed Dried in the Sun.
Particularly suitable for those who have problems of impure skin. ...
www.drtaffi.com/inglese/article.php?id=171 - 8k - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes

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... which they could enfilade the entire streets the houses of san antonio were heavily
built of stone or adobe large blocks of clay dried in the sun cither either ...
www.iarchives.com/txa_mfl/ pdf/txa_mfl_1857-1873_0678.pdf - Resultado suplementar - Páginas Semelhantes

Paula Pereira Fernandes
Portugal
Local time: 17:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
...sun-dried bricks


Explanation:
I have seen this being done hundreds of times when living in Africa

Nanny Wintjens
Spain
Local time: 17:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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