en plata piso

English translation: a single-floor dwelling

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Spanish term or phrase: en planta piso
English translation:a single-floor dwelling
Entered by: Kathryn McFarland

20:14 May 27, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Architecture
Spanish term or phrase: en plata piso
Adherido al Castillo vivienda en plata piso de unos 140 m2 con gran terraza actualmente arrendado a los antiguos mayordomos.

Does this mean it has just one floor?
Kathryn McFarland
a single-floor dwelling
Explanation:
Firstly it must be planta as everyone agrees. The only thing that the text says is that it is one floor, not that the building is although it could be. The dwelling, not necessarily an apartment however, is of only one floor. You can have plata piso 1, planta piso 2, etc. Doesn't seem like there is a very fixed definition from what I googled

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Note added at 17 horas (2008-05-28 13:21:43 GMT)
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I didn't read Eski's answer, turns out mine is a just variation
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Kenneth Powers
Spain
Local time: 14:08
Grading comment
Thanks. Yes, in the original text it said "plata", so must have been a typo.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1a floor area
eski
3A one-floor apartment
Gad Kohenov
3a single-floor dwelling
Kenneth Powers


Discussion entries: 3





  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
A one-floor apartment


Explanation:
My rendition of this.

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Note added at 15 mins (2008-05-27 20:29:53 GMT)
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Obviously Planta and not Plata.

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 15:08
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a floor area


Explanation:
Assuming you're dealing with a typo and "Plata" should read "planta",then your text reads "...dwelling with a floor area of some 140m2..."

eski
Mexico
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kenneth Powers: Your answer is correct but badly frased, "en planta piso" is not "floor area", but the translation you put after is correct
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a single-floor dwelling


Explanation:
Firstly it must be planta as everyone agrees. The only thing that the text says is that it is one floor, not that the building is although it could be. The dwelling, not necessarily an apartment however, is of only one floor. You can have plata piso 1, planta piso 2, etc. Doesn't seem like there is a very fixed definition from what I googled

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Note added at 17 horas (2008-05-28 13:21:43 GMT)
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I didn't read Eski's answer, turns out mine is a just variation

Kenneth Powers
Spain
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks. Yes, in the original text it said "plata", so must have been a typo.
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