obras gavionadas

English translation: gabion works

11:46 Aug 13, 2000
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: obras gavionadas
Context: excavation and backfill of earth

Construir dos hileras adicionales de obras gavionadas en la parte superior...
Roseanne Gaspari
United States
Local time: 08:26
English translation:gabion works
Explanation:
Yo diri'a:

To build two additional rows of gabion works in the upper part...

gabion works are rows of casted cilynders of reinforced concrete to form a retention wall or to secure the foundation of a building.


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Baruch Avidar
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Explanation:
A gabion in English is a metal cylinder filled with earth or stones or something heavy like that. The Spanish is "gavión", and "gavionar" is the verb formed from it. Without more context, it is hard to tell what the two "rows" are, but maybe with this you can put it all together.


    Williams' Spanish-English Dictionary; Webster's New World Collegiate Dict.
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gabion works


Explanation:
Yo diri'a:

To build two additional rows of gabion works in the upper part...

gabion works are rows of casted cilynders of reinforced concrete to form a retention wall or to secure the foundation of a building.





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Baruch Avidar
Israel
Local time: 18:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 92
Grading comment
Thanks for the explanation and the appropriate translation.

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