bolos

English translation: boulders

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Spanish term or phrase:bolos
English translation:boulders
Entered by: Cinnamon Nolan

14:38 Dec 12, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Geotechnics
Spanish term or phrase: bolos
Las pruebas continuas dinámicas de penetración Proporcionan una medida indirecta, continua o discontinua de la resistencia o deformabilidad del terreno, determinándose estas propiedades a través de correlaciones empíricas.
La naturaleza del terreno tiene gran importancia. Este ensayo es idóneo en arenas sueltas a medias y limos arenosos flojos y medios, siendo menos fiables sus resultados en terrenos cohesivos, e impracticable en rocas, **bolos**, costras y suelos muy cementados.
Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Local time: 01:04
boulders
Explanation:
Not sure at all and it seems just bad Spanish use. But looking at the other words it would likely be "boulders"
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Roberto Rey
Colombia
Local time: 18:04
Grading comment
Thanks so much for confirming my guess! Some references had "roundstone", but that just didn't seem right.
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1 +1boulders
Roberto Rey


  

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boulders


Explanation:
Not sure at all and it seems just bad Spanish use. But looking at the other words it would likely be "boulders"

Roberto Rey
Colombia
Local time: 18:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 59
Grading comment
Thanks so much for confirming my guess! Some references had "roundstone", but that just didn't seem right.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patricia Rosas: this link uses the term for boulders: www.alibaba.com/catalog/11081255/Alabaster_Bolos_Marble.htm...
40 mins
  -> Tnx Bobby (see I remembered!)
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