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massa construída

English translation: densely constructed area

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Portuguese term or phrase:massa construída
English translation:densely constructed area
Entered by: Maria Cristina Vasconcelos

19:47 Mar 9, 2011
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-03-12 22:54:11 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Architecture / planejamento urbano
Portuguese term or phrase: massa construída
"A favela, inserida em meio a um bairro marcado pela grande dimensão de seus lotes, em grande parte ocupados por galpões industriais, apresenta uma ocupação de alta densidade, onde cada centímetro do solo é aproveitado para o uso privativo. Apenas pequenas vielas cortam esta massa construída, constituindo-se nos únicos espaços coletivos ou comuns. "
built mass, man-made mass...?
Maria Cristina Vasconcelos
Brazil
Local time: 11:35
densely constructed area
Explanation:
densely constructed area
Selected response from:

Nick Taylor
Local time: 15:35
Grading comment
THANKS!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2built area
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4 +2densely constructed area
Nick Taylor
4maze or labyrinth
Douglas Bissell
4built-up area /overbuilt area
Marlene Curtis
3concrete jungle
Juliet Attwater


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
built area


Explanation:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=821908

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 16:35
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: That is absolutely correct.
4 hrs
  -> Obrigado! :)
agree  VERLOW WOGLO JR: THE SIMPLEST AND BEST TRANSLATION
4 hrs
  -> Obrigado! :)
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
maze or labyrinth


Explanation:
This, in context, is possibly a more faithful translation

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 15:35
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 67
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
built-up area /overbuilt area


Explanation:

Overbuilt
(a.)
Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town.

Babylon

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 10:35
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 295
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
densely constructed area


Explanation:
densely constructed area

Nick Taylor
Local time: 15:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 172
Grading comment
THANKS!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  connie leite: agree but like Lucy says ''densed buil-up area''my sugestion
1 hr
  -> yes it loooks like the combination is best
agree  Martin Riordan
5 hrs
  -> thanks Martin
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
concrete jungle


Explanation:
it's a bit cliched...but might (or might not) be appropriate...just another idea for the soup :)

Juliet Attwater
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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