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massive dressed

Portuguese translation: (as) enormes/colossais pedras talhadas

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English term or phrase:massive dressed
Portuguese translation:(as) enormes/colossais pedras talhadas
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

19:05 Jun 9, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Archaeology
English term or phrase: massive dressed
The massive dressed stones In the Western Wall of the Temple Mount.
Ivani Shewchenk
(as) enormes/colossais pedras talhadas
Explanation:
massive = enormes, massivas.

Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA ... Feb 24, 1999 ... Dressed stone. A stone masonry unit which has been squared and shaped for precise fit with other stones. Undressed stone has naturally rough ...
pghbridges.com/termsMas.htm -

http://www.babylon.com/definition/dressed_stone/English

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-06-09 19:13:03 GMT)
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dressed stone
pedra talhada
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 05:46
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5(as) enormes/colossais pedras talhadas
Marlene Curtis
5imponentes cantarias
Marcos Antonio
4(pedras) grandiosamente aparelhadas, (pedras) imponentemente aparelhadas
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4maciças sem acabamento
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
3imponentes
Clauwolf


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
(as) enormes/colossais pedras talhadas


Explanation:
massive = enormes, massivas.

Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA ... Feb 24, 1999 ... Dressed stone. A stone masonry unit which has been squared and shaped for precise fit with other stones. Undressed stone has naturally rough ...
pghbridges.com/termsMas.htm -

http://www.babylon.com/definition/dressed_stone/English

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-06-09 19:13:03 GMT)
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dressed stone
pedra talhada


Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 05:46
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roberto Cavalcanti
2 mins
  -> Grata Roberto!
agree  airmailrpl: as enormes pedras talhadas
1 hr
  -> Grata!
agree  imatahan
1 hr
  -> Grata!
agree  Maria José Tavares (X)
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
15 hrs
  -> Grata!
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(pedras) grandiosamente aparelhadas, (pedras) imponentemente aparelhadas


Explanation:
O Marquês de Abrantes disse na sua nota da página 41, que a Torre de Newport foi feita de "pedra aparelhada e obdece a um traçado arquitectónico perfeito". ...
colombo-o-novo.blogspot.com/2009/03/pedra-aparelhada.html - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes -
[PDF] CAUSAS E CLASSIFICAÇÕES DE PATOLOGIAS EM PAREDES DE ALVENARIA DE PEDRA Formato do arquivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Ver em HTML
Figura 1 – Perpianho (alçado e corte). Figura 2 - Parede de alvenaria de pedra aparelhada (aparelho poligonal rústico) ...
www.construlink.com/Homepage/2003_ConstrulinkPress/Ficheiro...

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-06-09 19:13:10 GMT)
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dressed stone = pedra aparelhada

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 11:46
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
imponentes


Explanation:
:)

Clauwolf
Local time: 06:46
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
maciças sem acabamento


Explanation:
pedras maciças, sem acabamento.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 10:46
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
imponentes cantarias


Explanation:
Sug.


- DRESSED STONE - cantaria; o mesmo que Cut Stone. DRIFT PIN - barra de aço pontiaguda para alinhamento dos furos do trilho com os da tala junção. ...
www.antf.org.br/files/dicionario.pdf

- A cantaria é a pedra talhada de forma a constituir sólidos geométricos, normalmente paralelepípedos, para utilização na construção de edifícios ou de muros. ...
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantaria

- "Cantaria é a arte em fazer uso da rocha, utilizando-a como forma geométrica para ser aplicada em construções como parte estrutural ou ornamental." ...
www.ufop.br/demin/cantaria/index.php -

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 06:46
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 27
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