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Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

casas de banho de apoio ao quintal

English translation:

extra bathrooms in the rear courtyard

Added to glossary by Muriel Vasconcellos
Jul 22, 2016 04:50
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Portuguese term

de apoio ao quintal

Portuguese to English Other Construction / Civil Engineering Condition of a rental property (Angola)
This is a list of needed repairs following inspection of a rental property in Angola. It's an office space that belongs to an international organization but it was rented out to another property. Since it's an office building, I'm assuming that "quintal" is 'rear courtyard'. Does "de apoio ao" mean that the fixtures are on the wall next to the courtyard?

More context (as written with typos):

a) Algumas portas e janela, ja em mau estado de conservação, das quais algumas deverão ser substitutídas e outras reparadas.
b) Diversas peças de mosaico da parte exterior do edfício nomeadamente quintal, casas de banhoe cozinhas estaladas.
c) Loiças das casas de banho **de apoio ao quintal** totalmente danificadas pelo mau uso que deverão para o efeito ser substituiídas.

Discussion

Muriel Vasconcellos (asker) Jul 24, 2016:
Thanks, everyone! Since the building appears to be a high-rise mixed-use urban building (with both offices and residential apartments), I opted for a description that would work for that kind of situation (using 'rear courtyard' instead of 'backyard').
Muriel Vasconcellos (asker) Jul 22, 2016:
@Béatriz Obrigada pela explicação. Ajudou. Resulta que não é prédio com escritórios. It looks as if it might be an apartment building, since there are quite a few bathrooms and several kitchens.
Beatriz Souza Jul 22, 2016:
Boa noite, Muriel.
O contexto parece indicar banheiros adicionais, construídos fora do edifício principal, em alguma parte do quintal.
Na casa dos meus pais no interior de SP, havia uma segunda construção, separada, contendo um quarto, um banheiro e uma cozinha com fogão 'a lenha - esses três cômodos eram chamados de "cozinha de fora".
A estrutura era independente e poderia ser usada por outras pessoas, por exemplo.
O quintal do imóvel propriamente dito, com árvores etc, ficava atrás dessa estrutura de apoio, a chamada "cozinha de fora".
Acho que a ideia é a mesma, mas não sei se a minha explicação fez sentido - sei que sou ruim em explicações...;o)
bom trabalho!
abs,
beatriz_souza

Proposed translations

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extra bathrooms in the backyard

"de apoio ao" means that they're extra/additional bathrooms in the backyard.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Sormane. This makes more sense in my context. I am using 'rear courtyard' because I think it's a mixed-use building with offices and residents."
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serving the yard

Sanitary ware for bathrooms that serve the yard.

There are bathrooms (which could be in the building or outside in the yard) that serve the yard. This seems quite logical...
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