Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

paño de escamas

English translation:

(overlapping) sheets of reinforced concrete

Added to glossary by Myriam Garcia Bernabe
Nov 14, 2008 10:18
15 yrs ago
2 viewers *
Spanish term

paño de escamas

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering
Macizos de suelo reforzado, limitados en su perimetro por paños de escamas de hormigon armado.

Re: Structures covering rail station tracks

Any help appreciated.

Proposed translations

+1
1 hr
Selected

(overlapping) sheets of reinforced concrete

paños - sheets
escamas - scales (like a reptile)
hormigon armado

I think the escamas relate to the positioning of the concrete sheets.
Peer comment(s):

agree Patricia Casanova Ochoa
3 hrs
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
39 mins

plasterwork (reinforced concrete stucco)

paño in construction terms means plasterwork -
Suerte!
Something went wrong...
14 hrs

reinforced concrete surfaces

"Paño" in architecture refers to "surface":

29 Oct 2008 ... asimétrico, que concentra los agrietamientos en los paños adyacentes al muro exterior. Por otra parte, los nervios cruceros no están unidos ...
oa.upm.es/1212/01/Huerta_Inf_025.pdf - Páginas similares


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 14 hrs (2008-11-15 00:25:51 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

La fachada sur de estas viviendas se vuelca sobre la superficie verde de la ... cierran todo el paño de fachada, de suelo a techo y de pilar a pilar. ...
www.via-arquitectura.net/01/01-044.htm - 32k - En caché - Páginas similares
Something went wrong...
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search