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Spanish term or phrase:
diques de cierre
English translation:
barrage OR key dam
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Spanish term
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diques de cierre
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Construcción de diques para evitar inundaciones
El texto se refiere a la construcción de diques para evitar inundaciones causadas por las lluvias en areas aledañas.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | barrage OR key dam |
Jenniferts
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| 4 | bulkhead dams |
Richard Hill
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Proposed translations
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Spanish term or phrase: dique de cierre
English translation: barrage
http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definitions/barrag...
presa (dam, barrage, prey, weir, hold), barrera (barrier, gate, bar, barrage, railing), presa de contención (barrage), bombardeo(bombardment, bombing, shellfire, airstrike, barrage), bombardear (bombard, bomb, shell, barrage, blitz), barrera de fuego (barrage, firewall), barraje (barrage, dam, dyke), represa (dam, actual stowage, dike, impound, impounds), embalse (reservoir, dam, damming, head, pond), dique de cierre (barrage, key dam).
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Note added at 5 hrs (2012-05-10 06:49:14 GMT)
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Make that plural: barrages or key dams
Spanish term or phrase: dique de cierre
English translation: barrage
http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definitions/barrag...
presa (dam, barrage, prey, weir, hold), barrera (barrier, gate, bar, barrage, railing), presa de contención (barrage), bombardeo(bombardment, bombing, shellfire, airstrike, barrage), bombardear (bombard, bomb, shell, barrage, blitz), barrera de fuego (barrage, firewall), barraje (barrage, dam, dyke), represa (dam, actual stowage, dike, impound, impounds), embalse (reservoir, dam, damming, head, pond), dique de cierre (barrage, key dam).
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Note added at 5 hrs (2012-05-10 06:49:14 GMT)
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Make that plural: barrages or key dams
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bulkhead dams
bulkhead dam
Translation: dique de cierre
Synonyms: dique de cierre, dique sin derrame, presa de retención, presa insumergible
http://www.wikilang.com/English/Spanish/bulkhead dam/dique d...
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Note added at 4 mins (2012-05-10 01:05:39 GMT)
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Routledge Spanish Technical Dictionary
bulkhead n
MECH pieza de obturación f, tabique divisorio m
MECH ENG caída bruta f, mampara f, muro de contención
Translation: dique de cierre
Synonyms: dique de cierre, dique sin derrame, presa de retención, presa insumergible
http://www.wikilang.com/English/Spanish/bulkhead dam/dique d...
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Routledge Spanish Technical Dictionary
bulkhead n
MECH pieza de obturación f, tabique divisorio m
MECH ENG caída bruta f, mampara f, muro de contención
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