Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
uma casa encravada na montanha
English translation:
perched on the mountainside
Added to glossary by
Cybeles Lehner
Feb 23, 2005 11:06
19 yrs ago
Portuguese term
Cybeles Lehner
uma casa encravada na montanha
Non-PRO
Portuguese to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
Ele construiu uma casa encravada no Pão de Açucar, um dos lugares mais sensacionais do mundo com vista panorâmica para a Praia de Botafogo e para a Urca.
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perched on the mountainside
Possibly an improvement on a bad original.
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Note added at 13 hrs 7 mins (2005-02-24 00:13:57 GMT)
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Actually, \"perched on the\" (Sugarloaf whatever, or Pão de Açúcar)
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Note added at 13 hrs 7 mins (2005-02-24 00:13:57 GMT)
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Actually, \"perched on the\" (Sugarloaf whatever, or Pão de Açúcar)
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Henrique Serra
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
United States
Go with the Pro (also an Agronomist)
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese
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a house set (embedded) in the mountain
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Amy Duncan (X)
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Marsel de Souza
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
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Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese
a house stuck in the mountain
Good luck!
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rhandler
: Gostei! O destaque é para o "encravada".
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Obrigado, rhandler! Eu logo pensei em "stuck".
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carved into the mountainside
another option
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George Rabel
TRANSLATIONS THAT READ LIKE ORIGINALS
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
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a house on the mountain
Seems to me the simplest way of saying it.
I would not use "set", and definetely not "stuck".
I would not use "set", and definetely not "stuck".
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a house sheltered by the mountain
Another possibility
7 hrs
carved a space out of the mountain to build his house
Here's the issue: if you say ''carved out of the mountain", it means the house is made of the stone (granite) of the mountain...
he carved a space out of the mountain to build his house OR
the house juts out from the mountainside
probably a combination of both..
usually, rock is removed and then the house is built..with extra supporting beams or not..sometimes they can remove enough rock so the house can fit into that space..sometimes it hangs over the space and they add beams
How do I know? Because I know two people in Rio with houses like this!
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Note added at 7 hrs 34 mins (2005-02-23 18:40:50 GMT)
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alternative: built a house jutting out [from a space carved into] the mountain..
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Note added at 7 hrs 34 mins (2005-02-23 18:41:10 GMT)
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they add columns not beams
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Note added at 7 hrs 35 mins (2005-02-23 18:41:52 GMT)
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I don\'t believe the house is carved out of the mountain..that works in Portuguese but not in English...:)
he carved a space out of the mountain to build his house OR
the house juts out from the mountainside
probably a combination of both..
usually, rock is removed and then the house is built..with extra supporting beams or not..sometimes they can remove enough rock so the house can fit into that space..sometimes it hangs over the space and they add beams
How do I know? Because I know two people in Rio with houses like this!
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Note added at 7 hrs 34 mins (2005-02-23 18:40:50 GMT)
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alternative: built a house jutting out [from a space carved into] the mountain..
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Note added at 7 hrs 34 mins (2005-02-23 18:41:10 GMT)
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they add columns not beams
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Note added at 7 hrs 35 mins (2005-02-23 18:41:52 GMT)
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I don\'t believe the house is carved out of the mountain..that works in Portuguese but not in English...:)
1 day 7 hrs
Paul Dixon
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Brazil
PT/EN Translator - ABRATES Certified
Native in: English (Variants: UK, British) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
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a house wedged against the mountain
This is another way of putting it.
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