Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
bordo
English translation:
levee
Added to glossary by
mediamatrix (X)
Jul 3, 2008 20:50
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Ana Cecilia Alduenda
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
bordo
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Construction
¿Cómo se traduce al inglés "el bordo de un río"?
El bordo es una elevación de palos, tierra y piedras que se hace a ambos lados de un río o quebrada para evitar inundaciones o para retener o estancar las aguas.
Gracias :)
El bordo es una elevación de palos, tierra y piedras que se hace a ambos lados de un río o quebrada para evitar inundaciones o para retener o estancar las aguas.
Gracias :)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | levee |
Jennifer Levey
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| 5 +2 | the banks of a river |
GLENN MCBRIDE WITHENSHAW
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| 4 | dam |
eski
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| 4 | Levee o Dam depende |
Maria-Jose Pastor
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Change log
Jul 8, 2008 20:37: mediamatrix (X) Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Chile
Native in English
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
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levee
Bordo is usually translated as 'bank' which is the natural feature causing a river to stay in its bed.. But the description given in the source text suggests artificial, man-made retaining systems, commonly known as 'levees' (at least in the US).
The Mississippi Levee System and the Old River Control StructureSince 1882, the USACE in conjunction with the Mississippi River Commission extended the levee system so that it included mainly the area from Cairo, ...
www.tulane.edu/~bfleury/envirobio/enviroweb/FloodControl.ht... - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
Louisiana State Penitentiary Levee, Mississippi River. Main Report ...The purpose and primary objective of this study is to review the report on the Mississippi River and Tributaries project, and other pertinent reports, ...
stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA126747 - 5k - Cached - Similar pages
Mississippi River flooding breaks Ill. levee Mississippi River ...18 Jun 2008 ... By Maria Sudekum Fisher The Associated Press GULFPORT, Ill. The rising : Encyclopedia.com.
www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-180322488.html - 29k - Cached - Similar pages
200-FOOT BREAK IN LEVEE.; Mississippi Rushes Through a Big ...A torrent 200 feet wide rushed to-night through a crevasse in Beulah levee, 100 miles north of here, on the east bank of the Mississippi, and the water ...
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40615FE385F13738DDDAF0A94D9405B838DF1D3 - 3k - Cached - Similar pages
Swollen Mississippi defeats another levee - Midwest flooding ...24 Jun 2008 ... The swollen Mississippi River burst another levee Tuesday, submerging farmland and threatening a residential area whose occupants had ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25347131/ - 59k - Cached - Similar pages
Negro tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee, near Lake ...Negro tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee, near Lake Providence, La. 1940 June 1 slide : color. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179058304/ - 65k - Cached - Similar pages
The Mississippi Levee System and the Old River Control StructureSince 1882, the USACE in conjunction with the Mississippi River Commission extended the levee system so that it included mainly the area from Cairo, ...
www.tulane.edu/~bfleury/envirobio/enviroweb/FloodControl.ht... - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
Louisiana State Penitentiary Levee, Mississippi River. Main Report ...The purpose and primary objective of this study is to review the report on the Mississippi River and Tributaries project, and other pertinent reports, ...
stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA126747 - 5k - Cached - Similar pages
Mississippi River flooding breaks Ill. levee Mississippi River ...18 Jun 2008 ... By Maria Sudekum Fisher The Associated Press GULFPORT, Ill. The rising : Encyclopedia.com.
www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-180322488.html - 29k - Cached - Similar pages
200-FOOT BREAK IN LEVEE.; Mississippi Rushes Through a Big ...A torrent 200 feet wide rushed to-night through a crevasse in Beulah levee, 100 miles north of here, on the east bank of the Mississippi, and the water ...
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40615FE385F13738DDDAF0A94D9405B838DF1D3 - 3k - Cached - Similar pages
Swollen Mississippi defeats another levee - Midwest flooding ...24 Jun 2008 ... The swollen Mississippi River burst another levee Tuesday, submerging farmland and threatening a residential area whose occupants had ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25347131/ - 59k - Cached - Similar pages
Negro tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee, near Lake ...Negro tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee, near Lake Providence, La. 1940 June 1 slide : color. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179058304/ - 65k - Cached - Similar pages
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muchas gracias mediamatrix, me fue muy útil :)"
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GLENN MCBRIDE WITHENSHAW
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Mexico
www.mexicanlaws.com
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
the banks of a river
banks is the word
2 hrs
dam
The context is describing a simple dam erected at one or both sides of a river to keep it from overflowing.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-07-03 23:07:28 GMT)
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" They built up a dam mde of dirt to trap the water in the wetlands..."
www.hikinginsweden.se/torrekulladen.shtml
"....the beaver dam, made of mud, sticks. stones, and sod, withstood the..."
abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/beavlink.html
Saludos, henhao- :)
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-07-03 23:07:28 GMT)
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" They built up a dam mde of dirt to trap the water in the wetlands..."
www.hikinginsweden.se/torrekulladen.shtml
"....the beaver dam, made of mud, sticks. stones, and sod, withstood the..."
abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/beavlink.html
Saludos, henhao- :)
Peer comment(s):
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Jennifer Levey
: A dam is built across a river to stop its flow and create a reservoir and/or to generate power. The text clearly refers to structures at the side of a river.
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Thanks, mediamatrix-yours was the correct answer and thanks to your comment, I learned something.
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Maria-Jose Pastor
Native in Spanish
&
English
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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Levee o Dam depende
Depende de donde este construido - si a los lados (paralelo al rio) es un levee, si esta construido cruzando el rio es un Dam.
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