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Spanish term or phrase:
quinta o una casa de vecindad
English translation:
country house or an apartment building
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Michael Powers (PhD)
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QUINTA O UNA CASA DE VECINDAD
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Construction / Civil Engineering
EL 20% DE PERSONAS VIVEN EN UNA QUINTA O CASA DE VECINDAD
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May 16, 2005 22:25: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Construction / Civil Engineering"
Jan 6, 2008 04:30: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/52429">Michael Powers (PhD)'s</a> old entry - "QUINTA O UNA CASA DE VECINDAD"" to ""country house or an apartment building""
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Michael Powers (PhD)
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country house or an apartment building
"quinta" has several meanings. According to Oxford, it is
1 a (casa) house in its own grounds, usually in the country
b (Agr) estate, farm; quinta del ñato (AmS fam) cemetery
c (Per) (conjunto de casas) þclose, development (around a common central area)
2 (Mil) draft, call up; lo llamaron a quintas he was drafted o called up; es de mi quinta
(fam) he’s my age
3 (Mús) fifth
According to Larousse, it is a "villa, country house or manor".
"casa de vecindad" is defined as a "tenement house" in Mexico (Oxford)or as an "apartment building" in general in American English (Oxford)
1 a (casa) house in its own grounds, usually in the country
b (Agr) estate, farm; quinta del ñato (AmS fam) cemetery
c (Per) (conjunto de casas) þclose, development (around a common central area)
2 (Mil) draft, call up; lo llamaron a quintas he was drafted o called up; es de mi quinta
(fam) he’s my age
3 (Mús) fifth
According to Larousse, it is a "villa, country house or manor".
"casa de vecindad" is defined as a "tenement house" in Mexico (Oxford)or as an "apartment building" in general in American English (Oxford)
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Rosa Garcia
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Gracias, Rosa - Mike :)
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Ana Barra
: en el Perú es efectivamente una unidad vecinal pequeña (viene de 5 casas) que comparten un mismo patio o vía de ingreso
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Comment: "Gracias mil, Luisa.
Te explico en Lima "quinta" es un grupo de pequeñas
casas o depas que estan en la ciudad (no de nivel muy alto)bajo un mismo número domiciliario."
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big house near the city or neighborhood house.
Quinta: big house near the city surrounded by green areas.
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estate or suburban house
This is what I found out when I went to Venezuela, in case that's the place concerned.
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Townhouse
20% of the people live in townhouses.
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