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cámara

English translation: chamber

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Spanish term or phrase:cámara
English translation:chamber
Entered by: momo savino

10:18 Mar 3, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Architecture
Spanish term or phrase: cámara
Generally, this term is used for baroque architecture.

En la planta noble tiene un gran balcón sobre el mismo eje del ingreso, con marco decorado con baquetones y frontón triangular quebrado sobre el dintel; a los lados, ventanas con guardapolvos, y sobre ellas, vanos correspondientes a las cámaras

Caserón urbano de dos plantas más cámara, de grandes dimensiones

Vivienda compuesta por bajo, planta principal y cámara. Destacan los huecos de la cámara con forma cuadrilobulada

Thanks for any suggestions
smbueno
Local time: 03:50
chamber
Explanation:
Como se dice "chamber music" no veo por qué no debría usarse "chamber" para indicar un pequeño espacio de un edificio que es lo que en nuestras casas llamamos "cuarto".
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momo savino
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chamber


Explanation:
Como se dice "chamber music" no veo por qué no debría usarse "chamber" para indicar un pequeño espacio de un edificio que es lo que en nuestras casas llamamos "cuarto".

momo savino
Switzerland
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in SpanishSpanish
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agree  liz askew
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  -> Gracias Liz.
agree  Alex Lago
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  -> Gracias Alex.
agree  Dave Pugh
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  -> Gracias Dave.
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La casa señorial dispone de un gran número de de-
pendencias, muchas de ellas de marcado carácter in-
dividual; en la planta baja presenta una amplia coci-
na con horno y gran chimenea; una escalera de
grandes proporciones da acceso a la planta primera
donde se distribuyen numerosos dormitorios; en la
planta superior suele presentarse una cámara. Algu-
nas poseen también un torreón lateral de considera-
bles proporciones; por la parte trasera dispone de un
gran corral, con caballerizas, y aposentos para los
sirvientes. Constituyen ejemplos de casas señoriales
en la comarca, la casa de los Enríquez en Baza, y la
Casa del Duque de Abrantes y de los Marqueses de
Dos Fuentes en Orce


Full text of "A memoir of Honoré de Balzac"
With the Duchesse d'Abrantes (better known as Madame Junot), a friend of his ..... If rich men, the hereditary occupants of the upper chamber, ..... salon on the ground-floor, nry bedroom above that, my study on the upper floor, ...... Honore then 232 Hunore de Balzac. told him that he should take the case to the ...
www.archive.org/stream/memoirofhonord00worm/memoirofhonord0... - 639k - Cached - Similar pages
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Life in a Medieval Castle
The lord and lady's chamber, when situated on an upper floor, was called the solar. By association, any private chamber, whatever its location, ...
www.castlewales.com/life.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
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Pet litter housing having litter dispenser and disposal - Patent ...
8A is a cut away sectional view from inside the main chamber of FIG. 8 while facing the door and looking upward with a portion of the upper floor removed ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/5394835.html - Similar pages
by DF Gatta - 1995 - Cited by 8 - Related articles
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Caithness.Org - Caithness Castles : Dounreay Castle
From the stair landing a semi-circular mural stair gives access to the upper floor. There is a small chamber in the stair tower which acts as a lobby to the ...
www.caithness.org/caithness/castles/dounreay/index.htm - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
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Dictionary of American Regional English - Google Books Result
by Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Joan Houston Hall - 1985 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1062 pages
Chamber, room, usually on the upper floor of a house; also the whole of the upper floor. 1926 A mSp 2.79 ME. 1926 DN 5.386 ME. 1937 FWP Guide ME 87, ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0674205111...

liz askew
United Kingdom
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PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  slothm: Buena fundamentación.
5 mins
  -> Thank you! Few things are obvious, IMHO:-) unless we know 100% for sure:-)
agree  momo savino: claro.
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