a cuatro aguas

English translation: steep apex, gable or saddle roof

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Spanish term or phrase:a cuatro aguas
English translation:steep apex, gable or saddle roof
Entered by: Neil Rear

23:24 May 26, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
Spanish term or phrase: a cuatro aguas
"Cubierta inclinada de teja árabe, en color ocre o viejo, con pendientes entre el 20% y 30% preferentemente a cuatro aguas." (Part of a text on house design)
Neil Rear
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:24
steep apex, gable or saddle roof
Explanation:
Oxford


7 aguas fpl (vertientes) slope; tejado a dos aguas gable o apex o saddle roof; cubrir aguas to put the roof on


Mike :)

"steep" because "4 aguas" instead of "2" - also look the slope
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 05:24
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thanks Michael!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6hip roof or hip and valley roof
RebeW
4 +1four-sloped
Muriel Vasconcellos
4steep apex, gable or saddle roof
Michael Powers (PhD)


  

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steep apex, gable or saddle roof


Explanation:
Oxford


7 aguas fpl (vertientes) slope; tejado a dos aguas gable o apex o saddle roof; cubrir aguas to put the roof on


Mike :)

"steep" because "4 aguas" instead of "2" - also look the slope

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 05:24
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 159
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thanks Michael!
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
hip roof or hip and valley roof


Explanation:
Suerte! :}

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Here it is called a \"hipped roof\"...

http://www.archiseek.com/guides/glossary/h.html

RebeW
Local time: 05:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henry Hinds: "Hip roof" I think, with no valleys.
7 mins
  -> Muy amable, Henry. Gracias :}

agree  Maria Carla Di Giacinti
18 mins
  -> Gracias, Maria Carla :}

agree  Claudia Alvis
43 mins
  -> Gracias, Caliaa

agree  Daniel Burns (X)
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Daniel :}

agree  bigedsenior: hip roof, all 4 sides slope toward ground, allowing runoff on all 4 sides, hence "4 aguas".
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, bigedsenior :}

agree  tazdog (X): hip roof or hipped roof
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, Cindy :}
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
four-sloped


Explanation:
I think it's safer not to give it a special style -- just four slopes! Note the first example, describing something innovative.

... Played with a sloped roof today wich has 4 sloped sides, all sides under a
tricky angle... (so not under 45 degrees) It seems impossible ...
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... It is notable for its 4-sloped roof with steeply dropping eaves. ... It also
has a 4-sloped roof, and a stained glass rosette window in front to let ...
www.enjoy-patagonia.org/ ushuaia-attractions-ushuaia-city.php

... By its rectangular frame, its four sloped roof , the symmetry of its doors,
windows and tall chimneys, it shows the elegance and balance of the ...
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VOLOGDA REGION - William C. Brumfield. PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION
... and each has a level, four-sloped roof placed over the zakomary (as opposed
to a roofline following the contours of the curved gables) (20). ...
www.cultinfo.ru/brumfield/province/index_e.htm - 51k - Cached - Similar pages

Improved Adobe Construction
... Build light low pitched couple roof, four sloped roof or single sloped roof;
The roof should transfer only vertical loads to the walls. ...
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Beijing Official Website International
... Its double-eaved, four-sloped roof is covered with yellow glazed tiles.
From each end of the main ridge, which is straight and level, fork down two ...
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Russian Art and Architecture through the Centuries
... received in the 18th century a larger drum to carry the new baroque cupola,
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Russian Art and Architecture through the Centuries
... It was later deformed with annexed chapels, Nikon's in 1548 on the south side
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Multimedia CD-ROM: Transfiguration of Our Savior Cathedral
... when the side domes were destroyed and the pozakomarnoye covering was replaced
by the four-sloped roof and the central dome's upper part was rebuilt. ...
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Culture - Museums - The Etnographic Museum of Maramures
... The four-sloped roof is made of shingles, nailed every two rows. On the front
side the roof has two skylights ("ochiuturi") for smoke exhausting from ...
www.ici.ro/romania/en/cultura/mz_cberciu.html - 4k - Cached - Similar pages

The church of St. Boris and St. Gleb in Kideksha. Vladimir ...
... The upper part of the church collapsed and in the 17th the four-sloped roof
with a tiny dome was built instead. In the 14th century there was a ...
www.museum.vladimir.ru/eng/ towns/kideksha/kideksha_e?menu=towns - 16k - Cached - Similar pages

William Brumfield
... of the structure originally culminated in zakomary, whose outlines are still
visible beneath a four-sloped roof dating from the eighteenth century. ...
www.recherches-slaves.paris4.sorbonne.fr/ Cahier3/Brumfield.htm




Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 02:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 124

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paul Hirsh: this is the one! Estate agents and architects use it to describe a four-sloped roof (four gutters), as opposed to dos aguas or una sola agua (= a lean-to roof)
1 day 17 hrs
  -> Thanks so much! My husband was an architect, and a "feel" for the topic seems to have rubbed off.
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