torre maciça de secção para circular

English translation: solid, quasi-circular tower or with quasi-circular sections

23:10 Jun 7, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Archaeology
Portuguese term or phrase: torre maciça de secção para circular
"Os trabalhos arqueológicos até agora realizados apenas permitiram seguir esta estrutura numa extensão de cerca de 13m, sendo que este troço é rematado, a S.E. por uma torre maciça de secção para circular, de onde partia um outro pano, mais estreito, na direcção S.E.-N.W., numa extensão aproximada de 9,6m"
Aoife Kennedy
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:51
English translation:solid, quasi-circular tower or with quasi-circular sections
Explanation:
don't you have a picture of the thing??? it would help..

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Note added at 2 hrs 3 mins (2005-06-08 01:13:30 GMT)
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Frankly, I don\'t see what para circular can mean except

para or quasi...not fully circular...it definitely does not mean to go around here

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Note added at 13 hrs 49 mins (2005-06-08 13:00:00 GMT)
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para circular: foot traffic
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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Thank you :)
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Summary of answers provided
5massive semi-round tower
bigedsenior
4 +1solid, quasi-circular tower or with quasi-circular sections
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)


Discussion entries: 9





  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
torre maciça de secção para circular
massive semi-round tower


Explanation:
Massive seems to be the way to describe stone towers.

Road for here leads to Nunisi. Today the fortress is quite ruinous. Only the
traces of the <<<semi-round tower>>> and south wall with gun holes are survived. ...
www.geotvr.ge/eng_version/ pirveli_arxi/zeglebi/index_1.html?id=237 -

There is another <<<massive round tower>>> at the north east corner of the fortification,
but the east wall and the square tower defending the south-east corner ...
www.limerickcity.ie/general/ city/lk_visitor_information.html -


bigedsenior
Local time: 14:51
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): I realize now what it means..it means a section you can walk through from one wall to the other..it's and End Tower between two walls
1 min
  -> Yes, I took it to be a corner tower and of course it would have a passageway from one wall to another.
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
torre maciça de secção para circular
solid, quasi-circular tower or with quasi-circular sections


Explanation:
don't you have a picture of the thing??? it would help..

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Note added at 2 hrs 3 mins (2005-06-08 01:13:30 GMT)
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Frankly, I don\'t see what para circular can mean except

para or quasi...not fully circular...it definitely does not mean to go around here

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Note added at 13 hrs 49 mins (2005-06-08 13:00:00 GMT)
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para circular: foot traffic

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
12 hrs
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