castillos de la casa

04:56 Jun 4, 2018 

What a coincidence! I hadn't noticed your posting on that link, I just quickly posted it without looking too much further. Not to worry, I often seem to be looking up words I've looked up before. I think it's just a symptom of how many new words (and new meanings of old words) we see every day as translators. Saludos!

17:20 Jun 3, 2018 

Thanks for your discussion, Robert. When I followed the link you provided to that earlier question, I was a little surprised to see myself at the bottom of the page, discussing this very issue. Obviously, it didn't get locked in for me that first time. Probably partly because of forgetfulness, but also I think because this is a style of house construction that is, as you guys say, very common in Mexico, but not much seen in the U.S. I dug more deeply into it this time, but Juan's photo was also very helpful - it kind of looks like a castle, so it makes more sense to me. Apologies for asking a question i should already have known the answer to, & thanks for your discussion.

00:50 Jun 3, 2018 

Thanks, Juan, that photo shows exactly what they are.

23:18 Jun 2, 2018 

Sí, sí, confirmadísimo... ha construido un par de casas y asistido a la construcción de muchas. Esos son los castillos. Lo que los une horizontalmente (por arriba) se llaman trabes. También se nombran columnas, pero es menos común. Suerte.

23:01 Jun 2, 2018 

Gracias, Juan, por la foto, en la cual puedo ver un "castillo", con las columnas fuertes como torres, entre los tramos del muro que se construirán más tarde.

22:40 Jun 2, 2018 

Pero por supuesto: http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/transparencia/calidad/sop/o...

18:22 Jun 2, 2018 

It probably means the "tie columns", Tom:

https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/construction_c...

Many houses, buildings, etc. in Mexico are made with concrete column structures reinforced with rebar, and "castillos" is what we call the columns.