Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

cámara

English translation:

chamber

Added to glossary by momo savino
Mar 3, 2009 10:18
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Spanish term

cámara

Spanish to English Other Architecture
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

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Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 chamber
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Mar 18, 2009 09:18: momo savino Created KOG entry

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chamber

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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agree liz askew
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Reference comments

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Reference:

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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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...
Peer comments on this reference comment:

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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