Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ha lechado el pasillo del primer piso con brow de cemento
English translation:
[he or she] (has) cement-grouted the first floor hallway/corredor
Added to glossary by
Marcelo González
Apr 25, 2016 04:55
8 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Spain
Fluent, Reliable Translations
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English
ha lechado el pasillo del primer piso con “brow” de cemento
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Discussion of building work
A report on building work carried out. "brow" is puzzling me, I can guess but have never
come across it.
2 relevant sentences:
ha lechado el pasillo del primer piso con “brow” de cemento.
Algunas piezas de mares amenazaban grietas peligrosas.
come across it.
2 relevant sentences:
ha lechado el pasillo del primer piso con “brow” de cemento.
Algunas piezas de mares amenazaban grietas peligrosas.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | grout |
Marcelo González
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| 1 | ridge |
neilmac
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Change log
May 20, 2016 04:50: Marcelo González Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Marcelo González
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
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PhD in Translation Studies
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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grout
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http://www.hogar.mapfre.es/bricolaje/albanileria/5319/renova...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-04-25 07:55:26 GMT)
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lechada de cemento = cement grout // cementitious grout
http://www.custombuildingproducts.com/products/grout-materia...
...applied a cement/cementitious grout to the first floor hallway (or perhaps 'corredor')
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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-04-25 07:58:04 GMT)
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Or as a verb, i.e., 'He cement grouted the...'
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Note added at 4 hrs (2016-04-25 09:33:53 GMT)
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Or perhaps hyphenated: He or she 'cement-grouted the..."
A noun like 'grout' may have, through language contact, 'morphed' into something pronounced 'grau' (dropping the /t/), and then perhaps into something pronounced 'brau' (written as 'brow')? I'd say this type of linguistic change (or development) is certainly conceivable.
http://www.hogar.mapfre.es/bricolaje/albanileria/5319/renova...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-04-25 07:55:26 GMT)
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lechada de cemento = cement grout // cementitious grout
http://www.custombuildingproducts.com/products/grout-materia...
...applied a cement/cementitious grout to the first floor hallway (or perhaps 'corredor')
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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-04-25 07:58:04 GMT)
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Or as a verb, i.e., 'He cement grouted the...'
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Note added at 4 hrs (2016-04-25 09:33:53 GMT)
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Or perhaps hyphenated: He or she 'cement-grouted the..."
A noun like 'grout' may have, through language contact, 'morphed' into something pronounced 'grau' (dropping the /t/), and then perhaps into something pronounced 'brau' (written as 'brow')? I'd say this type of linguistic change (or development) is certainly conceivable.
Peer comment(s):
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Charles Davis
: But what about "brow"? Do you think it's a corruption of "grout"?
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| agree |
neilmac
: Most likely...
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I appreciate that, Neil. Cheers :-)
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| agree |
Al Zaid
7 hrs
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Muchas gracias, Alberto :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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ridge
By extension from the definition of "brow" as the top of something:
brow noun (HILL)-› [S] the top part of a hill or the edge of something high such as a cliff or rock: the brow of the hill...
"the upper parts of the tiles were also covered with cement with a smooth surface, and joined to a ridge of cement of about two inches above the floor ..."
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-04-25 06:51:30 GMT)
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"there is no lead flashing where their roof joins my friend\'s outside wall; there is a ridge of cement in the joint"
brow noun (HILL)-› [S] the top part of a hill or the edge of something high such as a cliff or rock: the brow of the hill...
"the upper parts of the tiles were also covered with cement with a smooth surface, and joined to a ridge of cement of about two inches above the floor ..."
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-04-25 06:51:30 GMT)
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"there is no lead flashing where their roof joins my friend\'s outside wall; there is a ridge of cement in the joint"
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