prispa

English translation: stoop

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Romanian term or phrase:prispa
English translation:stoop
Entered by: adinag

10:02 Feb 27, 2009
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Architecture / descriere biserici
Romanian term or phrase: prispa
Înălţată înainte de 1769, în locul unui lăcaş de lemn distrus în urma unui incendiu, biserica cu hramul Sf. Arhangheli are un plan dreptunghiular cu absidă poligonală. În secolul al XIX-lea, pe latura de sud, a fost adăugată o prispă, iar în 1939 un pridvor. Cândva la cumpăna veacurilor XVIII-XIX nava a fost lărgită spre vest. Pictura a fost realizată în două etape,
adinag
Local time: 11:37
stoop
Explanation:
stoop [2] (stuep) n. 1. a raised platform or porch, esp. a small
porch with steps, at the entrance of a
house.

(Random House Webster)

Prispa fiind un pridvor neingradit. Vezi, de asemenea si explicatiile pe care le-am dat pentru termenul "pridvor" ("pidvor" :p).
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Midland Productions
Romania
Local time: 11:37
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5 +1porch
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
4verandah
Veronica Costea
4stoop
Midland Productions


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
verandah


Explanation:
acuma că am înţeles despre ce e vorba :P

Definiţii pentru verandah:
http://www.google.com/search?q=define: veranda&ie=utf-8&oe=u...

Şi un articol super interesant despre "verandah", de la etimologie, până la implicaţii sociale şi simbolistică în diverse culturi.

http://archnet.org/forum/view.jsp?message_id=11372
Şi o referire şi la prispă:

Original architecture element and specific to Romanian rustic architecture, the verandah (prispa) is low or high, situated on one side of the house or on _ of house, with or without a balcony, it dominates and determines the position of the facades, assuring the fluency of the inside and outside spaces (of the house).

http://www.romanianmonasteries.org/romania/rustic-traditiona...

Veronica Costea
Canada
Local time: 04:37
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 8
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
porch


Explanation:
asta-i exact cuvantul

Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
Israel
Local time: 11:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anca Nitu
6 hrs
  -> Multumesc, Anca!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
stoop


Explanation:
stoop [2] (stuep) n. 1. a raised platform or porch, esp. a small
porch with steps, at the entrance of a
house.

(Random House Webster)

Prispa fiind un pridvor neingradit. Vezi, de asemenea si explicatiile pe care le-am dat pentru termenul "pridvor" ("pidvor" :p).

Midland Productions
Romania
Local time: 11:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 4
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