Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
casas de esteros
English translation:
reed houses
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Wendy Gosselin
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Spanish term
casas de esteros
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
This is from a text about Fraces Alyses project in Lima "When Faith Moves Mountains"
Uno de los motivos fundamentales del proyecto consistió en plantearnos un diálogo con el modo en que la ausencia de planificación genera, no obstante, el tejido urbano de Latinoamérica. Ventanilla es un ejemplo cabal de algo que podríamos llamar urbanismo vernáculo: los inmigrantes demarcan con sus casas de esteros las calles donde, tiempo después, las autoridades se ven forzadas a crear servicios sanitarios, provisión de agua, y cableado eléctrico y de teléfono.
The houses are built on water?? Here estero seems like a material, like tin?
Uno de los motivos fundamentales del proyecto consistió en plantearnos un diálogo con el modo en que la ausencia de planificación genera, no obstante, el tejido urbano de Latinoamérica. Ventanilla es un ejemplo cabal de algo que podríamos llamar urbanismo vernáculo: los inmigrantes demarcan con sus casas de esteros las calles donde, tiempo después, las autoridades se ven forzadas a crear servicios sanitarios, provisión de agua, y cableado eléctrico y de teléfono.
The houses are built on water?? Here estero seems like a material, like tin?
Proposed translations
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3 +1 | reed houses | patinba |
2 | dilapidated houses | Barbara Cochran, MFA |
2 | houses are made of mats | Domini Lucas |
2 | reed shacks | neilmac |
References
dictionary references | Domini Lucas |
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reed houses
Junco de esteras - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia librees.wikipedia.org › wiki › Junco_de_...
Junco de esteras puede referirse a: el nombre común de la planta Juncus ...
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dilapidated houses
Maybe. Houses that are structurally compromised.
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Or "housing".
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Or "housing".
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houses are made of mats
Just wondering if it could in fact be "houses made of mats" as in link quoted here and at bottom of my dictionary references. I couldn't originally see how it could be linked to "estero" as matting, but this seems to make sense.
I confess I've only skimmed the rest of the article superficially, hence low confidence level.
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sorry I meant "houses made of mats" without "the". I cut and pasted from article originally.
I confess I've only skimmed the rest of the article superficially, hence low confidence level.
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sorry I meant "houses made of mats" without "the". I cut and pasted from article originally.
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reed shacks
Shacks or shanties made or reeds.
(like "chabolas"... with reeds as component material).
(like "chabolas"... with reeds as component material).
Example sentence:
... without being able to afford much, I built a shack of reeds...
...villagers erect little shanties of reeds, brushwood,etc....
Reference:
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dictionary references
If you're looking for a material, matting appears in Collins Spanish-to-English dictionary 2016 as a non-watery definition so it may provide an clue.
Also esterar to cover with a mat, put a mat on.
María Moliner: estero: "Operación de esterar", esterar also being recubrir de esteras el suelo de una habitación.
However, Moliner, for estero, together with estuary and other water-related definitions, also says terreno bajo pantanoso, intransitable, que suele llenarse de agua por la lluvia o por la filtración de un río o laguna cercana, y que abunda en plantas acuáticas. I wonder if suele llenarse de agua por la lluvia... may therefore hold a clue, which, presumably, links with Barbara's suggestion.
I don't know enough about the wider context to comment further, but passing the references on in case you don't already have access to them.
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I realised looking back that my attempt to put quotes in italics has failed. Apologies! I found it fiddly!
And, to clarify, matting was Collins rendering for estero.
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Just found this link which seems as if could be relevant? https://www.archdaily.com/890132/on-the-other-side-of-the-wa...
Keep scrolling down until you find "The houses are made of mats, tiles, plywood, wood, plastic and all kinds of recycled materials. "
Also esterar to cover with a mat, put a mat on.
María Moliner: estero: "Operación de esterar", esterar also being recubrir de esteras el suelo de una habitación.
However, Moliner, for estero, together with estuary and other water-related definitions, also says terreno bajo pantanoso, intransitable, que suele llenarse de agua por la lluvia o por la filtración de un río o laguna cercana, y que abunda en plantas acuáticas. I wonder if suele llenarse de agua por la lluvia... may therefore hold a clue, which, presumably, links with Barbara's suggestion.
I don't know enough about the wider context to comment further, but passing the references on in case you don't already have access to them.
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Note added at 1 hr (2020-12-03 20:49:17 GMT)
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I realised looking back that my attempt to put quotes in italics has failed. Apologies! I found it fiddly!
And, to clarify, matting was Collins rendering for estero.
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Note added at 1 hr (2020-12-03 20:54:34 GMT)
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Just found this link which seems as if could be relevant? https://www.archdaily.com/890132/on-the-other-side-of-the-wa...
Keep scrolling down until you find "The houses are made of mats, tiles, plywood, wood, plastic and all kinds of recycled materials. "
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