Construction 1 Spanish Unit 7

Unit 7 The contractor’s office
Word Definition Translation
approximately (adv) an approximate number, amount aproximadamente (adv)

or time is close to the exact
number, amount, etc. but could
be a little bit more or less than it
area (n) the amount of space that a flat área (n)

surface or shapes covers
available (adj) someone who is available is not disponible (adj)

busy
bank (n) a business that keeps and lends banco (n)

money and provides other
financial services
beam (n) a long heavy piece of wood or viga (n)

metal used in building houses,
buildings, bridges, etc.
book shop (n) a place where you can buy librería (n)
books
bookkeeper (n) the person who records the contable (n)

accounts and transactions of a
business
café (n) a small restaurant where you cafetería (n)

can buy drinks and simple meals
can (n) a metal container lata (n)
circular (adj) shaped like a circle circular (adj)
circumference (n) the distance or measurement circunferencia (n)

around the outside of a circle or
any round shape
PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2012 Pearson

civil engineer (n) someone whose job is to design ingeniero de caminos (n)
or build roads, bridges,
machines, etc.
cone (n) a shape that is round at one cono (n)

end, has sloping sides and has a
point at the other end
confirm (v) to tell someone that a possible confirmar (v)

arrangement, date or situation is
now definite
congratulations a phrase to tell someone that enhorabuena (loc)

(phr) you are happy because they
have achieved something or
because something nice has
happened to them
cross section (n) something that has been cut in sección transversal (n)
half so that you can look at the
inside
cubic metre (n) British English a solid object with metro cúbico (n)
six equal square sides each
measuring one metre [= cubic
meter American English]
cylinder (n) a shape, object or container with cilindro (n)

circular ends and long straight
sides
damper (n) piece of equipment that stops a amortiguador (n)

movement from being too strong
diameter (n) straight line from one side of a diámetro (n)

circle to the other side, passing
through the centre of the circle
or the length of this line
dimension (n) the length, height, width, depth dimensión (n)

or diameter of something
entrance (n) a door that you go through to entrada (n)

enter a place
expect (v) to think that something will esperar (v)

happen because it has been
planned or is likely
feature (n) a part of something that you rasgo (n)

notice because it seems

important or interesting
fruit shop (n) a place where you can buy fruit frutería (n)
gift shop (n) a place where you can buy tienda de regalos (n)
something that you give
someone as a present
girder (n) a strong beam, made of iron or viga (n)

steel, that supports a floor, roof
or bridge
government official someone who is in a position of representante gubernamental

(n) authority from the group of (n)
people who govern a country or
state
graduate (v) to complete a university degree graduarse (n)
hang (v) to put something in a position so colgar (v)

that the top part is fixed or
supported, and the bottom part
is free to move and does not
touch the ground
imperial (adj) relating to the system of weights imperial (adj)

and measurements based on
pounds, inches, miles, etc.
in charge of (v phr) to instruct or urge authoritatively; estar a cargo de (v)

to command somebody or
something
include (v) to make someone or something incluir (v)

part of a larger group or set
introduce (v) if you introduce someone to presentar (v)

another person, you tell them
each other's names for the first
time
I-shaped (adj) a shape that looks like the letter En formade I (loc)
I
job title (n) the description of the work a cargo (n)

person does

look forward (phr v) planning for and thinking about Estar deseando (phr v)
the future in a positive way
metric (adj) relating to the system of weights métrico (adj)

and measurements, based on
kilos, metres, kilometres, etc.
out of the office (adj not in work at the present time fuera de la oficina (loc)
phr)
passage (n) a long narrow area which pasillo (n)

connects one place to another
pendulum (n) a long metal stick in a structure, péndulo (n)

e.g. a skyscraper with a weight
at the bottom that swings
regularly from side to side to
offset movement
perfect (adj) not having any mistakes or faults perfecto (adj)
pleased to meet you a phrase to tell someone that encantado de conocerle (loc)
(phr) you are happy to meet them
post office (n) a place where you can buy oficina de correos (n)
stamps, send letters and
packages, etc.
project manager (n) someone whose job is to gestor de proyecto (n)

manage a project
race (n) a competition in which people carrera (n)

compete to run the fastest and
finish first
radius (n) the distance from the centre to radio (n)

the edge of a circle
rectangle (n) a shape that has four straight rectángulo (n)

sides, two of which are usually
longer than the other two
rectangular (adj) having the shape of a rectangle rectangular (adj)
responsible for (v to be in charge of someone or ser responsable de (loc)

phr) something
restaurant (n) a place where you can buy and restaurante (n)
eat a meal

rod (n) a long thin pole varilla (n)
skyscraper (n) a very tall modern city building rascacielos (n)
sphere (n) a ball shape esfera (n)
square (n) a shape with four straight sides cuadrado (n)

that are equal in length
square metre (n) British English one metre on metro cuadrado (n)
each of the four sides [= square
meter American English]
staff directory (n) a list of names of the employees directorio de personal (n)
of a workplace, usually arranged
in alphabetical order
structural engineer an engineer skilled in planning ingeniero de construcción (n)

(n) the building of large structures,
e.g. bridges
team assistant (n) the person who provides asistente de equipo (n)
administrative support to a team
thickness (n) how thick something is espesor (n)
toy shop (n) a place where you can buy an juguetería (n)
object for children to play with
triangular (adj) having the shape of a triangle triangular (adj)
truss (n) a frame that supports a roof or entramado (n)

bridge
underground (adj) below the surface of the earth subterráneo (adj)
volume (n) the amount of space in a volumen (n)

container
web (n) the long thinner part of a beam alma (n)

Construction 1 Spanish Unit 7

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Construction 1 Spanish Unit 7

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Description:

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Construction 1 Spanish Unit 7

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Unit 7 The contractor’s office

Word Definition Translation

approximately (adv) an approximate number, amount aproximadamente (adv)

area (n) the amount of space that a flat área (n)

available (adj) someone who is available is not disponible (adj)

bank (n) a business that keeps and lends banco (n)

beam (n) a long heavy piece of wood or viga (n)

bookkeeper (n) the person who records the contable (n)

café (n) a small restaurant where you cafetería (n)

can (n) a metal container lata (n)

circular (adj) shaped like a circle circular (adj)

circumference (n) the distance or measurement circunferencia (n)

PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2012 Pearson

cone (n) a shape that is round at one cono (n)

confirm (v) to tell someone that a possible confirmar (v)

congratulations a phrase to tell someone that enhorabuena (loc)

cylinder (n) a shape, object or container with cilindro (n)

damper (n) piece of equipment that stops a amortiguador (n)

diameter (n) straight line from one side of a diámetro (n)

dimension (n) the length, height, width, depth dimensión (n)

entrance (n) a door that you go through to entrada (n)

expect (v) to think that something will esperar (v)

feature (n) a part of something that you rasgo (n)

PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2012 Pearson

notice because it seems

girder (n) a strong beam, made of iron or viga (n)

government official someone who is in a position of representante gubernamental

graduate (v) to complete a university degree graduarse (n)

hang (v) to put something in a position so colgar (v)

imperial (adj) relating to the system of weights imperial (adj)

in charge of (v phr) to instruct or urge authoritatively; estar a cargo de (v)

include (v) to make someone or something incluir (v)

introduce (v) if you introduce someone to presentar (v)

job title (n) the description of the work a cargo (n)

PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2012 Pearson

metric (adj) relating to the system of weights métrico (adj)

passage (n) a long narrow area which pasillo (n)

pendulum (n) a long metal stick in a structure, péndulo (n)

perfect (adj) not having any mistakes or faults perfecto (adj)

project manager (n) someone whose job is to gestor de proyecto (n)

race (n) a competition in which people carrera (n)

radius (n) the distance from the centre to radio (n)

rectangle (n) a shape that has four straight rectángulo (n)

rectangular (adj) having the shape of a rectangle rectangular (adj)

responsible for (v to be in charge of someone or ser responsable de (loc)

PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2012 Pearson

rod (n) a long thin pole varilla (n)

skyscraper (n) a very tall modern city building rascacielos (n)

sphere (n) a ball shape esfera (n)

square (n) a shape with four straight sides cuadrado (n)

structural engineer an engineer skilled in planning ingeniero de construcción (n)

thickness (n) how thick something is espesor (n)

triangular (adj) having the shape of a triangle triangular (adj)

truss (n) a frame that supports a roof or entramado (n)

underground (adj) below the surface of the earth subterráneo (adj)

volume (n) the amount of space in a volumen (n)

web (n) the long thinner part of a beam alma (n)

PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2012 Pearson