Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
adoçada/adossada à fachada
English translation:
adjacent to the.....
Added to glossary by
Douglas Bissell
Nov 12, 2017 11:16
6 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Portugal
Business Language Solutions Pt>Eng
Native in: English
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adoçada à fachada
Portuguese to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
Foi ainda desenvolvido uma
configuração de escadas que conceptualmente tem por base uma tipologia
Pombalina, sem bomba e adoçada à fachada.
configuração de escadas que conceptualmente tem por base uma tipologia
Pombalina, sem bomba e adoçada à fachada.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | adjacent to the..... |
Nick Taylor
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| 4 | placed back-to-back |
Gilmar Fernandes
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Proposed translations
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Nick Taylor
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Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
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adjacent to the.....
adjacent to the.....
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Comment: "Thanks, I went with 'up against' but this was close enough"
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Gilmar Fernandes
United States
United States
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English
United States
25 + yrs. Business experience PORT- ENG
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
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placed back-to-back
"addorsed" is the English word (from the French etymology Teresa mentioned in the discussion box), but I suppose most lay readers would not understand it.
Discussion
(francês adossé)
adjectivo
1. [Arquitectura] Diz-se de elemento arquitetónico encostado a outro elemento de maior superfície ou volume, geralmente uma parede (ex.: escada de pedra adossada à parede).
https://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/adossado