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adobe

/əˈdəʊ.bi/ /əˈdoʊ.bi/

Meanings
noun

Adobe

An unburnt brick dried in the sun.

Examples :

"Many people in Texas and New Mexico live in adobe houses."
Mucha gente en Texas y Nuevo México vive en casas de adobe.
material architecture building

Related Words

Illustration grandmother

grandmother noun

/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðə(r)/ /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/

Abuela

"My grandmother taught me how to bake cookies when I was a child. "

Mi abuela me enseñó a hornear galletas cuando era niño.

Illustration builders

builders noun

/ˈbɪldərz/

Constructores, albañiles

"The builders are constructing a new house on our street. "

Los constructores están construyendo una casa nueva en nuestra calle.

Illustration casas

casas noun

/ˈkɑːsəs/ /ˈkɑːzəs/

Casa

"Get out of my casa!"

¡Sal de mi casa!

Illustration community

community noun

/k(ə)ˈmjunəti/ /kəˈmjuːnɪti/

Comunidad

"The school community celebrated the end-of-year festival together. "

La comunidad escolar celebró juntos el festival de fin de año.

Illustration houses

houses noun

/ˈhaʊzɪz/ /ˈhaʊsɪz/

Casas, viviendas

"The neighborhood has many beautiful houses with big gardens. "

El vecindario tiene muchas casas hermosas con grandes jardines.

Illustration center

center noun

/ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)/ /ˈsɛn.tɚ/

Centro

"The center of the clock showed the time was 3:00. "

El centro del reloj indicaba que eran las 3:00.

Illustration people

people noun

/ˈpiːpəl/ /ˈpipl̩/

Gente, personas

"There were so many people at the restaurant last night."

Había tanta gente en el restaurante anoche.

Illustration locales

locales noun

/loʊˈkælz/ /loʊˈkɑːlz/

Lugar, sitio

"Being near running water and good shade, the explorers decided it was a good locale for setting up camp."

Estando cerca de agua corriente y buena sombra, los exploradores decidieron que era un buen lugar para establecer el campamento.

Illustration bricks

bricks noun

/bɹɪks/

Ladrillos

"This wall is made of bricks."

Esta pared está hecha de ladrillos.

Illustration brick

brick noun

/bɹɪk/

Ladrillo

"This wall is made of bricks."

Esta pared está hecha de ladrillos.

Illustration dried

dried adjective

/dɹaɪd/

Seco, desecado

"The laundry basket contained a pile of dried clothes. "

La cesta de la ropa contenía una pila de ropa seca.

Illustration unburnt

unburnt adjective

/ˌʌnˈbɜːnt/ /ˈʌnˌbɜːnt/

Sin quemar, no quemado

"After the campfire died down, we carefully checked to make sure there were no unburnt logs that could reignite. "

Después de que la fogata se apagó, revisamos cuidadosamente para asegurarnos de que no hubiera troncos sin quemar que pudieran volver a encenderse.