- fortín
- m.small fort, garrison house, blockhouse, pillbox.* * *fortín► nombre masculino1 small fort, bunker* * *SM (=fuerte) (small) fort; [de hormigón] pillbox* * *masculino (fuerte pequeño) (small) fort; (emplazamiento) pillbox, bunker* * *= fort (ft), blockhouse.Ex. Had he consulted an Indian history, he would have found, for instance, that what the Britannica called the Fort Phil Kearney massacre the Indians call the 'Battle of the Hundred Slain'.Ex. The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.* * *masculino (fuerte pequeño) (small) fort; (emplazamiento) pillbox, bunker* * *= fort (ft), blockhouse.
Ex: Had he consulted an Indian history, he would have found, for instance, that what the Britannica called the Fort Phil Kearney massacre the Indians call the 'Battle of the Hundred Slain'.
Ex: The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.* * *fortínmasculine1 (fuerte pequeño) (small) fort2 (emplazamiento) pillbox, bunker* * *
fortín sustantivo masculino (fuerte pequeño) (small) fort;
(emplazamiento) pillbox, bunker
fortín m Mil small stronghold, entrenchment
'fortín' also found in these entries:
English:
fort
* * *fortín nmsmall fort* * *fortínm MIL small fort* * *fortín nm, pl fortines : small fort
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.