- tapiar
- v.1 to brick up.2 to wall in.Ricardo tabicó el ranchito Richard walled up the little ranch house.* * *tapiar► verbo transitivo1 (área) to wall in, wall off2 figurado (puerta, ventana) to wall up, close up* * *VT1) [+ jardín, terreno] to wall in2) [+ puerta, ventana] [con ladrillos] to brick up; [con tablas] to board up* * *verbo transitivoa) <espacio> to wall inb) <puerta/ventana> to brick up* * *= wall up, wall in.Ex. Most of these Medieval porticoes were walled up for security reasons.Ex. The attic was formerly connected to the rooms beneath by a plain wooden staircase that was removed and walled in about 50 years ago.* * *verbo transitivoa) <espacio> to wall inb) <puerta/ventana> to brick up* * *= wall up, wall in.
Ex: Most of these Medieval porticoes were walled up for security reasons.
Ex: The attic was formerly connected to the rooms beneath by a plain wooden staircase that was removed and walled in about 50 years ago.* * *tapiar [A1 ]vt1 ‹espacio› to wall in2 ‹puerta/ventana› to block off; (con ladrillos) to brick up* * *
tapiar (conjugate tapiar) verbo transitivoa) ‹espacio› to wall inb) ‹puerta/ventana› to brick up
tapiar verbo transitivo
1 (limitar un espacio) to wall in
2 (tapar un hueco) to brick up, block off
'tapiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
condenar
English:
block up
- wall up
- block
- wall
* * *tapiar vt1. [puerta, pared, hueco] to wall up, to brick up2. [terreno, finca, solar] to put a wall round, to wall in* * *tapiarv/t1 terreno wall in2 hueco brick up* * *tapiar vt1) : to wall in2) : to enclose, to block off
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.