compuerta

f.

1 sluice, floodgate.

2 manhole.

3 damper.

4 gateway.

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compuerta

► nombre femenino

1 sluice, floodgate

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SF

1) [en canal] sluice, floodgate; [en puerta] hatch

2) (Inform) gate

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femenino

a) (de presa) sluicegate

compuerta de esclusa — lockgate

b) (de submarino) hatch

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= sluice gate, sluice, floodgate.

Ex. One such improvement was an opening and closing mechanism applied to the sluice gates.

Ex. An important part of meeting this challenge was to build better sluices.

Ex. I always think of you as a great river dammed up by a floodgate, so that the water only escapes here and there through holes and by channels.

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femenino

a) (de presa) sluicegate

compuerta de esclusa — lockgate

b) (de submarino) hatch

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= sluice gate, sluice, floodgate.

Ex: One such improvement was an opening and closing mechanism applied to the sluice gates.

Ex: An important part of meeting this challenge was to build better sluices.

Ex: I always think of you as a great river dammed up by a floodgate, so that the water only escapes here and there through holes and by channels.

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compuerta

feminine

1 (de una presa) sluicegate

compuerta de esclusa lockgate

2 (de un submarino) hatch

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compuerta sustantivo femenino floodgate, lockgate: las compuertas de la esclusa se cerraron imediatamente, the lockgates closed immediately
'compuerta' also found in these entries:
English:
floodgate
- sluicegate
- sluice

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compuerta nf

floodgate, sluicegate

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compuerta

f sluice gate

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compuerta nf

: floodgate