levantamiento topográfico
/lebantamjento topoɡɾafiko/from spelling rules
In Spanish, property survey is levantamiento topográfico.
levantamiento topográfico is the standard technical term used within the fields of engineering, architecture and real estate to describe a professional measurement of a land area used to determine its exact boundaries and topography.
What does it mean word for word?
The word levantamiento literally means 'lifting' or 'raising', which is used here in the technical sense of 'raising' data or a map from the ground.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico, levantamiento catastral is used to refer to a property survey. In Argentina, mensura is used to denote a property survey. In Spain, informe de topografía is used to refer to a property survey.
How does it change in a sentence?
To say 'a property survey', use the masculine indefinite article 'un' to form un levantamiento topográfico. For the plural form 'the property surveys', both the noun and the adjective must change to match in gender and number, resulting in los levantamientos topográficos.
Did you know?
- While levantamiento topográfico is a technical term, the word levantamiento is also used in a political context to describe an 'uprising' or a 'rebellion'.
- The suffix -miento in levantamiento shares a root with the English suffix -ment, both originating from the Proto-Italic -mentom.
- The word topográfico derives from the Greek topos, meaning 'place', and graphos, meaning 'to write'.
Examples in context
- La oficina de arquitectura necesita un levantamiento topográfico de la propiedad.The architecture office needs a property survey.
- El estudio de medición de la propiedad está siendo realizado por expertos.The property survey is being carried out by experts.
- Necesito hacer un relevamiento de mi terreno antes de construir.I need to do a property survey of my land before building.
- Antes de comenzar la construcción, es necesario hacer un reconocimiento del terreno.Before starting the construction, it's necessary to do a property survey.
- Necesitamos un levantamiento topográfico de este terreno.We need a property survey of this land.
- El ingeniero realizó el levantamiento topográfico ayer.The engineer performed the property survey yesterday.
- El levantamiento topográfico es esencial para construir la casa.The property survey is essential to build the house.
Example conversation
Mateo and Sofía are discussing the purchase of a piece of land.
- MateoSofía, ¿ya pediste el levantamiento topográfico del terreno?Sofía, did you already order the property survey for the land?
- SofíaNo, Mateo, todavía no he contactado al ingeniero.No, Mateo, I haven't contacted the engineer yet.
- MateoEs importante para saber los límites exactos.It is important to know the exact boundaries.
- SofíaTienes razón, lo solicitaré mañana mismo.You are right, I will request it tomorrow.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries levantamiento, topográfico, CC BY-SA 4.0.
