Make Your Home in Mexico: English Spanish Construction
Dictionary Page 3
Dictionary Page 3
Mesh- La Malla
Mirror- el Espejo
More or less- Mas o menos.
Mortar- el Mortero
Nail- el Clavo.
Nut for bolt- la Tuerca
Oven- el Horno
Owner, female- la Dueña; male- el Dueño
Paint- la Pintura
Panel- el Panel, a Styrofoam panel with wire mesh on each side. Used as a structural
component, walls or roofs, when coated in place with cement.
Patron.- el Patron’, a sponsor, hacienda owner, teacher, boss, leader, A term of respect,
however, could be used in derision against a small home owner/builder
Payment, final- el Finiquito
Pine- Pina (f), of pine- de pina (not de la)
Pipe- la Pipa, el tubo
Plank- el Tablon’- thick wood, or the light steel equivalent. Used in los Andamios and
in temporary support structures
Plastic- el Plastico
Pump- la Bomba.
Plumber- el Plomero
Rake- el Rastillo or el Rastro
Rattlesnake- Cascabel
Range, kitchen - la Estufa
Real Estate- Bienes Raices (f) plural
Rebar , iron- la Varilla
Refrigerator or Freezer- el Refrigerador
Respect- el Respeto
Rock- la Roca
Roof - el Techo
Salary- el Sueldo
Saw (hand)- el Serrucho
Saw (powered )- la Sierra
Scaffolding, towers- los Torres o los Andamios
Screw or bolt- el Toronillo (machine), la Pija (wood, dry wall or sheet metal)
Sealer- el Sellador. a vinyl-latex liquid to mix with grouts, thin-set cement for tile or
with white cement and water to seal cracks and prepare fresh concrete for paint.
Sand-(yellow)- Arena, -amarilla used in mortar; ( powder)- marmolite (m)- for mixing
with sellador and cemento to seal roofs and walls; (river)- del rio- used in hard cement
& concrete)- Jal (m)- A light (volcanic material mined in Jalisco. used in roofs and
between floors.
Screwdriver- el Destornillador
Scorpion- el Alacran’
Section or length- el Tramo
Shears, lawn- Las Tiejeras
Shovel- la Pala
Sink Bathroom - el Lavabo. Kitchen sink- los Lavaplatos.
© John P Lintz 2006
Mirror- el Espejo
More or less- Mas o menos.
Mortar- el Mortero
Nail- el Clavo.
Nut for bolt- la Tuerca
Oven- el Horno
Owner, female- la Dueña; male- el Dueño
Paint- la Pintura
Panel- el Panel, a Styrofoam panel with wire mesh on each side. Used as a structural
component, walls or roofs, when coated in place with cement.
Patron.- el Patron’, a sponsor, hacienda owner, teacher, boss, leader, A term of respect,
however, could be used in derision against a small home owner/builder
Payment, final- el Finiquito
Pine- Pina (f), of pine- de pina (not de la)
Pipe- la Pipa, el tubo
Plank- el Tablon’- thick wood, or the light steel equivalent. Used in los Andamios and
in temporary support structures
Plastic- el Plastico
Pump- la Bomba.
Plumber- el Plomero
Rake- el Rastillo or el Rastro
Rattlesnake- Cascabel
Range, kitchen - la Estufa
Real Estate- Bienes Raices (f) plural
Rebar , iron- la Varilla
Refrigerator or Freezer- el Refrigerador
Respect- el Respeto
Rock- la Roca
Roof - el Techo
Salary- el Sueldo
Saw (hand)- el Serrucho
Saw (powered )- la Sierra
Scaffolding, towers- los Torres o los Andamios
Screw or bolt- el Toronillo (machine), la Pija (wood, dry wall or sheet metal)
Sealer- el Sellador. a vinyl-latex liquid to mix with grouts, thin-set cement for tile or
with white cement and water to seal cracks and prepare fresh concrete for paint.
Sand-(yellow)- Arena, -amarilla used in mortar; ( powder)- marmolite (m)- for mixing
with sellador and cemento to seal roofs and walls; (river)- del rio- used in hard cement
& concrete)- Jal (m)- A light (volcanic material mined in Jalisco. used in roofs and
between floors.
Screwdriver- el Destornillador
Scorpion- el Alacran’
Section or length- el Tramo
Shears, lawn- Las Tiejeras
Shovel- la Pala
Sink Bathroom - el Lavabo. Kitchen sink- los Lavaplatos.
© John P Lintz 2006
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