Asfalto in english
Asphalt
pronunciation: æsfɔlt part of speech: noun
pronunciation: æsfɔlt part of speech: noun
In gestures
asfaltar = tarmac ; asphalt ; blacktop.
Example: The Government has tarmacked a total of 1,500km of roads across the country over the past five years.Example: He added that water pipes in need of repair must be fixed before asphalting.Example: This will enable the county to blacktop 34 miles of road it normally would have been unable to resurface.asfalto = road asphalt ; asphalt ; bitumen ; tarmac ; tarmacadam ; blacktop.
Example: This is a selection of US museums dedicated to some rather unusual and extraordinary subjects and exhibits, including beverage cans, sugar packets, band aids, hygiene products, road asphalt and navel fluff.Example: The bitumen (or asphalt) photolitho process gave only a handful of prints from each stone, but the bichromate process could give as many as 700 prints from a single stone = The bitumen (or asphalt) photolitho process gave only a handful of prints from each stone, but the bichromate process could give as many as 700 prints from a single stone.Example: Hot bitumen is sprayed on the prepared road surface and immediately covered with clean stone chips which are rolled in to ensure adhesion.Example: Why not return all the New Forest roads to dirt tracks and gravel and get rid of all the tarmac?.Example: Another issue with tarmacadam surfaces is the growth of moss, algae and weeds.Example: Instead of resurfacing the street with macadam, workers laid many of the same cobblestones that had been buried under the blacktop for nearly eighty years.more:
» carretera de asfalto = asphalt road .
Example: Road Department officials said that using paver tiles to cover potholes on asphalt roads was slipshod.» fábrica de asfalto = asphalt plant .
Example: He was an early riser and always raring to go at sunrise, either on vacation trips or to get to the asphalt plant on Chicago's north side.» jungla del asfalto = asphalt jungle ; concrete jungle .
Example: John Huston directed some classic examples of film noir, including The Maltese Falcon and The Asphalt Jungle. Example: People living in concrete jungles surrounded by graffiti are more likely to be obese than those from more green and pleasant areas.