building

edificio

Construcción con paredes y techo donde se vive, se trabaja o se realizan otras actividades.

En inglés sencillo: A structure with walls and a roof, where people live, work, or do other activities.

• That building is a school.
• They work in different buildings.
• How old is this building?

Sinónimos: structure

Expresiones frecuentes: office building, tall building, building entrance

construcción

Trabajo de hacer una casa, un puente u otra cosa uniendo sus partes.

En inglés sencillo: The work of making a house, bridge, or something else by putting parts together.

• Building takes time and money.
• The building of the school began in May.
• Heavy rain delayed the building work.

Cómo se usa: the building of something (The building of the tunnel took five years.)

Sinónimos: construction

Expresiones frecuentes: building work, the building of, road building