slab

losa, plancha, bloque

Pieza grande, gruesa y plana de un material sólido, como piedra u hormigón.

En inglés sencillo: A large, thick, flat piece of a solid material, such as stone or concrete.

• The path is made of stone slabs.
• She cut a slab of cheese for lunch.
• A thick slab of ice floated past the boat.

Cómo se usa: a slab of something (They lifted a heavy slab of marble onto the table.)

Sinónimos: block, sheet

Expresiones frecuentes: stone slab, slab of chocolate, concrete slab

losa de cimentación

Base plana de hormigón vertido sobre el suelo para sostener un edificio.

En inglés sencillo: A flat concrete base poured onto the ground to support a building.

• The shed stands on a slab.
• Builders poured the slab before putting up the walls.
• Cracks appeared in the house's foundation slab.

Sinónimos: concrete foundation, foundation slab

Expresiones frecuentes: foundation slab, pour a slab, slab foundation

tramo impositivo

Intervalo de ingresos al que se aplica un tipo de impuesto específico.

En inglés sencillo: One income range in a tax system, with its own tax rate.

• This income falls within the lowest tax slab.
• The budget introduced a new slab for high earners.
• Different tax slabs apply to different portions of your income.

Sinónimos: tax bracket, tax band

Expresiones frecuentes: tax slab, income tax slab, higher slab

cortar en losas, cortar en tablones

Convertir un material en piezas grandes, gruesas y planas.

En inglés sencillo: To make material into large, thick, flat pieces.

• They slab the stone at the quarry.
• The mill slabbed the timber for table tops.
• This saw can slab a large log in minutes.

Expresiones frecuentes: slab the stone, slab the timber, slab a log

arrasar hasta los cimientos

Destruir un edificio por completo, dejando solo su base de hormigón.

En inglés sencillo: To destroy a building so completely that only its concrete base remains.

• The tornado slabbed several houses.
• Such strong winds can slab a well-built home.
• Entire buildings were slabbed, leaving only their concrete foundations.

Sinónimos: level, raze

Expresiones frecuentes: slab a house, slab a building, slab entire homes