Tapia in english
Wall
pronunciation: wɔl part of speech: noun
pronunciation: wɔl part of speech: noun
In gestures
tapia = wall.
Example: The planning arrangements can also be seen to be much more flexible if the number of walls in the building are reduced to a minimum.more:
» más sordo que una tapia = as deaf as a post .
Example: He is as deaf as a post and should have retired years ago.» sordo como una tapia = stone deaf .
Example: In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya contracted a serious illness that left him stone deaf.» tan sordo como una tapia = as deaf as a post .
Example: He is as deaf as a post and should have retired years ago.tapiar = wall up ; wall in.
Example: Most of these Medieval porticoes were walled up for security reasons.Example: The attic was formerly connected to the rooms beneath by a plain wooden staircase that was removed and walled in about 50 years ago.more:
» tapiar con tablas = board up .
Example: Yet rather than battening down the hatches and boarding up the shopfronts, it is more a case of polishing the silver and pulling out the corks.» tapiar con tablones = board up .
Example: Yet rather than battening down the hatches and boarding up the shopfronts, it is more a case of polishing the silver and pulling out the corks.