Empedrado (en. Paved)

/em.pe'dɾa.ðo/

Meaning & Definition

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noun

Pavement made of stones, cobblestones, or similar materials.

We walked along an ancient cobblestone road in the historic center.

Caminamos por un empedrado antiguo en el centro histórico.

The action of cobbling a terrain.

The cobblestone path helped prevent puddles from forming.

El empedrado del camino ayudó a que no se formaran charcos.

From the verb 'to cobble', which comes from the Latin 'impedrare', meaning 'to cover with stone'.

cobblestone path

A path that has been covered with stones to facilitate transit.

camino empedrado

cobbled with stones

Reference to a place that has a stone surface.

empedrado de piedras

walking on cobblestones

Referring to walking on a hard and uneven surface.

andar sobre empedrado

to cobble

A verb that means to cover with stone.

empedrar

cobbling

Surface paved with cobblestones.

adoquinado

pavement

Surface of a road or pathway.

pavimento

To be cobblestoned

After having some beers, my friend was complaining that he was cobblestoned.

Después de tomar unas cervezas, el amigo se estuvo quejando de que estaba empedrado.

To cobble the conversation

That guy cobbled the conversation by talking about strange things.

Ese tipo empedró la conversación hablando de cosas raras.