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Question

I am building a house made of earth. The mix is called "cob" but it is the same as adobe. Both are a mixture of clay, sand , straw and water.

Estoy construyendo una casa hecha de tierra.La mezcla se llama "cob" pero es el mismo que el adobe.Ambos son una mezcla de arcilla,arena,paja y agua.

Answer 1

Estoy construyendo una casa hecha de tierra. A la mezcla le llaman la mazorca, pero es lo mismo que el adobe. Ambos son una mezcla de arcilla,arena,paja y agua.

I don't know if you would want to write "lodo" instead of "tierra". Lodo is mud, which is the same as tierra.

would someone building an adobe house call it a mud/lodo house instead of an earthen/earth/tierra house in natural language? - nizhoni1, Oct 5, 2009

In Spanish it is also called barro. - 00b83c38, Oct 5, 2009

Answer 2

Since cob is in quotes, I don't think it should be translated.

I changed that. An oversight on my part. Thanks. - nizhoni1, Oct 5, 2009