Azotea VS tejado

Question

I know "azotea" is listed as "terraced roof" but that doesn't really make sense because how could you tell if a roof was terraced or not, and in the sense that I heard it, that roof was not terraced. Is it more for a roof of a big building? Gracias.

Not" terraced" as in stepped like a Paddy field terrace, but as in outside open area. - ray76, Oct 4, 2010

Answer 1

"Azoteas" refer to the flat-topped roofs that are common in Mexico and many other Latin American countries. These are roofs on which a person can hang laundry or have a little roof garden, etc. It's kind of like having a patio on top of your house.

What about the roof of the Daily Planet where Superman works? They called that azotea and it's flat. Is it all flat roofs? Griacs - jeezzle, Oct 3, 2010

Well, to my knowledge "azotea" is a generic word for a flat-topped roof, just as in English a "mansard roof" refers to a particular style, or a "twp peaked roof" is a particular style. - mountaingirl123, Oct 3, 2010

Answer 2

Mateo 10:27 (Reina-Valera 1995)

27 Lo que os digo en tinieblas, decidlo a plena luz; y lo que oís al oído, proclamadlo desde las azoteas.

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Matthew 10:27 (New International Version)

27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.

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The Jewish flat roof always contained a parapet or railing and was a parlor or garden.