spanish for "cement slab under a house or garage"

Question

What is the Spanish term for "cement slab under a house or a garage"

Answer 1

Construction here is so different that I cannot compare it to your question.

We set our foundations " cimentacíon" before the floors are poured, so the homes here are not set on a "slab" as you may think. The floors are poured after the foundations and the walls are erected.

The floors are poured after the foundation walls are set and are not connected to the supporting exterior walls except for rebar stems set into the supporting walls set on the foundations.

I think the word you want is "cimiento". - Gekkosan, Sep 7, 2011

Hola Gekkosan, I am using that as " foundation(s)" please correct me if I am in error. - pacofinkler, Sep 8, 2011

Answer 2

The foundations I've poured don't even have rebar attaching them to the floor. From what I understand, foundation type varies a lot just within the United States let alone what happens in the rest of the world. There may not even be a word. The dictionary gives says it's "losa."

Because of concrete constuction "loza" usually is the pured in place second floor, or can even be the poured in place roof or "techo" - pacofinkler, Sep 8, 2011

Answer 3

You could use "cimientos".