solar

solar

plot

solar(soh-lahr)

adjective

1. (astronomy)

a. solar

Nuestro sistema solar tiene ocho planetas.

Our solar system has eight planets.

masculine noun

2. (piece of land)

a. plot

Quiero comprarme un solar para construir mi casa.

I want to buy a plot to build my house.

b. site

Los investigadores se quedaron toda la tarde examinando el solar del asesinato.

The investigators spent all afternoon examining the site of the murder.

c. lot

Se despejó el solar para empezar construcción en el supermercado nuevo.

The lot was cleared to begin construction on the new supermarket.

3. (family seat)

a. ancestral home

Mi solar está en Alemania.

My ancestral home is in Germany.

4. (descent)

a. lineage

Ella es la última de nuestro solar.

She is the last of our lineage.

5. (garden)

(Costa Rica)

(Venezuela)

a. yard

Puedes jugar con el perro en el solar.

You can play with the dog in the yard.

6. (residence within a house or block of flats)

(Cuba)

(Dominican Republic)

a. tenement house

En ese solar viven seis personas.

Six people live in that tenement house.

b. tenement block

Esos solares todavía no tienen agua corriente.

Those tenement blocks still don't have running water.

c. tenement

Algún día vamos a irnos de este solar y comprar nuestra propia casa.

One day we'll move out of this tenement and buy our own house.

transitive verb

7. (to lay the floor)

a. to tile

Soló el suelo con ladrillos.

He tiled the floor with brick.

8. (to put a sole on)

a. to sole

El zapatero va a solar mis botas.

The cobbler is going to sole my boots.

solar

adjective

1. (general)

a. solar

Noun

2. (general)

a. undeveloped plot (of land)

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solar

1 (terreno) (gen) lot; piece of land; site; (en obras) building site

2 (casa solariega) ancestral home; family seat

3 (linaje) lineage

solar

transitive verb

[+suelo] to tile; [+zapatos] to sole;

solar

adjective

solar; sun

rayos solares solar rays