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Present a design, compare materials, and defend the sustainability numbers — in Spanish, out loud.
The word that splits the Spanish-speaking world in a design meeting is concrete: Spain says el hormigón armado, Mexico and Central America say el concreto armado — and on site in Argentina the structural steel is just el hierro, in Chile and Peru el fierro. Structural talk demands the technical terms — la cimentación, la estructura portante, la carga estructural — even though the crew will say la base and la columna. And sustainability only lands with metrics: la certificación LEED, la eficiencia energética, la huella de carbono. This is the C2 pack — materials science, structural engineering, and green-building standards — a level beyond naming styles and blueprints.
Below: the vocabulary lesson by lesson, how it's really said on site versus in the studio, the pitfalls — and a way to present a whole project out loud, no flashcards, no drills.
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Regional Spanish
Textbooks teach one word. Locals use several — pick your region's and stay consistent.
| English | Spain | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| reinforced concrete | el hormigón armado | el concreto armado |
| facade | la fachada | el frente |
| energy efficiency | la eficiencia energética | el ahorro de luz |
| climate control / HVAC | la climatización | el aire |
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The part no drill site can do
Olivia
Your vocabulary teacher for this pack
In the Architect Pro lessons you don't memorize lists — you talk through real professional moments with Olivia. She puts you in a design review, and you present the building concept: la cimentación, la estructura portante, la carga estructural. Then a materials briefing — you argue hormigón armado versus acero estructural versus madera laminada for the project. And when the client asks about certification, you walk them through la certificación LEED and la huella de carbono — out loud, with numbers, like you would in the room.
Blank mid-sentence and nothing bad happens — she waits. That's the practice, without unnecessary judgement.
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Quick answers
Both mean concrete — it's regional. Spain says el hormigón armado for reinforced concrete; Mexico and Central America say el concreto armado. Pick your market's word and stay consistent in drawings and meetings.
La estructura portante is the technical term; in Spain you'll hear el muro de carga for a load-bearing wall. On Latin American sites the crew says la columna where the drawings say el pilar.
With metrics: la eficiencia energética, la huella de carbono, la arquitectura bioclimática. Colloquially an Argentine client asks for an edificio verde, and Mexican architects sell bioclimatic design as un edificio que respira — a building that breathes.
La planta arquitectónica and el alzado. In practice an Argentine says mostrame el plano, and on Latin American sites the elevation is often just la vista or la elevación.
La climatización is the spec-sheet term. In daily speech Mexico says el aire, Argentina says el split (poné el split), and the Caribbean borrows el A/C straight from English.
