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Definition of contrafuerte in Spanish:
contrafuerte
masculine noun
- 1
Architecture
Estructura, como un pilar o un arco, adosada a la parte exterior del muro de un edificio con el fin de reforzarlo en los puntos en que la construcción soporta mayor empuje.el templo tiene una sola nave con capillas entre los contrafuertes
- 2
Pieza de cuero o de material resistente con que se refuerza la parte interior y posterior del calzado.
- 3
Cadena secundaria de montañas que arranca de una principal.
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