buttress
 noun
 contraforte
EN Under the buttresses of massive San Bartolomé a path goes down to a little square where the baskets of fruit and vegetables are set on the ground, and white, black and gold kerchiefs bend over them, and little narrow old streets with pillared soportales go out in all directions.
GL Debaixo dos contrafortes da enorme igrexa de San Bartolomeu, un camiño baixa cara a unha praciña onde se colocan no chan as cestas con froita e verduras (as mulleres con panos brancos, negros e dourados están debruzadas sobre elas), e de onde saen en tódalas direccións rúas vellas e estreitas con soportais.
 Fonte: GAL (894)
transitive verb
prestar apoio
EN "As institutions of culture, museums that house these materials have a vital interest in buttressing those cultures and supporting them into the future," West said, adding that "this process has directly benefited museums themselves".
GL "Ós museos que conservan eses obxectos interésalles prestar apoio a esas culturas e transmitilas ás xeracións vindeiras", afirma West. "Os propios museos tiraron partido do proceso de restitución".
Fonte: C26 (437)
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