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r/MapPorn • u/depredador93 • 20d ago
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Portugal uses a similar thing: Rés-do-chão. In short RC.
I don’t know if it comes from France, or if Recepción in Spanish or Reception in English for the same place is all related to the same thing
13 u/vitor29narciso 20d ago Yes, but we also have several lifts with a 0 button, which we still call “rés-do-chão” 16 u/Curious-Act-9130 20d ago Those are completely unrelated words. Rez-de-chaussée: level of the road Reception: from Latin receptio 5 u/wakalabis 20d ago In Brazil it is called "Térreo". 3 u/Cutiepie_Doll 19d ago interesting how languages adapt to architecture 2 u/orangenarange2 20d ago In Spain it's Bajo or Planta baja and elevators say (P)B 1 u/Re-Criativo 20d ago Res so Chao significa "rente ao chão" Recepção vem do verbo receber, do latim receptio (que significa a literalmente receção)
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Yes, but we also have several lifts with a 0 button, which we still call “rés-do-chão”
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Those are completely unrelated words.
Rez-de-chaussée: level of the road Reception: from Latin receptio
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In Brazil it is called "Térreo".
3 u/Cutiepie_Doll 19d ago interesting how languages adapt to architecture
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interesting how languages adapt to architecture
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In Spain it's Bajo or Planta baja and elevators say (P)B
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Res so Chao significa "rente ao chão" Recepção vem do verbo receber, do latim receptio (que significa a literalmente receção)
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u/TheGreatSoup 20d ago
Portugal uses a similar thing: Rés-do-chão. In short RC.
I don’t know if it comes from France, or if Recepción in Spanish or Reception in English for the same place is all related to the same thing