buttressing

• Sustantivo que designa un soporte, generalmente de piedra o ladrillo, que refuerza o estabiliza el muro de un edificio; también se usa en sentido figurado para referirse a un apoyo o refuerzo.

A noun referring to a support, typically made of stone or brick, that reinforces or stabilizes a wall of a building.

1. Architectural supportB2formal

   A structure, usually made of stone or brick, built against a wall to support or strengthen it.

   Contrafuerte

   • The cathedral's massive buttressing helps support its high walls.
   • Medieval architects used buttressing to prevent walls from collapsing.
   • The old church needed new buttressing to remain stable.

   Sinónimosbracebuttresspropshorestaysupport

• Verbo que significa apoyar o fortalecer una estructura, argumento o sistema, a menudo mediante refuerzos adicionales o pruebas.

A verb meaning to support or strengthen a structure, argument, or system, often with additional evidence or reinforcement.

1. Support or strengthenC1formal

   To support or reinforce a structure, argument, or system.

   Apuntalar, reforzar

   • The architect buttressed the old wall with steel beams.
   • The lawyer buttressed her case with new evidence.
   • The government buttressed the economy with new policies.

   Sinónimosbolsterbracepropreinforceshorestrengthensupportsustainunderpin

   Antónimosdestabilizeerodesapundermineweaken