Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Catalan term or phrase:
coberta a dos/dues aigües
English translation:
gable(d) roof/pitched roof
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ganzinblau
Apr 25, 2014 11:35
10 yrs ago
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Catalan term
Spain
Native in: English (Variants: US South, US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English, German to English, and 1 more.
coberta a dos/dues aigües
Catalan to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
Not sure exactly what this is or how it is expressed in English. Here is my context; it's about a church:
Exterior: la façana principal, semblant a la de l'església de Sant Agustí, però amb un coronament esglaonat; l'arc de pedra de la porta, blanc; centrat de l’òcul-rosetó i del nínxol amb l’eix de la porta i de la nau, mitjançant el rebaix d’un centímetre de l’arrebossat, per tal que el sol el faci present; una creu, en la part alta, marca l'eix; el frontó emergeix només una mica, fent present la cresta de la **coberta a dos aigües**, prosseguint en una línia, amb rebaix de l’arrebossat, superposada al forat romboidal del campanar; tres pessics triangulars en la massa del perfil del mur, quelcom Jujolesc; un pic en forma piramidal a la cantonada de la sagristia per penjar anuncis d'esdeveniments.
I found this:
CONSTR Aiguavés d'una teulada. Coberta a dues aigües.
Exterior: la façana principal, semblant a la de l'església de Sant Agustí, però amb un coronament esglaonat; l'arc de pedra de la porta, blanc; centrat de l’òcul-rosetó i del nínxol amb l’eix de la porta i de la nau, mitjançant el rebaix d’un centímetre de l’arrebossat, per tal que el sol el faci present; una creu, en la part alta, marca l'eix; el frontó emergeix només una mica, fent present la cresta de la **coberta a dos aigües**, prosseguint en una línia, amb rebaix de l’arrebossat, superposada al forat romboidal del campanar; tres pessics triangulars en la massa del perfil del mur, quelcom Jujolesc; un pic en forma piramidal a la cantonada de la sagristia per penjar anuncis d'esdeveniments.
I found this:
CONSTR Aiguavés d'una teulada. Coberta a dues aigües.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | gable roof/pitched roof |
Helena Chavarria
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| 5 +1 | dual pitched roof |
Peter Guest
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| 4 +1 | Gable(d) roof |
Gary Smith Lawson
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Helena Chavarria
Spain
Spain
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Spain
Striving for excellence
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
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gable roof/pitched roof
It means that there are two sides to the roof.
Gabled roofs are the kind young children typically draw. They have two sloping sides that come together at a ridge, creating end walls with a triangular extension, called a gable, at the top. The house shown here has two gable roofs and two dormers, each with gable roofs of their own. The slant, or pitch, of the gables varies, an inconsistency that many builders try to avoid.
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,1213138,00.html
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=991744&langi...
pitched roof
n.
A two-sided sloped roof having a gable at both ends. Also called gable roof.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pitched roof
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Note added at 5 hrs (2014-04-25 17:07:30 GMT)
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cat.: coberta a dues aigües f.; eng.: gable roof.
f. Cubierta formada por dos faldones inclinados en dirección descendente que parten desde una cumbrera central.
También se la denomina Cubierta a Dos Vertientes ó Cubierta de Gablete.
http://www.construmatica.com/construpedia/Cubierta_a_Dos_Agu...
Gabled roofs are the kind young children typically draw. They have two sloping sides that come together at a ridge, creating end walls with a triangular extension, called a gable, at the top. The house shown here has two gable roofs and two dormers, each with gable roofs of their own. The slant, or pitch, of the gables varies, an inconsistency that many builders try to avoid.
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,1213138,00.html
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=991744&langi...
pitched roof
n.
A two-sided sloped roof having a gable at both ends. Also called gable roof.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pitched roof
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Note added at 5 hrs (2014-04-25 17:07:30 GMT)
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cat.: coberta a dues aigües f.; eng.: gable roof.
f. Cubierta formada por dos faldones inclinados en dirección descendente que parten desde una cumbrera central.
También se la denomina Cubierta a Dos Vertientes ó Cubierta de Gablete.
http://www.construmatica.com/construpedia/Cubierta_a_Dos_Agu...
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Gary Smith Lawson
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Human translation for humans.
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English, English to Spanish
Gable(d) roof
The "aigües" are the two sloping sides. You'd better check it does actually have a gable at the end, but on a church I imagine that it does.
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Peter Guest
Spain
Spain
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Spain
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Native in: English
Works in: Catalan to English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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