Estufa

They're fed up with corrupt politicians, and what they call the estufa or fraud perpetrated by international financial institutions. ❋ Ellen Freudenheim (2011)

In every pueblo there is to be found at least one "estufa," or council-house, for governmental or religious transactions. ❋ John Fiske (1871)

Among the half-brutalised Tagnos, with bent limbs and downcast look, there were men who dreamt of days gone by; who knew that their fathers were once free; who in their secret assemblies in mountain cave, or in the deep darkness of the "estufa," still burned the "sacred fire" of the god Quetzalcoatl -- still talked of Moctezuma and ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

[Footnote 4: The kiva is the assembly chamber, termed estufa in some of the older writings, particularly those of the early Spanish explorers. ❋ Cosmos Mindeleff (N/A)

"The regular time for meeting in the estufa is the last day of ❋ Lewis H. Morgan (1849)

My other opinion (there's no lack of them) is that an estufa empotrable (appears to be built-in) is much superior in looks and ease of cleaning to a stove that sits up on legs on the floor. ❋ Unknown (2008)

By Fire Cube, una estufa muy original - Hogar Total on November 27, 2008 at 4: 11 pm ❋ Unknown (2008)

Al comprar una estufa de leña escoja el tamaño apropiado y asegúrese de que esté certificada y cumpla con los estándares de emisión de la EPA. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You might start by attaching a Post-It with the Spanish name of the object to everything in your house -- la estufa, la lámpara, la cama, etc., and repeating those names aloud as you're busy about the house. ❋ Unknown (2006)

BBC | Car makers "failing" on climate Manda o bom senso, e mandam as regras ambientais da União Europeia: os construtures automóveis deveriam desenvolver esforços no sentido de diminuirem o impacto ambiental dos veículos novos, reduzindo as emissões de gazes causadores do efeito de estufa. ❋ Artur (2006)

Relembro que o CO2 é o gás responsável pelo efeito de estufa... ❋ Artur (2006)

The estufa, or place of council and worship, was built in close proximity to the other building, and sometimes it formed part of it, and we do not learn that there was any thing distinguishing about the apartments of the chief. ❋ Emory Adams Allen (N/A)

A ruin further down the canyon, described by Mr. Holmes, is of great interest, as it shows how necessary the people considered it to be to construct an estufa. ❋ Emory Adams Allen (N/A)

One wall seems to have consisted of a row of apartments; the other walls served to simply inclose the square, near the center of which was another large estufa. ❋ Emory Adams Allen (N/A)

Spanish term “estufa,” meaning literally a stove, and here used in the sense of “sweat house,” but the term is misleading, as it more properly describes the small sweat houses that are used ceremonially by lodge-building Indians, such as the Navajo. ❋ Cosmos Mindeleff (N/A)

The basin _L_ looks much like an estufa: there are few scattered stones on its surface, and this surface is moist; but I did not notice any trace of stone encasement. ❋ Adolphus Bandelier (N/A)