rten154lMadera – wood
Mampostería – cement work
Manija – door handle
Marco – door or window frame
Medio baño – half-bath
Muebles de cocina – kitchen cabinets
Muro de contención or retención – retaining wall
Obra gris – grey work = the cement work for a structure
Pared – interior or exterior wall
Pasta – putty or plaster for interior or exterior finishing of walls or ceilings
Patio – patio
Patio de luz – an interior patio or light well
Perforar un pozo – to drill a well
Permiso de construcción – construction permit
Perling – Perling is slang for Perfil=C shaped metal studs for framing construction, including;
Vigas=beams ,Cerchas=trusses , Columnas=columns and Viguetas de entrepiso=floor joists.
Persianas – Venetian blinds
Piedra – stone
Pintura – paint
Pintura base – primer
Piscina – swimming pool
Plafón – a light fixture
Planos – plans
Plantel or sitio para construir – a construction site
Portón – a gate
Puerta – door
Puerta corrediza – sliding door
Puertas de baño – doors for a shower stall

Tiquismos of the week:

Como entierro de pobre: As fast as a poor man´s burial
Como soplar y hacer botellas: a task that is easy to accomplish
Como trapito de dominguear: Spiffy, any project to be proud of

Tico humor and wordplay for advanced students( this may be tough to understand):

Sorprendida – literally means surprised but in this context it is “a nun that is on fire.”