perforar

No se perforaban las orejas para portar piedras, aunque sí se colocaban para mantener los orificios de las orejas abiertos.	Ears were not perforated to carry stones, but the stones were put in to keep the ear holes open.
No se perforaban las orejas para llevar piedras, pero sí se colocaban piedras dentro del oído para mantener el orificio auditivo abierto.	Ears were not perforated to carry stones, but the stones were put in to keep the ear holes open.
En la superficie se proponía una lectura de la obra terminada a modo de intersección o macla de dos volúmenes diferenciados, con distinta terminación, sobre los que se perforaban puntualmente los huecos de iluminación de la vivienda.	On the street level, the aim was to read the completed work as an intersection or twin of two different volumes, with different finishing, on which the lighting holes of the house were punctually drilled.
Inicialmente, estos agujeros eran por si solos defectos, y como la exposición continuaba las paredes se perforaban cada vez más.	Initially these holes were lone blemishes, and as the exhibition continued the walls became increasingly perforated.
Sabido es que en algunas culturas precoloniales de esta región se perforaban los dientes delanteros para adornarlos con clavos de oro.	It is well known that in many precolonial cultures of this region, front teeth were perforated in order to be decorated with gold studs.