This week’s Spanish word of the week is habitación.
la habitación NOUN (plural, las habitaciones) room; bedroom
When you’re staying in a hotel in a Spanish-speaking country, habitación is a word you’ll need.
una habitación individual a single room
una habitación doble a double room
Su habitación es la 150, en el quinto piso. Your room is number 150, on the fifth floor.
Los observaba desde la terraza de la habitación del hotel. He watched them from the terrace of his hotel room.
In private houses, habitación can refer to rooms in general:
una casa de tres habitaciones, cocina y baño a house with three rooms, kitchen and bathroom
or to a bedroom:
Esta es mi habitación. This is my bedroom.
Arriba están las habitaciones. The bedrooms are upstairs.
Another common word for bedroom is el dormitorio, and in Mexico la recámara.
Come back next week for another insight into Spanish vocabulary!
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