hogar

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home

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hogar
masculine noun
1home (casa); household (unidad famliar)
  • su marido trabaja fuera y ella se ocupa del hogar -> her husomebodyand goes out to work and she's a housewife
  • más de la mitad de los hogares del país -> in more than half of the households in the country
  • los jóvenes sin hogar -> young homeless people
  • hogar dulce hogar -> home sweet home
  • hogar de acogida -> foster home
2fireplace (de chimenea); grate (de horno, cocina)

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hogar [o-gar’]
noun
1Hearth, fire-place; the pavement of a room where fire is kindled. (m)
2House, residence, home. (Metaphorical) (m)
  • No tienen hogar -> they have no home
  • Los que han quedado sin hogar -> the homeless

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hogar
sustantivo:masculino
1 (casa) home
dejó el hogar familiar a los veinte años he left home at the age of twenty; artículos del para el hogaro household goods; labores del hogar housework; se han quedado sin hogar they have become homeless; hogar, dulce hogar home, sweet home
hogar conyugal conjugal home
hogar de acogida (para huérfanos, refugiados) home
hogar de ancianos old folk's home; old people's home
hogar del pensionista senior citizens' social club
2 (chimenea) hearth; (literario)
se sentaron al calor del hogar they sat around the fire; se recuperó al calor del hogar he recuperated in the comfort of his own home
3 (Técnica) furnace; (Ferro) firebox
4 (España) (Educación) home economics

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