huésped vs invitados

Question

what is the difference between huésped and invitados. I think they both mean guest.

Answer 1

Difference connotations. Invitado is a general guest, at your house etc... huésped is a guest at a hotel etc.. a lodger, a person that is paying not a real "guest" as you might think. Cliente is a guest a restaurant, a paying guest or customer. This is how I learned it. These are the main three I use for guest.

Answer 2

In my house I have "habitación de huéspedes" -guest room- and my guests don't pay me anything to stay at home.

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They just have different collocations, and you have to learn them through practice. There's no rule about it

Answer 3

This sentence might be helpful. I read it in an online newspaper. Coincidentally, it uses both words (huesped and invitado) in the same sentence, but the meaning of each becomes clearer in context.

'....el presidente Piñera ofreció una recepción, seguida de una cena en honor de su huésped, con unos 300 invitados.

Translation: President Piñera hosted a reception, following a dinner in honour of his guest, with some 300 invitees/guests.

Hope that helps some how

Answer 4

Posted by Lazarus1907 on Wordreference: Invitado es el que está en casa de otro por invitación. Un huésped puede ser un invitado, pero también alguien que se aloja en un hotel u otro sitio. Por desgracia, huésped también es el que aloja a otras personas. El inglés creó "host" a partir de "guest" (ambas con una raíz común), pero el español aún sigue usando una palabra con ambos sentidos.

En Español "host" o "hostess" es "anfitrión" or "anfitriona" y "guest" es invitado o húesped :) - Benz, Mar 12, 2010