asilo

shelter, refuge

3,001–5,000 #4,021

Also a form of

Meanings

noun, masculine

  1. shelter, refuge
  2. asylum (home)
  3. asylum (political asylum)
  4. derogatory, usually old people's home, rest home, nursing home (a place of residence for people who require assistance from carers)
  5. derogatory, usually old people's home, retirement village, retirement home, residence for the elderly (a place of residence for people who require little or no assistance from carers)

In sentences

Han construido un asilo para ciegos. They built an asylum for the blind. #2259538

Este mundo es tan sólo un asilo de dementes. This world is just an insane asylum. #1295111

Es menester hacerle caso al que os dio asilo. It's your duty to listen to those who sheltered you. #10844615