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Italian-English basic "accommodations" dictionary

By Marco De La Pierre

If you are looking for a room or an apartment in Italy you probably need to know better the terms associated to the different types of accommodations and to the most common way to the describe a house, an apartment, a nice room with a view, a full furnished kitchen...

Here you are a quick dictionary that will allow you to move like a jaguar in the jungle of the student and tourist rentals of Florence and Italy...

Here you are the list to study before facing the Italian market rental:

ACCOMMODATIONS

APARTMENT - APPARTAMENTO
ROOM - CAMERA
SINGLE ROOM - CAMERA SINGOLA
DOUBLE ROOM - CAMERA DOPPIA
TRIPLE ROOM - CAMERA TRIPLA
STUDIO - MONOLOCALE
SHARED APARTMENT - APPARTAMENTO CONDIVISO
STUDENT APARTMENT - APPARTAMENTO PER STUDENTI
TOURIST APARTMENT - APPARTAMENTO PER TURISTI

ASSOCIATED TERMS...

ROOM FOR RENT - CAMERA IN AFFITTO
APARTMENT FOR RENT - APPARTAMENTO IN AFFITTO
APARTMENT FOR SALE - APPARTAMENTO IN VENDITA
LUMINOSO - BRIGHT
SPACIOUS - SPAZIOSO
APARTMENT/ROOM AVAILABLE - APPARTAMENTO/CAMERA DISPONIBILE
CHEAP ROOM - CAMERA ECONOMICA

THE HOUSE

BATHROOM - BAGNO
SHARED BATHROOM - BAGNO CONDIVISO
ROOM WITH A VIEW - CAMERA CON VISTA
ROOM WITH LARGE WINDOWS - CAMERA CON GRANDI FINESTRE
TERRASSE - TERRAZZA
BRIGHT ROOM - CAMERA LUMINOSA
SILENT ROOM - CAMERA SILENZIOSA
ROOM WITH FRESCO - CAMERA AFFRESCATA
LOFT - LOFT/SOPPALCO
LIVING ROOM - SALOTTO/SOGGIORNO
KITCHEN - CUCINA
USE OF KITCHEN - USO DI CUCINA
FULL FURNISHED KITCHEN - CUCINA ACCESSORIATA
SINGLE BEDROOM - CAMERA SINGOLA
DOUBLE BEDROOM - CAMERA DOPPIA
TRIPLE BEDROOM - CAMERA TRIPLA

TYPE OF ACCOMMODATIONS

APARTMENT - APPARTAMENTO
ROOM - CAMERA/STANZA
SHARED ROOM - CAMERA CONDIVISA
HOTEL - HOTEL/ALBERGO
PENSION - PENSIONE
BED AND BREAKFAST - BED AND BREAKFAST
HOUSE - CASA
FARMHOUSE - AGRITURISMO
HOSTEL - OSTELLO
DORMITORY - DORMITORIO
STUDENT RESIDENCE - RESIDENCE UNIVERSITARIO

BUILDING

HISTORICAL BUILDING - PALAZZO STORICO
MEDIEVAL BUILDING - PALAZZO MEDIEVALE

PERIODS

LONG TERM STAY - SOGGIORNO DI LUNGO PERIODO
SHORT TERM STAY - SOGGIORNO DI BREVE PERIODO
WEEK END STAY - SOGGIORNO PER IL FINE SETTIMANA
3 YEARS STAY - SOGGIORNO DI 3 ANNI

FURNITURES/ARREDAMENTO

RESTRUCTURED APARTMENT - APPARTAMENTO RESTAURATO
SINGLE BED - LETTO SINGOLO
TWIN BED - LETTO DOPPIO
KING SIZE BED - LETTO MATRIMONIALE
EXTRA BED - LETTO EXTRA
CRADLE - CULLA
FULL FURNISHED - COMPLETAMENTE ARREDATO
FULL EQUIPPED KITCHEN - CUCINA COMPLETAMENTE ACCESSORIATA
TO BOOK - PRENOTARE

AREA/DISTRICT - AREA/QUARTIERE

HISTORICAL CENTER - CENTRO STORICO
OUTSKIRT - PERIFERIA
DITRICT - QUARTIERE
STREET - STRADA/VIA
NEIGHBORHOOD - VICINATO/AREA/QUARTIERE
SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD - VICINATO/QUARTIERE SICURO

MONEY - SOLDI

DEPOSIT - DEPOSITO
BANK TRANSFER - BONIFICO
AVAILABILITY REQUEST - RICHIESTA DISPONIBILITA'
BOOKING/RESERVATION - PRENOTAZIONE

UTILITIES - SPESE

INDIPENDENT HEATING - TERMOSINGOLO
UTILITIES - SPESE
GAS - GAS
WATER - ACQUA
ELECTRICITY - ELETTRICITA'
BILL - BOLLETTA

SERVICES/AMENITIES - SERVIZI

AIR CONDITIONED - ARIA CONDIZIONATA
INTERNET CONNECTION - CONNESSIONE INTERNET
COLOUR TV - TELEVISIONE A COLORI
SATELLITE TV - TELEVISIONE SATELLITARE
MICROWAVE OVEN - FORNO A MICROONDE
OVEN - FORNO
WASHING MACHINE - LAVATRICE
DISHWASHER - LAVASTOVIGLIE

FLOORS - PIANI

GROUND FLOOR - PIAN TERRENO
FIRST FLOOR - PRIMO PIANO
SECOND FLOOR - SECONDO PIANO
THIRD FLOOR - TERZO PIANO
FOURTH FLOOR - QUARTO PIANO
WITH LIFT - CON ASCENSORE
NO LIFT - SENZA ASCENSORE

DIMENSIONS - DIMENSIONI

SQUARE METERS SQM - METRI QUADRI MQ
3 FEET - UN METRO (more or less)

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Italian-English basic "accommodations" dictionary

By Marco De La Pierre

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