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asentamiento — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • habitation noun A place where someone lives; a dwelling.
  • settlement noun A formal agreement that resolves a dispute, often involving payment.
  • slum noun A rundown, overcrowded urban area where residents live in poverty.

Senses

asentamiento is used for these senses in English:

  • habitation (uncountable) The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
  • settlement A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).
  • settlement A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
  • slum (countable, pejorative) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

habitation — full definition

  1. noun A place where someone lives; a dwelling.
  2. noun The act or state of living in a place.

settlement — full definition

  1. noun A formal agreement that resolves a dispute, often involving payment.
  2. noun A community of people who have established themselves in a new or previously unoccupied area.

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