house

casa

Edificio donde vive una persona o una familia.

En inglés sencillo: A building where a person or family lives.

• We live in a small house.
• They bought a house near the school.
• How many bedrooms does your house have?

Sinónimos: home

Expresiones frecuentes: buy a house, small house, house with a garden

house, música house

Tipo de música electrónica para bailar, con un ritmo marcado y regular.

En inglés sencillo: A type of electronic dance music with a strong, regular beat.

• The DJ played house all night.
• She makes house music on her laptop.
• This club is famous for its house nights.

Expresiones frecuentes: house music, house track, deep house

casa, editorial

Empresa, especialmente una que publica libros o diseña ropa de moda.

En inglés sencillo: A company, especially one that publishes books or creates fashionable clothes.

• She works for a publishing house.
• The fashion house launched a new collection.
• Several publishing houses rejected his first novel.

Sinónimos: company, firm

Expresiones frecuentes: publishing house, fashion house, design house

casa, establecimiento

Negocio que atiende a clientes u ofrece entretenimiento, o las personas que lo dirigen.

En inglés sencillo: A business serving guests or providing entertainment, or the people who run it.

• Dessert is on the house.
• The house reserves the right to refuse service.
• We chose the house wine with our meal.

Cómo se usa: on the house (The manager said our drinks were on the house.)

Sinónimos: establishment, management

Expresiones frecuentes: on the house, house rules, house wine

albergar, contener

Guardar o contener algo dentro de un edificio o recipiente.

En inglés sencillo: To keep or contain something inside a building or container.

• The museum houses an art collection.
• They housed the equipment in a dry shed.
• The old factory now houses a library.

Cómo se usa: house something in something (They house the records in a secure building.); be housed in something (The collection is housed in the old library.)

Sinónimos: contain, hold, store

Expresiones frecuentes: house a collection, house equipment, house something inside

alojar, albergar

Proporcionar a alguien un lugar donde vivir.

En inglés sencillo: To provide someone with a place to live.

• The shelter houses twenty people.
• They housed the students in a nearby hostel.
• Where will the displaced families be housed?

Cómo se usa: house someone in something (The council housed the families in empty apartments.)

Sinónimos: accommodate, shelter

Expresiones frecuentes: house homeless people, house refugees, house someone temporarily

alojar, encerrar

Encerrar y proteger las piezas que hacen funcionar una máquina dentro de una cubierta o carcasa.

En inglés sencillo: To surround and protect the working parts of a machine with a cover or case.

• The plastic case houses the motor.
• They housed the gears in a steel box.
• All moving parts are housed inside the machine's protective cover.

Cómo se usa: be housed in something (The gears are housed in a metal casing.)

Sinónimos: enclose, encase

Expresiones frecuentes: house the motor, house mechanical parts, house the gears