lodge

cabaña, refugio

Edificio en el campo donde se alojan personas para pasar vacaciones o realizar actividades al aire libre.

En inglés sencillo: A building in the countryside where people stay for holidays or outdoor activities.

• We stayed in a mountain lodge.
• The hunters returned to their lodge before dark.
• Several wooden lodges overlook the lake.

Sinónimos: cabin, chalet

Expresiones frecuentes: hunting lodge, ski lodge, mountain lodge

posada, hotel rural

Hotel o posada, especialmente si está en el campo.

En inglés sencillo: A hotel or inn, especially one in the countryside.

• The lodge serves breakfast at seven.
• We booked two rooms at a country lodge.
• The lodge’s guests can use the swimming pool.

Sinónimos: inn, hotel

Expresiones frecuentes: a rural lodge, book a lodge, lodge guests

casa del guarda, portería

Casa pequeña e independiente donde vive un sirviente o trabajador de una propiedad grande.

En inglés sencillo: A small separate house where a servant or worker on a large property lives.

• The gardener lived in a small lodge.
• A lodge stood beside the estate’s main gate.
• They repaired the keeper’s lodge before he moved in.

Expresiones frecuentes: gate lodge, gardener’s lodge, porter’s lodge

madriguera de castor

Refugio que un castor construye con ramas y barro en un lago o estanque.

En inglés sencillo: A shelter that a beaver builds from branches and mud in a lake or pond.

• The beaver built a lodge.
• We spotted two lodges near the lake’s edge.
• The lodge has an entrance below the water.

Sinónimos: beaver den

Expresiones frecuentes: beaver lodge, build a lodge, underwater lodge entrance

atascarse, incrustarse

Quedar firmemente atrapado en un lugar y ser difícil de sacar.

En inglés sencillo: To become stuck firmly in a place and be difficult to remove.

• A seed lodged between my teeth.
• The bullet lodged in a tree.
• Small stones can lodge in the tire.

Cómo se usa: lodge in something (A small bone lodged in his throat.); lodge between A and B (The stick lodged between the two rocks.)

Sinónimos: get stuck, become embedded

Expresiones frecuentes: lodge in something, lodge between something

incrustar, encajar

Hacer que algo quede firmemente encajado o clavado en un lugar.

En inglés sencillo: To make something stick firmly in a particular place.

• The fall lodged a stone in my shoe.
• He lodged the wedge firmly beneath the door.
• The blast had lodged metal fragments in the wall.

Cómo se usa: lodge something in something (The impact lodged a splinter in his hand.); lodge something between A and B (She lodged a stick between the rocks.)

Sinónimos: embed, wedge, fix

Antónimos: dislodge

Expresiones frecuentes: lodge something in something, lodge something firmly

alojarse, hospedarse

Vivir o quedarse temporalmente en casa de otra persona, a menudo pagando por una habitación.

En inglés sencillo: To live or stay temporarily in someone else’s home, often paying for a room.

• We lodged with my aunt.
• He lodged in a rented room while studying.
• Where will the visiting students lodge?

Cómo se usa: lodge with someone (He lodged with a local family.); lodge at/in something (She lodged at a small guesthouse.)

Sinónimos: stay, board, reside

Expresiones frecuentes: lodge with someone, lodge at something

alojar, hospedar

Ofrecer a alguien una habitación o un lugar donde dormir durante un tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: To give someone a room or place to sleep for a time.

• We can lodge two guests here.
• The visitors were lodged in a small hotel.
• Who will lodge the students during their visit?

Cómo se usa: lodge someone in/at something (The organizers lodged the visitors in a nearby hotel.); lodge someone with someone (The school lodged each student with a local family.)

Sinónimos: house, accommodate, put up

Expresiones frecuentes: lodge someone overnight, lodge someone in something