dormitorio universitario
/doɾmitoɾjo unibeɾsitaɾjo/from spelling rules
The English phrase "college dorm" is translated into Spanish as dormitorio universitario.
Dormitorio universitario is used to describe a bedroom or residential building provided by a college for its students.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of dormitorio (dormitory/bedroom) and universitario (university-related).
Which one should you use?
While dormitorio universitario refers to the room or the sleeping quarters, residencia universitaria is the more common way to refer to the entire residential building or the institution of student housing.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico and Venezuela, residencia estudiantil can be used to refer to a college dormitory. In Cuba and the Dominican Republic, albergue estudiantil is used to describe a college dormitory.
How does it change in a sentence?
To make the phrase plural, both the noun and the adjective must be pluralized, resulting in dormitorios universitarios.
How do you pronounce it?
/doɾmitoɾjo unibeɾsitaɾjo/
Did you know?
- In Spain, students often refer to their housing as a piso compartido (shared flat) rather than a residencia universitaria because living in private apartments is more culturally common.
- The word residencia can refer to both a student dorm and a nursing home for the elderly, depending on the context.
- The Spanish language has a specific word convivencia to describe the act of living together in a shared space like a residencia universitaria.
Examples in context
- Me mudaré a una residencia universitaria el próximo semestre.I will move to a college dorm next semester.
- Solicité una habitación en un colegio mayor para mi primer año de universidad.I applied for a room in a college dorm for my first year of university.
- Comparto una habitación en la residencia estudiantil de la universidad.I share a room in the college dorm of the university.
- Mi dormitorio universitario es bastante pequeño.My college dorm is quite small.
- ¿Dónde está el dormitorio universitario?Where is the college dorm?
- Ella vive en un dormitorio universitario moderno.She lives in a modern college dorm.
Example conversation
Mateo and María are discussing their housing for the next semester.
- MateoHola María, ¿ya tienes dormitorio universitario?Hi María, do you have a college dorm yet?
- MaríaNo, Mateo, todavía estoy buscando uno.No, Mateo, I am still looking for one.
- MateoYo vivo en un dormitorio universitario grande.I live in a large college dorm.
- María¡Qué bien! Me gustaría vivir allí.That's great! I would like to live there.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
