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departamento

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “departamento” mean in English?

  1. apartment

Example sentences

  • Vivo en un departamento.

    I live in an apartment. (LA)

  • Mi departamento tiene dos baños.

    My apartment has two bathrooms.

  • Trabaja en el departamento de ventas.

    He works in the sales department.

How to use it

Departamento means 'apartment' (Latin America). Masculine: el departamento. In Spain it means a 'department' (work or university), not a flat.

Common mistake

Departamento = apartment in LA, department in Spain. Match audience: in Spain say piso for the dwelling.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.