mudanza
nounCEFR B1
What does “mudanza” mean in English?
1.house move, removal
house move, removal (the process of moving home, or the removal service)
2.house move, removal
house move, removal (the process of moving home, or the removal service)
Example sentences
La mudanza fue un caos total: tres cajas se cayeron del camión y llegamos al nuevo piso completamente agotados.
The move was total chaos: three boxes fell off the van and we arrived at the new flat completely exhausted.
Contratamos una empresa de mudanzas para los muebles grandes y llevamos nosotros mismos las cajas con la ropa y los libros.
We hired a removal company for the large furniture and took the boxes with clothes and books ourselves.
Llevamos semanas preparando la mudanza: embalamos por las noches y donamos todo lo que ya no necesitamos.
We've been preparing the move for weeks: we pack in the evenings and donate everything we no longer need.
How to use it
Mudanza is the noun for 'house move' or 'removal' — the act or process of moving house, and by extension the removal company or service. Key collocations: hacer la mudanza (to do the move), empresa de mudanzas (removal company), camión de mudanzas (removal van), el día de la mudanza (moving day). It is feminine. At B1 it appears in planning and narrating housing transitions.
Common mistake
Mudanza is the noun (the move, the removal); mudarse is the verb (to move house). Don't say 'la mudarse' — mudanza is the nominalised form. Also: empresa de mudanzas is a fixed compound; don't try to say 'empresa de moverse'.