habitasyon
habitasyón with stress marks
habitation
Usage Note
Habitasyon is an archaic or formal term from Spanish habitación (room, dwelling), rarely used in everyday Tagalog today — silid or kwarto are the common words for room. It appears in old legal documents, religious texts, and literature from the Spanish colonial era.
Examples
" Maluwag ang lumang habitasyon. "
Natural Translation
The old habitation is spacious.
Literal Translation
Spacious the old habitation.
" Ang habitasyon ng mga prayle noon ay maluwag at maayos. "
Natural Translation
The habitation of the friars back then was spacious and orderly.
Literal Translation
The habitation of-the friars then was spacious and orderly.
" Sa mga lumang dokumentong legal, ang salitang habitasyon ay tumutukoy sa tirahan na ngayon ay tinatawag na lamang nating silid o kwarto. "
Natural Translation
In old legal documents, the word habitation refers to a dwelling that we now simply call a room.
Literal Translation
In-the plural old document legal, the word habitation is refers to-the dwelling that now is called only by-us room or room.
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