housing

vivienda

Conjunto de casas o pisos destinados a que vivan personas.

En inglés sencillo: Homes for people to live in, considered as a group.

• The town needs more housing.
• Housing prices rose sharply last year.
• Students can apply for university housing.

Sinónimos: accommodation

Expresiones frecuentes: affordable housing, public housing, housing market

carcasa

Cubierta o recipiente que contiene y protege una máquina o una de sus piezas.

En inglés sencillo: A cover or container that holds and protects a machine or one of its parts.

• The motor has a metal housing.
• Remove the housing before replacing the fan.
• Water entered through a crack in the housing.

Sinónimos: casing, case, enclosure

Expresiones frecuentes: motor housing, plastic housing, protective housing

alojamiento

Acción de dar a alguien un lugar donde vivir o de colocar algo en un espacio adecuado.

En inglés sencillo: The act of providing someone with a home or putting something inside a suitable space.

• Housing of homeless families is urgent.
• The charity pays for the temporary housing of refugees.
• Safe housing of the equipment required a larger building.

Cómo se usa: housing of someone/something (The housing of rescued animals requires careful planning.)

Expresiones frecuentes: housing of families, housing of refugees, housing of equipment