What does hogar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word hogar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use hogar in Spanish.

The word hogar in Spanish means home, home, fireplace, home, desertion, abandonment, home assistance, warmth of home, orphanage, nursing home, home, sweet home, second home, housework. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word hogar

home

nombre masculino (vivienda)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Me encanta como ha decorado su hogar, resulta muy acogedor.
I love how he's decorated his home. It's turned out very cosy.

home

nombre masculino (donde vive una familia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En su hogar reinaba la armonía.
Peace reigned in her home.

fireplace

nombre masculino (lugar para la lumbre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El hogar estaba lleno de las brasas del fuego de la noche anterior.
The fireplace was full of embers from the fire the night before.

home

nombre masculino (local para grupo social) (institution)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El hogar del jubilado de mi barrio tiene cafetería y zona para bailar.
The retirement home in my neighbourhood has a cafeteria and an area for dancing.

desertion, abandonment

(abandono de familia) (legal: family)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Clara demandó a su exesposo por abandono de hogar.
Clara sued her ex-husband for abandonment.

home assistance

(cuidados a domicilio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

warmth of home

(calidez familiar)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

orphanage

locución nominal femenina (orfanato)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los hermanos crecieron en una casa hogar porque sus padres murieron en un accidente.
The brothers grew up in an orphanage because their parents died in an accident.

nursing home

locución nominal masculina (asilo) (formal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mi abuela vive en un hogar de ancianos.
My grandma lives in a nursing home.

home, sweet home

expresión (casa: remanso de paz)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Por fin llegamos, hogar dulce hogar.
Here we are at last. Home, sweet home.

second home

(hogar sentido como el propio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

housework

(labores domésticas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Sergio es muy bueno en las tareas del hogar.
Sergio is very good at housework.

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