hostal

Meaning

boarding house; cheap hotel

Concepts

inn

hostel

bunkhouse

diggings

digs

domiciliation

flophouse

guesthouse

guest house

hostelry

hostler

hotel

🏨

lodge

lodging house

lodgings

ostler

pad

public house

tavern

auberge

innkeeping

boarding house

Synonyms

fonda

restaurant

alberg

posada

hostatgeria

hotel

🏨

albergueria

pensió

hostalatge

Translations

hostal

auberge

fonda

albergue

osteria

locanda

hospedaria

Gasthaus

posada

🏨

herberg

Wirtshaus

hospitium

πανδοχείο

trattoria

Pronounced as (IPA)

[usˈtal]

Etymology

From Old Catalan hostal, from Late Latin hospitāle (“shelter, hospice, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“of a host or guest; hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). First attested in the 13th century.