convento

Meaning

convent, monastery

Concepts

convent

monastery

abbey

cloister

nunnery

Synonyms

monasterio

abadía

claustro

seminario

Translations

klooster

couvent

convento

Kloster

μοναστήρι

convento

monastero

monastère

manastır

convent

mosteiro

monasterium

دير

αβαείο

Hyphenated as

con‧ven‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/komˈbento/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: conventus

In summary

Borrowed from Latin conventus. Cf. the Old Spanish form conviento.

Sentences

Tras todas estas series de hechos , el convento quedó abandonado a su suerte .

After all these series of events, the convent was abandoned to its fate.

En el mismo convento que reemplazó a la antigua ermita de Sta.

In the same convent that replaced the old hermitage of Sta.

Su paisano Ramón Otero Pedrayo escribió sobre su vida " Las palmas del convento .

His countryman Ramón Otero Pedrayo wrote about his life "The palms of the convent.