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alloggiare

to stay

verb ahl-loh-JAH-reh Rare
Travel & Places Accommodation

Origin: From Old French logier (to lodge), from loge (lodge/shelter).

Also means

to accommodate

Usage Note

Alloggiare means to lodge or stay somewhere (as a guest or resident). It takes avere as auxiliary: ho alloggiato in un ostello ('I stayed in a hostel'). It can also be transitive: alloggiare i turisti ('to accommodate tourists'). More formal than stare or dormire in the lodging sense. The gg before ia is a held soft-g: ahl-loh-JAH-reh.

Examples

"Alloggiamo in un hotel nel centro."

Natural Translation

We are staying in a hotel in the center.

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