Meanings (ES + gloss)
aforo • cabida • cabimiento • cupo • espacio • lugar
A particular portion of space.
If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse.
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room.
cabida
Sufficient space for or to do something.
There are major disagreements within the Coalition and politicians always want to retain room for manoeuvre.
There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance.
cuarto • habitación • paraqué • pieza • recámara • sala
A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a roo…
Miss Bingley made no answer, and soon afterwards she got up and walked about the room.
alcoba
(One's) bedroom.
Go to your room!
She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
Phrases
800-pound gorilla in the roomAV roomAmes roomArizona roomBackroomsChinese roomFlorida roomIQ of room temperaturePoolroomsRoombaT-roomanger roomanteroomanti-roomart roomassembly roomassume room temperatureaudit roombaby elephant in the roomback roombackroombagroombalance roomball-roomballroombar roombarrack-room lawyerbarracks room lawyerbarroombath roombathroombathroomettebed roombed-roombed-sitting roombedroombig roombig room housebilliard roombilliard-room
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