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habitado

inhabited

adjective ah-bee-TAH-doh Rare

Also means

occupied

Usage Note

Habitado is the past participle of habitar used adjectivally. It describes a place where people live: una isla habitada (an inhabited island). Its antonym, deshabitado or inhabitado, means uninhabited. It is not used for objects or people — use ocupado for a room or seat that is taken.

Examples

"El pueblo estaba habitado desde la antigüedad."

Natural Translation

The village had been inhabited since antiquity.

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