hospitalidad
hospitality
noun ohs-pee-tah-lee-DAHD Rare
Origin: Latin hospitalitas, from hospes (guest, host)
Usage Note
Hospitalidad refers to the warm, generous treatment of guests and strangers. The adjective hospitalario (hospitable) shares the root; so does hospital (hospital). Note that in Spanish the h is always silent, so the word begins with the vowel sound /os-/.
Examples
"La hospitalidad de sus anfitriones nos sorprendió a todos."
Natural Translation
Their hosts' hospitality surprised us all.
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