Eduardo explained to us the different names that are used for dwellings in Spain
- casa - a house of any type
- villa - often used to describe a casa but more properly describes a small town or group of houses
- bungalow - a house on one level
- chalet - a house that could be in the country or on a mountain or by the the beach
- adosado - a semi detached house (there is no Spanish name for the popular quad houses)
- hilera de casas adosadas - a terrace of houses
- duplex - one house on top of another
- piso - a large apartment
- apartamento - a smaller form of piso - a flat
- ático - top floor apartment in a block of flats - the penthouse
- casa rural - a house in the country
- finca - a farm with a casa
- chabola - a shanty house - there's apparently a district in Madrid which is composed of these
- casa cueva - a cave house cut into a mountain - usually a cheap form of housing
- caseta - is a hut or a stand at an exhibition or the dugout at a football stadium or even a dog kennel
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