hostal

hostal m (plural hostals)

1. boarding house; cheap hotel

• hospital

• “hostal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Spanish ostal, hostal, borrowed from Old Occitan ostal[1], from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“shelter, hospice, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“of a host or guest; hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Doublet of hospital and hotel.

• IPA^(key): /osˈtal/, [osˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al

hostal m (plural hostales)

1. hostel; cheap hotel

• hospital
• huésped

• “hostal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.