🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

cooperativa de vivienda

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ko-o-pe-ɾa-ti-βa ðe βi-βjen-da

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Housing cooperative/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ koʊˈɑːp.ɚ.ə.tɪv/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La cooperativa de vivienda construyó un nuevo complejo residencial."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A legal corporation, often a cooperative, which owns real estate consisting of one or more residential buildings and owns shares in the corporation entitling the shareholder to occupy a specific housing unit.

    "Members of the housing cooperative voted to approve the renovation of the communal rooftop garden."
  2. 2

    A residential association formed by prospective homeowners to jointly acquire land and construct apartment complexes or housing developments more affordably.

    "The local housing cooperative successfully purchased the land plot to build affordable apartments for its members."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'housing', from Old English 'hūsian', and 'cooperative', from Late Latin 'cooperativus', originating in the 19th century worker and social reform movements. The term evolved to describe a legal association formed to provide and manage shared residential property and living spaces for its members.

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🇫🇷French → English

coopérative d'habitation

Transliteration: ko-pe-ʁa-tiv da-bi-ta-sjɔ̃

"La coopérative d'habitation gère plusieurs immeubles dans le centre-ville."

🇩🇪German → English

Wohnungsgenossenschaft

Transliteration: VO-nʊŋs-ɡə-nɔ-sən-ʃaft

"Die Wohnungsgenossenschaft bietet bezahlbaren Wohnraum für ihre Mitglieder."

🇮🇹Italian → English

cooperativa edilizia

Transliteration: ko-ope-ra-ti-va e-di-li-tsia

"Molte famiglie fanno parte di una cooperativa edilizia per costruire la loro casa."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

cooperativa de vivienda

Transliteration: ko-o-pe-ɾa-ti-βa ðe βi-βjen-da

"La cooperativa de vivienda construyó un nuevo complejo residencial."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

cooperativa habitacional

Transliteration: ku-o-pe-ɾa-ti-vɐ a-bi-ta-si-o-naw

"A cooperativa habitacional facilitou a compra da casa própria."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

आवास सहकारी समिति

Transliteration: aavas sahakaari samiti

"यह आवास सहकारी समिति अपने सदस्यों को सस्ते घर प्रदान करती है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

住房合作社

Transliteration: zhùfáng hézuòshè

"住房合作社为居民提供了一种负担得起的住房解决方案。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

주택조합

Transliteration: jutaek-johap

"지역주택조합은 무주택자들이 모여 아파트를 짓는 제도입니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

住宅協同組合

Transliteration: jūtaku kyōdō kumiai

"住宅協同組合を通じて新しいマンションを建設しました。"

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