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Coachpotato Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

types of houses

What are the diferences between a Chalet, a bungalow, a villa, and a cottage?

In Spanish we call Chalet to a beautiful big detached house, usually situated in a posh area or near the beach (that's not essential, though), but in English I think a Chalet is a house with just one floor. A bungalow is a small house built for holidaymakers and a cottage is a small house in the country. Am I right? And what about a villa?

And what do you call one of those houses with a big roof that are normally built in the mountains? Do you understand what I mean? In Spanish we call them bungalows but I don't think that's correct in English, is it?

Are there any other important types of houses I should know?

Thanks for your answers.
  

Top answer

villa=mansion? incho

  • villa=mansion?
  • incho
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7 Answers
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I think different countries use the names differently (UK and US property type words can be completely different).

Which country's version are you interested in learning?
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Nona The BritI think different countries use the names differently (UK and US property type words can be completely different).

Which country's version are you interested in learning?

UK's please.
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Here we go then, according to the UK

Chalet is not really used for permanent houses in the UK. We talk of holiday chalets. They tend to be very small, often a bit cheap and nasty, and make me think of holiday camps and drizzly grey seaside developments on the UK coast. Not very classy. We do, however, realise that chalets in Europe are another matter and we would talk about Ski Ch
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Please find the Oxford Dictionary of English's (second revised edition, 2005) definitons below.

Chalet 1) A wooden house with overhanging eavings, typically found in the Swiss Alps. 2) (Brit.) A small cabin or house used by holidaymakers, forming a unit within a holiday complex.

Bungalow A low house having only one storey or, in some cases, upper rooms set in the ro
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Thanks for your answers. Emotion: smile
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These are a very nice definitions, thank you.

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