amparo

Definitions of amparo
  1. noun
    protective covering that provides protection from the weather
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    columbario, palomar
    a shelter for birds
    caseta para perros
    outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
    alpende, cobertizo
    rough shelter whose roof has only one slope
    garita
    a small shelter with an open front to protect a sentry from the weather
    carpa, carroza, entoldado, store, tendal, tienda, tolda, toldo
    a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
    baldaquino, baldaquín
    ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)
    paraguas
    a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
    type of:
    protección
    a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
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