refugio

Definitions of refugio
  1. noun
    a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians
    synonyms: burladero, isla, isleta
  2. noun
    a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
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    oasis
    a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
    barraca, cabaña, cambucho, casuca, casucha, chabola, chamizo, chiscón, choza, cobertizo, conejera, covacha, covachuela, cuartucho, cuchitril, cumucho, jacalón, quilombo, socucha, tabuco, tugurio, zahurda, zahúrda, zaquizamí
    small crude shelter used as a dwelling
    palomar
    a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
    acogida, asilo, sagrado
    a shelter from danger or hardship
    carpa, pabellón, tienda, tienda de campaña
    a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
    pabellón
    a bell-shaped tent
    iglú
    an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
    caseta, cenador, pabellón, quiosco, templete, vestuario, vestuarios
    large and often sumptuous tent
    tipi
    a Native American tent; usually of conical shape
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    construcción, estructura
    a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
  3. noun
    a shelter from danger or hardship
    synonyms: acogida, asilo, sagrado
  4. noun
    a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
    synonyms: oasis
  5. noun
    a safe place
    synonyms: seguridad
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    área
    a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
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