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departamento de piso

English translation: housekeeping

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Spanish term or phrase:	departamento de piso
English translation:	housekeeping
Entered by:	Rick Henry

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05:29 Nov 28, 2004

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Spanish term or phrase: departamento de piso

hotel management term. Spain.

Thomas Whitney KudoZ activity Questions: 128 (none open) (5 without valid answers) Answers: 9
Local time: 12:28

housekeeping

Explanation:
If you look at this site: http://www.externaloutsourcing.com/out/hotelera.htm - you'll see that it's used as overall care and management of hotel property.

HTH

R.
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I should add that in the US, housekeeping is used, in addition to one\'s personal household, to decribe a larger organization\'s cleaning/upkeep functions (see definition number 2):

Main Entry: house·keep·ing
Pronunciation: -pi[ng]
Function: noun
1 : the management of a house and home affairs
2 : the care and management of property and the provision of equipment and services (as for an industrial organization)
3 : the routine tasks that must be done in order for a system to function or to function efficiently

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Rick Henry
United States
Local time: 11:28

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Sounds perfect. thanks.
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housekeeping

Rick Henry

floor apartment

Maria Luisa Duarte

Discussion entries: 2

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23 mins confidence:

floor apartment

Explanation:
departamento = department; apartment

Home and Away City Apartment 1 Amsterdam - [ Traduzca esta página ]... Super central, near Dam square, a recently renovated 1st and 2nd floor apartment. ... Apartment 1 Nieuwe Nieuwstraat 1st / 2nd floor - Near Dam Sq. (4 pers). ...
www.hotel-bookings.nl/nieuwe-nieuwstraat-apartment.html

Reference: http://tlwh.com/johnson/sptles09.htm

Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Local time: 18:28
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