asilo
Meanings
Noun
1. shelter, refuge
2. asylum (home)
3. asylum (political asylum)
4. old people's home, rest home, nursing home (a place of residence for people who require assistance from carers) (usually derogatory, derogatory)
5. old people's home, retirement village, retirement home, residence for the elderly (a place of residence for people who require little or no assistance from carers) (usually derogatory, derogatory)
Examples3
Han construido un asilo para ciegos.
They built an asylum for the blind.
Este mundo es tan sólo un asilo de dementes.
This world is just an insane asylum.
Es menester hacerle caso al que os dio asilo.
It's your duty to listen to those who sheltered you.