What does villa in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word villa in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use villa in Spanish.

The word villa in Spanish means villa, house, small town with privileges, city hall, finders keepers, losers weepers, shanty town, shantytown, Olympic village, Roman villa. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word villa

villa, house

nombre femenino (casa de recreo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Teníamos una villa en una provincia norteña.
We had a villa (or: house) in the northern province.

small town with privileges

nombre femenino (Historia: población con privilegios)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

city hall

nombre propio femenino (ES (ayuntamiento) (large population)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Antes, el ayuntamiento de Madrid estaba en la Casa de la Villa.

finders keepers, losers weepers

expresión (coloquial (aconseja cuidar su lugar)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
¿Este era tu puesto? Búscate otro: el que se va a la villa pierde su silla.
Was that your seat? Look for another one: finders keepers, losers weepers.

shanty town, shantytown

nombre femenino (Argentina (barrio de chabolas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se criaron en una villa miseria de la ciudad de Córdoba.
They grew up in a shanty town in the city of Cordoba.

Olympic village

locución nominal femenina (alojamiento de atletas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Roman villa

locución nominal femenina (casa rural)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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