refugio

/reˈfuxjo/, [reˈfu.xjo]

refuge, shelter


Noun refugio m (plural refugios)

  1. a refuge
  2. safety

Verb refugio

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of refugiar.

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Examples
  • Él buscó refugio de la lluvia.

    He sought shelter from the rain.

  • Vamos a necesitar refugio.

    We'll need shelter.

  • La consistencia es el último refugio del poco imaginativo.

    Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

  • La conversación sobre el tiempo es el último refugio del poco imaginativo.

    Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

  • El patriotismo es el último refugio de los canallas.

    Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

  • El cabrero condujo a las cabras, todas blancas por la nieve, al interior de una cueva desierta en busca de refugio.

    A goatherd drove his goats, all white with snow, into a deserted cave for shelter.

  • La ambición es el último refugio del fracaso.

    Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

  • Mi habitación es un refugio inviolable.

    My room is an inviolable refuge.

  • El viejo dio refugio al niño.

    The old man gave the child shelter.

  • Tom empezó a trabajar como voluntario en el refugio de desposeídos cuando aún seguía en la escuela secundaria.

    Tom began working as a volunteer at the homeless shelter while he was still in high school.


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