Thread: moradores?

moradores son los habitantes de una casa, no me parece que residents te de la palabra exacta para la traducción, más bien inhabitant.

no sé por qué hace un momento se me bloqueó la pc y no terminé el mensaje.
aquí te estoy poniendo lo que dice la rae.
es común escuchar tanto los moradores del lugar como los residentes del lugar o del edificio, etc.
tendrías que revisar el inglés para inhabitant y resident.
residente.

1. adj. Que reside. U. t. c. s.
2. adj. Dicho de un funcionario o de un empleado: Que vive en el lugar donde tiene el cargo o empleo. U. t. c.

morador, ra.
1. adj. Que habita o está de asiento en un lugar. U. t. c. s.

Originally Posted by exxcéntrica

Hola Scotty: En España como moradores entendemos a la gente que vive en un lugar. En esta frase para mí la palabra que usaría yo sería resident o inhabitant. Ahora solo falta que nos diga algún nativo, cuál de las dos palabras sea más adecuada en el contexto. ¿Los moradores en cuestión llevan desde siempre en la casa? Usaría residents, que no, inhabitant.

También he visto usar la palabra "denizen", pero parece que está un poco desfasada.

Morador es una persona que no necesariamente vive en un lugar por largo plazo. Pero incluso eso es relativo.

ScotJ knows this already so I'm just putting it out for translators who are not totally familiar with U.S. English.

In the U.S. we don't often use the word inhabitants to describe people living in a house or hotel or apartment. We say residents. We use inhabitants on a larger scale like, those living in a city. Residents is the most common word used to describe people living in a house, a town, a city, or the whole country; however, the words are interchangeble and you would be correct in using either.

Otra cosa:

Exx: ¿Los moradores en cuestión llevan desde siempre en la casa? Usaría residents, que no, inhabitant.

If the people in the place in question don't live there but are merely de visita, or guests (huespedes), as in a hotel the better word for them would be occupant (occupante).

Originally Posted by exxcéntrica

Hi Vicente, ocupante could not be used in Spanish (over here at least) as the okupas, normally spelled with a k, are people who occupy a house or building illegally!

I thought, a resident could be somebody living permanently in a place, an inhabitant not necessarily so permanently. Thanks for your input, Vicente, as I can see they are quite interchangeable.

I support mem's translation.

Hi Exx:

In the U.S occupant is used frequently to describe situations of an unsure or temporary nature....Like "There was a house fire but all the occupants escaped unharmed."..."due to a bomb scare in the office building all the occupants were evacuated". And like, on an airplane, where the restroom is "occupied" the person inside would be an occupant, not a resident!! (al menos, hopefully, if you are waiting outside jejejej)

In the U.S. we don't often use the word inhabitants to describe people living in a house or hotel or apartment. We say residents. We use inhabitants on a larger scale like, those living in a city. Residents is the most common word used to describe people living in a house, a town, a city, or the whole country; however, the words are interchangeble and you would be correct in using either.
In the U.S occupant is used frequently to describe situations of an unsure or temporary nature....Like "There was a house fire but all the occupants escaped unharmed."..."due to a bomb scare in the office building all the occupants were evacuated". And like, on an airplane, where the restroom is "occupied" the person inside would be an occupant, not a resident!!

Very interesting...that's why I suggested that Scott had to check the use of English for resident and inhabitant.