asil

Pronúncia: əzíl
    masculí
  1. asylum.
  2. sanctuary.
  3. figuradament shelter, refuge.
  4. dret d’asil right of sanctuary.
  5. demanar asil polític to ask for political asylum.
  6. [establiment de caritat] home, institution.
  7. asil d’ancians old people’s home.
  8. asil d’orfes orphanage.
  9. asil de bojos lunatic asylum.
  10. asil de pobres poor- house.


    11. FALSOS AMICS!

    Quan se li va morir la dona, van traslladar-lo a un asil d’ancians. He had to be moved to an old people’s home when his wife died.
    No tenia on anar, de manera que passava les nits en un asil d’indigents. He didn’t have a place to go so, at nights, he slept in a hostel for down-and-outs.