Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
App. 2/3 pax,
English translation:
Apartment/condo sleeping 2/3 3/4 persons
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Liliana Roman-Hamilton
Oct 15, 2007 17:37
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is it Apt. 2/3 people?
is it Apt. 2/3 people?
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| 5 +5 | Apartment/condo sleeping 2/3 3/4 people |
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| 4 | Apartment 2/3 persons |
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Oct 18, 2007 19:07: Liliana Roman-Hamilton changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/14862">Maria Burnett's</a> old entry - " App. 2/3 pax, "" to ""Apartment/condo sleeping 2/3 3/4 people""
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Apartment/condo sleeping 2/3 3/4 people
App. is an apartment, a condo.
2/3 3/4 is the # of people that the apratment can hold.
Pax means passengers, people, guests.
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Note added at 6 mins (2007-10-15 17:43:47 GMT)
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sorry, typo: apartment, not apratment!
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Note added at 12 hrs (2007-10-16 06:24:25 GMT)
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Note of explanation to Jim.
I've been working as a travel agent for 10 years (4 in the US) and when my American clients want to stay in an apartment let's say in Maui, they say "I'd like to stay in a condo" as opposed to staying in a hotel. I think condo is shorter than saying apartment, this is why at least in the US I've heard it more often than apartment.
In Italy my clients would say for example: "quanto costa una settimana di vacanza in appartamento in Sardegna?", again, as opposed to a vacation in a hotel.
There are some properties which are only condos (buildings of apartments/condos only) like the one I have shown you in my link below, and others which have rooms AND apartments.
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Note added at 12 hrs (2007-10-16 06:31:51 GMT)
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See definitions below (at point B):
http://www.answers.com/topic/condominium?cat=biz-fin
CONDOMINIUM
A) A building or complex in which units of property, such as apartments, are owned by individuals and common parts of the property, such as the grounds and building structure, are owned jointly by the unit owners.
B) A unit in such a complex.
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/CONDOMINIUM
One of the dwelling units in a condominium
- condo [N. Amer]
Housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned
2/3 3/4 is the # of people that the apratment can hold.
Pax means passengers, people, guests.
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Note added at 6 mins (2007-10-15 17:43:47 GMT)
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sorry, typo: apartment, not apratment!
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Note added at 12 hrs (2007-10-16 06:24:25 GMT)
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Note of explanation to Jim.
I've been working as a travel agent for 10 years (4 in the US) and when my American clients want to stay in an apartment let's say in Maui, they say "I'd like to stay in a condo" as opposed to staying in a hotel. I think condo is shorter than saying apartment, this is why at least in the US I've heard it more often than apartment.
In Italy my clients would say for example: "quanto costa una settimana di vacanza in appartamento in Sardegna?", again, as opposed to a vacation in a hotel.
There are some properties which are only condos (buildings of apartments/condos only) like the one I have shown you in my link below, and others which have rooms AND apartments.
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Note added at 12 hrs (2007-10-16 06:31:51 GMT)
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See definitions below (at point B):
http://www.answers.com/topic/condominium?cat=biz-fin
CONDOMINIUM
A) A building or complex in which units of property, such as apartments, are owned by individuals and common parts of the property, such as the grounds and building structure, are owned jointly by the unit owners.
B) A unit in such a complex.
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/CONDOMINIUM
One of the dwelling units in a condominium
- condo [N. Amer]
Housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned
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Margherita Zappatore
: agree, marghe
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grazie Marghe!
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Lara Galgani
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grazie!
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texjax DDS PhD
: pax pax pax..hummm...magari si tratta di turisti pacifisti... :-))))))))))))) pace a te, o Lilliiiiiiiii
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Pax tibi etiam, Brunae (spero di non aver detto una frescaccia in latino...;-D )
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Michael Tovbin
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thanks Michael
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James (Jim) Davis
: Hi Liliana, I've always been unsure about what a "condo" is in the US. In Itally a "condominio" is a whole group of apartments administered together. In the UK there aren't or at least weren't any I can remember. Thanks for all the details :-)
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Yes, it's what you think:a group of apartments. Condo=condominuim. Example here: http://www.pleasantholidays.com/PleasantHolidaysWeb/Hawaii-H...
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Maximillian M Gold
: forgot to say, "yes"... as for pax, was only ever meant to be used as an abbreviation on airline tickets etc. due to lack of space. Why hotels bothered to take it on I don't know.. no imagination??
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I tell ya why Max: instead of writing "persone/passeggeri" in the Italian travel jargon we use "pax" which corresponds in English to the abbreviated written form: "psgr"/"psgrs".
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