Apartment vs Flat

Quando usar cada um em inglês, com significado, registro e exemplos.

Apartment

Top 1000 (muito comum) A1 noun

Flat

Top 1000 (muito comum) A1 noun

	Apartment	Flat
Pronúncia	🇬🇧 /["/əˈpɑːtmənt/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/əˈpɑːrtmənt/"]/	🇬🇧 /["/flæt/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/flæt/"]/
Significado	Um lugar onde as pessoas moram, geralmente num prédio com outras casas. A place where people live, usually in a building with other homes.	Algo que é liso e nivelado, sem solavancos ou morros. Something that is smooth and level without bumps or hills.
Exemplo	They have a beautiful apartment in the city center.	The flat was spacious and filled with natural light.
Registro	Neutro	Neutro
Quão comum	Top 1000 (muito comum)	Top 1000 (muito comum)
Nível CEFR	A1	A1
Classe gramatical	noun	noun
Colocações	large, spacious, cramped, buy, lease, rent, block, building, complex, large, spacious, cramped, buy, lease, rent, block, building, complex, private, royal, state	big, spacious, modest, block, have, own, rent, be located, face something, overlook something, at a/​the flat, in a/​the flat, convert something into flats, divide something into flats, make something into flats, coastal, tidal, mud, on the flat
Antônimos	house, mansion	curved, bumpy, uneven
Erros comuns	Confused with 'flat' in British English, Using 'appartment' with incorrect spelling, Saying 'in the apartment' instead of 'at the apartment' in some contexts	Confusing with 'plane' which refers to a geometric concept., Using 'flat' where 'flatter' is needed grammatically., Misusing as a verb; 'flat' is mainly an adjective.
Notas de uso	Use 'apartamento' em conversas do dia a dia. É mais comum em português do que 'flat' (usado em inglês britânico). Evite usar em contextos muito formais. Use 'apartment' in everyday conversation. More common in American English than 'flat', used in British English. Avoid using in very formal contexts.	Use 'flat' para descrever superfícies, objetos ou o humor de uma pessoa. Não é apropriado para descrever pessoas de forma negativa ou rude; pode implicar tédio se usado para personalidade. Use 'flat' to describe surfaces, objects, or a person's mood. Not appropriate for describing people in a negative or rude way; can imply dullness if used for personality.

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They furnished off an apartment with a two-room Roebucks sale

All right. Here's the apartment where the killing took place.

The Wire › S1 E1

Decomp in a vacant apartment.

They furnished off an apartment with a two-room Roebucks sale

All right. Here's the apartment where the killing took place.

Apartment

Perguntas frequentes: Apartment vs Flat

Qual é a diferença entre Apartment e Flat?

Apartment: A place where people live, usually in a building with other homes. Flat: Something that is smooth and level without bumps or hills.

Apartment e Flat estão no mesmo nível CEFR?

Apartment: A1, Flat: A1 na escala CEFR.

Que classe gramatical são Apartment e Flat?

Apartment: noun, Flat: noun.

Pode mostrar um exemplo de cada?

Apartment: They have a beautiful apartment in the city center. Flat: The flat was spacious and filled with natural light.

Posso usar Apartment e Flat de forma intercambiável?

Nem sempre. Apartment e Flat são relacionadas e às vezes se sobrepõem, mas diferem em registro, frequência e uso, então trocar uma pela outra pode mudar o sentido ou o tom. Veja as diferenças acima antes de substituir.