Apartment vs We had a flat

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

Apartment

Top 1000 (muito comum) A1 noun

We had a flat

Top 3000 (comum)

Mais comum: Apartment

	Apartment	We had a 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.	We stayed in a home without multiple floors.
Exemplo	They have a beautiful apartment in the city center.	We had a flat near the city center.
Registro	Neutro	Neutro
Quão comum	Top 1000 (muito comum)	Top 3000 (comum)
Nível CEFR	A1	-
Classe gramatical	noun
Colocações	large, spacious, cramped, buy, lease, rent, block, building, complex, large, spacious, cramped, buy, lease, rent, block, building, complex, private, royal, state	two-bedroom flat, flat share, luxury flat, top-floor flat, furnished flat
Antônimos	house, mansion	-
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	Confused with 'flats' meaning 'level surfaces'., Using 'flat' for multi-floor homes., Misunderstanding the term in American contexts.
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.	Typically used in British English to refer to an apartment. It may not be understood in American English where 'apartment' is more commonly used.

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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

- Little late, Coop. - Yeah, we had a flat.

We had a flat

Perguntas frequentes: Apartment vs We had a flat

Qual é a diferença entre Apartment e We had a flat?

Apartment: A place where people live, usually in a building with other homes. We had a flat: We stayed in a home without multiple floors.

Qual é mais comum: Apartment e We had a flat?

Apartment é a mais comum no inglês do dia a dia.

Pode mostrar um exemplo de cada?

Apartment: They have a beautiful apartment in the city center. We had a flat: We had a flat near the city center.

Posso usar Apartment e We had a flat de forma intercambiável?

Nem sempre. Apartment e We had a 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.