Translation of amenity – English–Portuguese dictionary

amenity

uk
/əˈmiː.nə.ti/
us
/əˈmen.ə.t̬i/
something, such as a swimming pool or shopping centre, that is intended to make life more pleasant or comfortable for the people in a town, hotel, or other place
equipamento
The council has some spare cash, which it proposes to spend on public amenities. A prefeitura tem algum dinheiro sobrando e se propõe a gastar em instalações públicas.
basic amenities
things considered to be necessary to live comfortably, such as hot water:
The 200-year-old jail is overcrowded, understaffed, and lacking in basic amenities. A prisão de 200 anos está superlotada, com falta de pessoal e sem as instalações básicas.
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(Translation of amenity from the Cambridge English-Portuguese Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of amenity | PASSWORD English–Portuguese Dictionary

amenity
noun
/əˈmiːnəti/
 
plural amenities
something that makes life more pleasant or convenient
amenidade
This part of town has a lot of amenities – good shops, parks etc.

(Translation of amenity from the PASSWORD English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2021 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of amenity

amenity
Clearly, air attacks on city centres which provided essential amenities to nearby working-class communities severely damaged civilian morale in these areas.
They desperately wanted all the social amenities that went with a bridewealth marriage, but were unwilling to let the importance of bridewealth overshadow the importance of consent.
The different types of accommodation tend to be geographically segregated with regard to tenure, price, size and neighbourhood amenities, leading to a sorting of the population.
In addition, expenditure on housing and community amenities, as well as other community and social services, provided substantial benefits to the poor and disadvantaged.
Consequently, the value of environmental quality must be inferred from changes in behaviour, making it quite difficult to estimate the impact of income on the value of such amenities.
The state partly agreed to these demands and to provide civic amenities in labor colonies, but it would not agree on the issue of suspending the responsible officials.
Stereotypically, the rich own agricultural land, modern consumer goods like televisions, telephones and quality furniture, and live in brick-built houses with tiled floors and modern amenities.
Thus, perhaps to a greater extent than in developed countries, the ability to obtain and to enjoy these facilities and amenities depends on the educational attainment of the individual.
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Translations of amenity

in Chinese (Traditional)
生活福利設施,便利設施, 娛樂消遣設施…
in Chinese (Simplified)
生活福利设施,便利设施, 娱乐消遣设施…
in Spanish
servicio, comodidad, amenidad…
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in Ukrainian
yaşamı kolaylaştıran şeylerin tümü, hoşluk, kolaylık…
commodités…
faciliteit…
půvab, pohodlí, dobré vybavení…
bekvemmelighed, behagelighed…
fasilitas…
สิ่งอำนวยความสะดวก…
tiện nghi…
atrakcja, udogodnienie…
lockelse, bekvämlighet, facilitet…
kemudahan…
die Annehmlichkeiten…
bekvemmelighet, gode…
втіхи, задоволення…
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