Meaning
living room, stay
- living room, lounge
- stay, visit
In a sentence
Il soggiorno in hotel è stato molto breve.
The hotel stay was very short.
Hai già pulito il soggiorno oggi?
Have you already cleaned the living room today?
Non passo molto tempo in soggiorno la sera.
I don't spend much time in the living room in the evening.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| soggiorno | masculine · singular |
| soggiorni | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- For a hotel or travel stay, soggiorno is common; permanenza often sounds more formal or emphasizes duration.
- For the room, soggiorno is standard in real-estate and furniture contexts; salotto is cozier and often implies a sitting room.
- In travel bureaucracy, permesso di soggiorno is a fixed expression for residence permit; don’t translate it word by word.