Spanish English Dictionary

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refugio in English:

1. shelter shelter


Children depend on their parents for food, clothing and shelter.
We took shelter under a tree.
Unlike birds, which feed and shelter their young, fish abandon their eggs.
Food, clothing and shelter are the foundations of survival.
I took the shortcut back to the woods, locked my shelter, and opened the basket.
Because of the rain we made for the nearest shelter.
Can you imagine how many Lincoln Logs it would take to build an actual shelter?
Studies show that once the basic needs of shelter and food are met, additional wealth adds very little to happiness.
If anything happens you should quickly seek shelter and lock the door
They all hid in an air-raid shelter. The shelter provides help for battered women.
I remember building a shelter in the forest to play in when we were children.
Every dog needs a home, shelter, and loving owner.
seek shelter
I had to live in a shelter when my house was damaged.
Secondly, we told people to go down in their basements and build a fallout shelter.

English word "refugio"(shelter) occurs in sets:

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2. refuge refuge


We took refuge behind a big tree.
We took refuge in a cave and waited for the storm to pass.
We took refuge from the storm in a nearby barn.
It took them nearly ten minutes to catch Scabbers, who had taken refuge under a wastepaper
they had to take refuge from the shelling
the refugees sought sanctuary aboard
refuge of hope
take/seek/find refuge
The climbers slept in a mountain refuge
My room is an inviolable refuge.
Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.
Violence is the last refuge of incompetence.

English word "refugio"(refuge) occurs in sets:

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3. haven


The Bible, as a revelation from God, was not designed to give us all the information we might desire, nor to solve all the questions about which the human soul is perplexed, but to impart enough to be a safe guide to the haven of eternal rest.

English word "refugio"(haven) occurs in sets:

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