Meaning

2 senses
  1. A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.

    Terrasse, Veranda

    па́тиоpátio, дво́рикdvórik, терра́саterrása

    usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

  2. An inner courtyard typical of traditional houses in some regions of Spain.

    The flat looks out on a patio on one side and a churro café on the other.

    Patio, Innenhof

    па́тиоpátio

Examples

61 sentences
  1. Let's have lunch on the patio.

  2. Let's eat out on the patio.

  3. This patio can hold thirty diners.

  4. Tom was sitting on the patio.

  5. Do you have a table on the patio?

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation:
an inner courtyard typical of traditional Spanish houses:

Origin

From Spanish patio, either from Old Occitan patu or pati (compare Occitan and Catalan pati

From Spanish patio, either from Old Occitan patu or pati (compare Occitan and Catalan pati), of uncertain origin.

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Forms

plural: patios
Singularpatio
Pluralpatios

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence:terrace

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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