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stanza raccolta

English translation: small/compact

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Italian term or phrase:raccolto
English translation:small/compact
Entered by: philgoddard

14:05 Mar 29, 2014
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel / Hotel website
Italian term or phrase: stanza raccolta
Singola Standard
Stanza raccolta, ma dotata di tutti i comfort, è la scelta ottimale per una sola persona, che cerca la sistemazione più conveniente.
Therese Marshall
Italy
Local time: 15:40
small/compact room
Explanation:
Raccolta does mean cosy, but here it says "MA dotata di tutti i comfort", so I think it's a euphemism for small. Definition 3 in martini's reference says "stretto".
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philgoddard
United States
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6small/compact room
philgoddard
4 +4a cozy room (with all the amenities)
Janice Giffin
3 +3cosy room
martini


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
cosy room


Explanation:
http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/raccolto1_(Sinonimi-e-Con...
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/cosy?q=...

martini
Italy
Local time: 15:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: don't fully understand the difficulty
1 hr
agree  Gian
1 hr
agree  Janice Giffin: :- D
7 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
small/compact room


Explanation:
Raccolta does mean cosy, but here it says "MA dotata di tutti i comfort", so I think it's a euphemism for small. Definition 3 in martini's reference says "stretto".

philgoddard
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 71

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarah Thompson
3 mins
agree  writeaway: don't fully understand the difficulty/you mean cosy vs cozy?/oh, see what you mean. but cozy/cosy is better marketing than small and compact, which tells it like it is a bit too much imo.
59 mins
  -> You've agreed with two very different answers :-)
agree  Françoise Vogel: un eufemismo, definitely ;-)
2 hrs
agree  Mark Pisoni
5 hrs
agree  Isabelle Johnson: Yes I like compact
1 day 2 hrs
agree  halifax
1 day 8 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
a cozy room (with all the amenities)


Explanation:
I see that "cozy" can also be spelled "cosy" depending on a choice of US or UK English.

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Note added at 15 mins (2014-03-29 14:20:27 GMT)
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Oops! I guess martini and I might have had a momentary telepathic moment:)

Example sentence(s):
  • A cozy room with all the amenities at our most reasonable price.

    Reference: http://www.carriagehouseharbor.com/home.html
    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/iten/raccolta
Janice Giffin
Italy
Local time: 15:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  martini
10 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  writeaway: don't fully understand the difficulty.
1 hr
  -> I suppose it is just the preference for UK or US spelling. It's just one little letter! ;)
agree  Sabrina Bruna
4 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Mario Freitas:
13 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mario.
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