hostal

From Old Occitan ostal, from Late Latin hospitāle (“shelter, hospice, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“of a host or guest; hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Attested from the 13th century.[1]

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /osˈtal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /usˈtal/

hostal m (plural hostals)

1. boarding house; cheap hotel

• hospital

• “hostal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “hostal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “hostal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Spanish ostal, hostal, borrowed from Old Occitan ostal[1], from Late Latin hospitāle (“shelter, hospice, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“of a host or guest; hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Doublet of hospital and hotel.

• IPA^(key): /osˈtal/ [osˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: hos‧tal

hostal m (plural hostales)

1. hostel; cheap hotel

• hospital
• huésped

• “hostal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014