flophouse

• Sustantivo que designa una pensión o alojamiento muy barato, a menudo deteriorado, que ofrece habitaciones o camas básicas a bajo precio; también puede referirse a un lugar de alojamiento humilde o de mala muerte.

A noun referring to a cheap, often run-down lodging house or hotel, typically offering basic accommodation for a low price.

1. Cheap lodging houseC1informalamerican

   A very inexpensive, often run-down hotel or boarding house offering basic accommodation

   Pensión de mala muerte

   • After losing his job, he spent a few weeks in a flophouse downtown.
   • The old flophouse had shared bathrooms and thin walls.
   • He could barely afford the nightly rate at the local flophouse.

   Sinónimosdosshousefloplodging house