lazareto

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lazareto

[lasaˈɾet̪o] seseante
[laθaˈɾet̪o] no seseante

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Del italiano lazzaretto

noun lazaretos

Hospital o instalación similar, más o menos aislada, en donde se tratan enfermedades contagiosas.
Condición o estado de observación y aislamiento en que se mantiene a personas o cosas para garantizar que no son contagiosas.
Hospital dedicado exclusivamente al tratamiento de los enfermos de lepra.
Similar: leprosería

In English

lazaretto place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague

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@misc{lazareto_2026,
  title = {lazareto},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/lazareto},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}