La casa y los servicios
The words for the flat itself and for everything that arrives, breaks or gets cut off. Several are Peruvian and will not appear in a course written in Spain.
El departamento
el departamentomnoun
the flat
El piso in Spain. In Peru el piso is the floor you walk on.
el edificiomnoun
the building
la azoteafnoun
the flat roof
el porteromnoun
the caretaker
el ascensormnoun
the lift
la cocherafnoun
the parking space
El garaje is the building; la cochera is your own spot.
amobladoadjective
furnished
Amueblado in Spain; amoblado in Peru.
el inquilinomnoun
the tenant
Lo que se rompe
la termafnoun
the water heater
Peruvian. El calentador elsewhere. Worth learning before your first cold shower.
el cañomnoun
the tap
La canilla in Argentina; la llave in Colombia and Chile.
el focomnoun
the light bulb
El foco in Peru; la bombilla in Spain.
el enchufemnoun
the plug socket
Se fue la luz
The power has gone out
Irse is the verb for utilities cutting out: se fue la luz, se fue el agua, se fue el internet.
no funciona
it doesn't work
La terma no funciona. · The water heater isn't working.
gotearverb
to drip
El caño gotea. · The tap is dripping.
atoradoadjective
blocked
El desagüe está atorado. · The drain is blocked.
Atascado in Spain.
Los recibos
el recibomnoun
the bill
Llegó el recibo de luz. · The electricity bill came.
la luzfnoun
the electricity
Not only light: el recibo de luz is the electricity bill.
el aguafnoun
the water
Feminine, but takes el: el agua fría.
el gasmnoun
the gas
los arbitriosmnoun
the council charges
Peruvian: what the district charges for rubbish collection, parks and street cleaning.
el mantenimientomnoun
the service charge
What you pay the building each month, separate from the rent.
vencerverb
to fall due
El recibo vence el quince. · The bill is due on the fifteenth.
la morafnoun
the late fee