alojar

From a- +‎ loja +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧lo‧jar

alojar (first-person singular present alojo, first-person singular preterite alojei, past participle alojado)

1. to house, accommodate
2. to billet
3. (Internet) to host (data, services etc.)

• alojamento

Borrowed from Occitan alotjar, which is of Germanic origin. Cognate with English lodge; see there for more.

• IPA^(key): /aloˈxaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lo‧jar

alojar (first-person singular present alojo, first-person singular preterite alojé, past participle alojado)

1. (transitive) to house, accommodate
2. (reflexive) to stay, to lodge, to be lodged

   Nos alojamos en el motel al final de la calle.

   We're staying at the motel down the road.

• “alojar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16