estacionamiento

parking lot

noun es-tah-syoh-nah-MYEN-toh Rare

Also means

parking space

Usage Note

Estacionamiento is the dominant term in Latin America for a parking lot or the act of parking; Spain tends to use aparcamiento or párking. The noun also refers to the parking maneuver itself (el estacionamiento en doble fila = double parking). Signs in Mexico City display Prohibido el estacionamiento where a Spaniard would read Prohibido aparcar.

Examples

"No hay estacionamiento disponible aquí."

Natural Translation

There is no parking available here.

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