What is the proper word for 'real estate' in Spanish ?

**katherine** · 09-25-2009, 10:22 AM

It's all in the title

Question for the Spanish speakers:
What is the translation for 'real estate' in Spanish ?
Also, are different words used in South American countries?

Thanks...

**Gerry** · 09-25-2009, 11:50 AM

ask bigboydog - he's native

SeRenta will get you a bunch of traffic.

**INVIGOR** · 09-25-2009, 11:59 AM

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**Gerry** · 09-25-2009, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by wmloz

wrong...

What is "wrong"?

Se Renta is a very big word in Hispanic Real Estate.

**INVIGOR** · 09-25-2009, 12:53 PM

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**Gerry** · 09-25-2009, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by wmloz

Just that it's not the translation for real estate. Se renta means "for rent"...similar industry, but not the spanish translation of "real estate".

Ok, you could construe his last sentence as solicitation for other popular real estate related words, but I think he's looking for the translation of "real estate" other South American countries (Brazil? Argentina? Colombia? Chile? etc.).

No big deal...

Si! I did not state that it was "read estate". I gave a real estate related word that will get you a bunch of traffic.

And it does!

**jasdon11** · 09-25-2009, 01:16 PM

realo estato

**therunner** · 09-25-2009, 01:52 PM

this is going to bring a lot comments...it has many meaning such as:

inmobiliaria
inmobiliario
bienes raíces
bienes y raíces

all of them are the same, but that is going to depend which Spanish speaking country you are from...to avoid conflicts, you could ask anyone with a Spain's flag

**angel69** · 09-26-2009, 09:07 AM

INMOBILIARIO and BIENES RAICES

are the most appropriate, commonly used terms, pretty much in all spanish-speaking countries

and yes,

SE RENTA (for rent) and SE ALQUILA (for rent, less common)
SE VENDE (for sale) and EN VENTA (for sale, a bit more pro)

should bring a lot of traffic

**katherine** · 09-26-2009, 10:10 AM

Thanks all

So I thought inmobiliaria would be the proper generic keyword, inmobiliario being the adjective. Correct ?

**Argie** · 09-27-2009, 09:08 AM

"Inmobiliaria" is more like "Real Estate Office" or "Real Estate Agency", from my point of view the most correct translation for "Real Estate" would be "Bienes Raices"

**katherine** · 09-27-2009, 10:24 AM

Thanks

One more:
I often see 'Inmobiliarias', how does it differ from 'Inmobiliaria' ?

**Argie** · 09-27-2009, 11:35 AM

That's the same, just the plural

**angel69** · 09-30-2009, 04:22 PM

Hi, guys ! I do lots of translation Spanish to English & vice-versa, I also used to teach Spanish, being my 1st language, but some terms and concepts just don't translate well into Spanish, let's see if I can explain better what IMO these 2 terms are

1) Bienes y Raices (literally meaning "ASSETS AND ROOTS") was the original term I believe long ago for the "real estate" concept as we know it in the US, it is a weird term even for a hispanophone "bienes" as well as "raices" are both nouns here. Afterwards the coined term became simply "Bienes Raices" , not hard to see why, the "y" (and) was excluded to make it simpler and this is still the most widely used term. "Bienes Raices" literally means "Root Assets", one of the wonders of Spanish is that the way the phrase reads now, "Raices" became an adjective just by removing the "y" , while it was a NOUN in "Bienes y Raices"

2) Inmobiliario, depending on which country, may alternate w/Inmobiliaria but we should not view these as one is the "generic" and the other the "adjective" although I see where that comes from, if you look them up in the dictionary actually BOTH will be featured as NOUNS (which they are) and at the same time BOTH are ADJECTIVES (the letter O is usually for masc names if at the end of a word, while the letter A is normally fem when at the end of words) so it is the exact same term, one in masc, the other in fem, I myself would rather talk about "la industria inmobiliaria" (see the fem term, ending in A, being the adjective in this case) than simply "la inmobiliaria" which is also accepted but IMO not the best way to express it...."el mercado inmobiliario" is also often mentioned (the masc term, ending in O is also the adjective in this instance) and that term I also prefer to "el inmobiliario" which is also acceptable, and both la inmobiliaria and el inmobiliario roughly translate to our concept of real estate

So "bienes raices" (always masc plural) ; "bienes y raices" (also masc plural) ; "inmobiliario" and "inmobiliaria" will all do the job (I wouldn't use the plurals for inmobiliario(a) unless in specific instances, it doesn't translate well) But as far as keywords or generics that would attract the most hits, I'll defer this to some other poster, I haven't researched it and don't want to guess, I imagine BIENES RAICES would fetch you the most clicks

Can some other Hispanic DNF members (in Spain or Latin America) post their own opinion ? that would help and give us a better feel of what is actually used in the larger countries (Spain, Mexico, Argentina, etc) and even in the ads/news we see in Spanish right here in the US ...I hope my 2 cents helped !

**Tygerwoody** · 09-30-2009, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by jasdon11

realo estato

This is correct. I speak the Mexican tongue quite fluently.

**kbm** · 09-30-2009, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by Doc Com

ask bigboydog - he's native

SeRenta will get you a bunch of traffic.

That's a really good word, It will probably get you a lot of Google clicks.

you could also use

casaderenta

or

rentacasa

Originally Posted by Tygerwoody

This is correct. I speak the Mexican tongue quite fluently.

Realo Estato is correct

**katherine** · 10-03-2009, 11:47 AM

Thanks to all

**firetown** · 10-04-2009, 11:21 AM

If you're looking for a term to get you targeted traffic, propiedades is also going to work.

**angel69** · 10-05-2009, 02:07 PM

actually, i like PROPIEDADES (properties) a lot, right on, firetown ! simple & to the point

but i also agree w/JASDON11 lol, realo estato works just good for me too, bro ! lol