Aprovechados

[ROBINDESBOIS]

How can we say " Los españoles son unos a provechados, si pueden por el motivo que sea, te cobran el doble de dinero por el alquiler de un piso"?
Thanks in advance.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

How can we say " Los españoles son unos a provechados, si pueden por el motivo que sea, te cobran el doble de dinero por el alquiler de un piso"?
Thanks in advance.

This depends on how rude you want to be about somebody who is either enterprising or could be seen as having no moral conscience (It is the same in England BTW) Iramar: BTW = By the way = a propósito

Possibly:

The Spanish are opportunists. For whatever reason they can find, they will charge you double for the rent of an apartment.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

This depends on how rude you want to be about somebody who is either enterprising or could be seen as having no moral conscience (It is the same in England BTW) Iramar: BTW = By the way = a propósito

Possibly:

The Spanish are opportunists. For whatever reason they can find, they will charge you double for the rent of an apartment.

Thanks, I knew iBTW (I deduced it here, in the forums). And I know sb(somebody) because of the dictionaries. That's all

And, by the way: why an apartment instead of a flat? I distinguish between an apartment and a flat.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

And, by the way: why an apartment instead of a flat? I distinguish between an apartment and a flat.

The difference in English is the opposite to the difference in Spanish:

A Flat: Basic living accommodation
An Apartment: Somewhere more up-market, with connotations of luxury.

You would never say 'I have a holiday flat in Spain' (even if it were a complete dump).

[irmamar]

OK, I understand. Here un piso is much bigger than un apartamento It has nothing to do with luxury. Un apartamento has one or two bedrooms; un piso has more than two bedrooms. Thanks

[ROBINDESBOIS]

apartment is the american version of flat (British)

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

apartment is the american version of flat (British)

Yes, that was the case, but quite recently, this difference between Flat and Apartment has developed in British English (at least in Tenerife).

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Could it be in this case, aprovechado = rent-seeker ?

And now that differences between places to live are mentioned, could anyone please tell the difference between flat or apartment and loft?

[irmamar]

Here in Spain, a loft (this is the word used) is a flat or an apartment without partition walls (just one for the bathroom). If it's very small, it's called "estudio" (just for one person, maybe two).