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Etymology edit

σπίτι (spíti, house) +‎ -ώνω (-óno).

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  • IPA(key): /spiˈtono/
  • Hyphenation: σπι‧τώ‧νω

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σπιτώνω (spitóno) (past σπίτωσα, passive σπιτώνομαι)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to house, take in, shelter (provide with a home)
    Σπίτωσαν τους σύριους σε στρατόπεδο προσφύγων.
    Spítosan tous sýrious se stratópedo prosfýgon.
    They housed the Syrians in a refugee camp.
  2. (transitive, colloquial, derogatory) to shack up, put up (to provide with a home, especially of an unmarried couple)
    Έχει σπιτώσει έναν αλλοδαπό.
    Échei spitósei énan allodapó.
    She's shacked up with a foreigner.

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