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adopted home

[/əˈdɒptɪd hoʊm/]
nounpl: adopted homes
lar adotado
1. A country, city, or place where someone has chosen to live and establish their life, despite not being born there
After living in Paris for twenty years, she considers it her adopted home.
Depois de viver em Paris por vinte anos, ela o considera seu lar adotado.
2. A place where someone feels belonging and identifies as their own, despite their origins elsewhere
He left his native country and found his adopted home in the United States.
Ele deixou seu país natal e encontrou seu lar adotado nos Estados Unidos.
Synonyms
second homechosen homenew homeadopted country
Antonyms
native homehomelandbirthplacecountry of origin

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
lar adotado
most common usage across Brazil
São Paulo
casa adotada
alternative phrasing sometimes used in urban contexts
Portugal
lar adotado
standard usage in European Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

call something home
put down roots
make a life for oneself
second home
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