English translation of "no podía disfrutar de su hogar en su conjunto" - "...he could not enjoy the whole house."

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139 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	no podía disfrutar de su hogar en su conjunto
Context:	He de decir que Bendición había estado viviendo en esa casa durante años. Ya no tenía casa propia, ya que debido a una herencia mal repartida ya no podía disfrutar de su hogar en su conjunto. I find the phrase confusing when I think of it in its literal sense, given what precedes it. Thanks.

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139 months ago

Sylvia J. Andrade wrote:

he no longer had the rights to use the house in its entirety.

139 months ago

María P. Álvarez wrote:

"She no longer had her own house as,due to a poorly distributed inheritance, she could no longer enjoy her home in its entirety."

My comment:

I, personally, know of various people who are in this situation. They've lived in a house for many years but, legally, they are not the owners of certain areas of the estate (eg.: stables, farming fields). In essence, they can live there (they do own part of the estate), but they cannot sell/lease, etc., the estate as a unit, as they are not the actual owners of the entire estate.

139 months ago

María P. Álvarez wrote:

he/she (?) could not retain the usufruct of the whole house.

139 months ago

Clara Fernández wrote:

...he could not enjoy the whole house.

My comment:

From the context I understand that due to an ill distributed estate, the house is no longer completely his, perhaps he now has to share it with others or it has been partitioned so that it no longer stands as one unit.

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