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Spanish term or phrase:
ejerce su habitar
English translation:
exercises its dwelling
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BristolTEc
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Spanish term
ejerce su habitar
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Philosophy
I.e. habitar as a noun. In a rather philosophical part of a book on bridges from Spain. I suspect this may, in part, be based on Heidegger:
"Al igual que con la casa, ejerce su habitar al erigir un cerco que le permita graduar lo que venga a su encuentro."
Other uses of habitar as a noun:
"Esas marcas o productos construidos del habitar reflejan voluntades de ser frente a la naturaleza..."
"La horizontalidad contextual del paisaje se conjuga entonces con la verticalidad promovida por lo ligero para afirmar su habitar en el mundo."
"No se ve desde lejos, grande o inaccesible sino como algo cotidiano próximo a la escala más cercana del habitar que es la vivienda."
"Al igual que con la casa, ejerce su habitar al erigir un cerco que le permita graduar lo que venga a su encuentro."
Other uses of habitar as a noun:
"Esas marcas o productos construidos del habitar reflejan voluntades de ser frente a la naturaleza..."
"La horizontalidad contextual del paisaje se conjuga entonces con la verticalidad promovida por lo ligero para afirmar su habitar en el mundo."
"No se ve desde lejos, grande o inaccesible sino como algo cotidiano próximo a la escala más cercana del habitar que es la vivienda."
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exercises its dwelling
If the text is based on Heidegger then I would definitely use the term "dwelling" or even "dwelling-place" if this fits better in other uses of it. As a Heideggerian term it can, in a sense, serve as both noun and verb at the same time so as to infer an active dwelling/inhabiting and a place of dwelling. Perhaps this dual meaning is intentional on the part of the writer...
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