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to hostelling

3.8
To stay in hostels while traveling to save money and meet people
  • verb
  • /ˈhɑːstəlɪŋ/
  • UK
translation icon : alojarse en albergues
  • Many young travelers enjoy hostelling because it is affordable and social.

Examples

  • She met people from all over the world while hostelling across Europe.

  • After college, they spent a summer hostelling through Southeast Asia to experience different cultures.

  • I love hostelling during my trips.

  • Have you ever tried hostelling in Europe?

  • After college, they spent a summer hostelling through Southeast Asia to experience different cultures.

  • Many young travelers enjoy hostelling because it is affordable and social.

  • She met people from all over the world while hostelling across Europe.

How Affordable

to go camping
51 1.0
to hostelling
  • UK
3.8
to stay at
450 2.0

Surface Forms

hostelling infinitive
hostelled past
hosteled past
hostelled past participle
hosteled past participle
hostelling present participle
hostels third person singular

Morphology

hostelling = hostel (transparent) = hostel + ing

The verb sense is the present participle/gerund formed with the regular English '-ing' on the verb 'hostel' (derived by conversion from the noun).

Etymology

Hostelling comes from the same root as hostel and the Latin hospes, which means 'guest' or 'host', and is related to English words like host and hospital. So to be hostelling is to stay in inexpensive hostels as a guest while you travel, usually to see many places and meet people.