pensión
/penˈsjon/ · B1 · noun · f
guesthouse
🛏️💰 From Latin pensio, payment: a pensión is a room you pay for, or money paid to you
Latin pendere meant to weigh out money, so pensio was a payment. In Spanish the payment became the lodging you pay for each night (a guesthouse) and also a retirement pension. It is a feminine noun: la pensión.