palafito
stilt house
pile
a long, slender column driven into the ground
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fit
to be suitable for
A palafito is a stilt house, which can be remembered as a house that fit1s on pile0s (long, slender columns driven into the ground0).
noun
- stilt houseA house built on stilts or piles over water or marshy groundLos turistas visitaron los palafitos tradicionales en el lago. // The tourists visited the traditional stilt houses on the lake.