0 a set of rooms for someone to live in on one level of a building or house -- piso
1 a set of rooms on one level of a large building -- piso [ masculine ]
to rent an apartment alquilar un apartamento
It is important to prevent the historic fortress being replaced by modern apartment blocks.
A large proportion of the urban population there live in poor quality apartment blocks, built 20-40 years ago, if not earlier.