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According to
[Jisho.org/mansion](https://jisho.org/search/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3)
and [Japanese Core 1000](https://iknow.jp/courses/566932) マンション in Japanese
means "apartment, condominium, residential building". But in English where the
word might come from, it also refers to a large block of flats in British
English, but its primary meaning is "a large, impressive house", which is the
meaning we use also in Spanish (we don't use the apartment or condominium
meaning at all as far as I know). Therefore this "luxurious house" meaning
seems to be missing in Japanese. Does マンション also mean "luxurious house" in
Japanese?
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Does マンション also mean "luxurious house" in Japanese?
Indeed, the Japanese word マンション does not carry the same meaning as "mansion"
in English.

Monolingual dictionaries will only list the meaning you mentioned, even though
they may point out that the word has a different meaning in English. For
example, the entry in 大辞林 reads

> **マンション** **【mansion】** 〔大邸宅の意〕
>
> 中・高層の集合住宅。比較的規模の大きいものをいう。

using the word 大邸宅 "large residence" (or of course "mansion") in angled
brackets to show that the English word has a different meaning.
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According to the dictionary マンション means only an apartment.  
It does not have the same meaning as in English.  
Even when you say 高級マンション, it still means an apartment and not a house.

> マンション(mansion)《大邸宅の意》中高層の集合住宅。ふつう、分譲形式のものをいう。  
>

[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/210432/meaning/m1u/マンション/](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/210432/meaning/m1u/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3/)  
[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/マンション/#je-72231](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3/#je-72231)
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